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（樂觀）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(天線),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.
1.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
2.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
3.The underlined word "feedback" probably
means ___________.
A．information
given back by a user B．a(chǎn)dvice given
by someone
C．supplying
food to customers D．food given back
by consumers
4.The new product has drawn attention from some
_________.
A．famous people B．referees C．big companies D．countries
5.According to the passage , the following are true
except _______ .
A．The chip
sends 2,000 signals a second
B．The chip even
can tell when the ball crosses the line in mid-air.
C．The chip will
be used at the game in Japan.
D．The chip will
also be used at the games in Germany next year."
