55. The underlined word "feedback" probably means ___________.

　　 A. information given back by a user　　 　B. advice given by someone

C. supplying food to customers　　　　　 D. food given back by consumers

54. In the first sentence in Paragraph 2,"... mistakes made by referees are the kind of advertising that money cannot buy" means ___________.

　　 A. Carlos Technologies can't afford the high price for advertising their product

　　 B. Mistakes in production are also a kind of advertisement

　　 C. Carios Technologies has already spent a lot of money on advertising their product

　　 D. Referees' mistakes will be of great help for the sale of Carlos Technologies' new product

53. Carlos Technologies is pleased because ________.

　　 A. football fans are angry with referees

　　 B. their new product can satisfy football fans

　　 C. their new product will have a good market

　　 D. they can sell a lot of football in the future

52. By saying "the conclusions to be drawn are obvious" ( Line One to Line Two, Paragraph Four), the writer means that ___________.

　　 A. women's inconstancy in their choice of clothing is often laughed at

　　 B. women are better able to put up with discomfort

　　 C. men are also exploited greatly by fashion designers

　　 D. men are more reasonable in the matter of fashion

C

While football fans feel strongly angry and shocked about mistakes made by referees (裁判) because they cannot see clearly what has happened, a small German company is quietly pleased.

　　 For Cairos Technologies, mistakes made by referees are the kind of advertising that money cannot buy. The company has developed a tiny chip(芯片) that fits inside a football and determines whether the ball has crossed the goal line, by being able to discover its exact location on the field. The world football organization, FIFA, has shown interest in the technology. It is very possible that the new technology will be used in the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

"We've been testing the technology at the main soccer stadium in Nuremberg for some time and more recently in an under-17 FIFA Cup in Peru," said Gunter Rohmer, a director of the company. "The technology has performed well, and we're pretty optimistic that it will be used at the games in Germany next year."

The chip only weighs 12 grams, and is placed in the center of the football. It sends 2,000 signals a second to a receiver network of 12 antennas(天线),placed around the field. The receivers then send information about the ball's location to a central computer, and because it works in real time, it can immediately tell the referee whether a goal has been scored. The chip even can tell when the ball crosses the line in mid-air. Oliver Braun, one of the inventors of the chip, says that feedback from German referees was generally positive. Germany sports-wear giant Adidas is also optimistic about using this kind of chip in other ball sports.

FIFA aims to test the technology later this year at another game in Japan before deciding whether or not to introduce it in all 12 stadiums in Germany for next year's World Cup.

51. New fashions in clothing are created for ___________.

　　 A. the commercial exploitation of women

　　 B. the women's strength of character

　　 C. basic qualities of inconstancy and instability

　　 D. an important contribution to society

50. To the writer, the fact that women change their old-fashioned dresses is seen as ___________.

　　 A. a waste of money　　　　　　　　　　 B. a waste of time

　　 C. an expression of taste　　　　　　　　 D. an expression of creativity

49. Designers and big stores always make money_________.

　　 A. by mercilessly exploiting women workers in the clothing industry

　　 B. because they are capable of predicting new fashions

　　 C. by constantly changing the fashions in women's clothing

　　 D. because they attach great importance to quality in women's clothing

48. According to the writer, _______.

A. being a kidult is nothing wrong　　 　　B. kidults have mental problems

C. our society is very dull　　　　　 　　D. some people can never grow up

B 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

If women are mercilessly exploited(剥削) year after year, they have only themselves to blame. Because they tremble at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion, they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stores. Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the change of fashion.

Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. Many women spend large sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn. Women who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time changing their old-fashioned dresses. Skirts are lengthened or shortened; neck-lines are lowered or raised, and so on.

No one can claim that the fashion industry contributes anything really important to society. Fashion designers are rarely concerned with necessary things like warmth, comfort and durability (耐用). They are only interested in outward appearance and they take advantage of the fact that women will put up with any amount of discomfort, as long as they look right. There can hardly be a man who hasn't at some time in his life smiled at the sight of a woman shaking in a thin dress on a winter day, or picking her way through deep snow in high heeled shoes.

When comparing men and women in the matter of fashion, the conclusions to be drawn are obvious. Do the constantly changing fashions of women's clothes, one wonders, reflect basic qualities of inconstancy and instability? Men are too clever to let themselves be cheated by fashion designers. Do their unchanging styles of dress reflect basic qualities of stability and reliability(稳定耐用)? That is for you to decide.

47. According to the author, being a kidult is good in some way except that _______.

A. it can improve the relationship between parents and their kids

B. it can help kidults feel relaxed

C. it is helpful to solve some social problems

D. it can make people loyal to one's parents

46. We can infer from the article that _________.

A. Kidults miss their childhood so much that they can't give up their toys

B. Bloomsbury knows some kidults don't want people to know that they are kidults

C. Kidults like to have vitamins very much

D. Some toys are so interesting that even adults like them very much