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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.
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. advice 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. Adidas
C. big companies
D. countries
