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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.
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
money cannot buy" means ___________.
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
B. advice given by someone
C. supplying food to customers
D. food given back by consumers
B. Adidas
C. big companies
D. countries
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试题【阅读理解。 While football fans feel strongly angry and shocked about mistakes mad】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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| A. The engine in your body. B. The location, size and heartbeat of a heart. C. What happens when the heart beats? D. How does your heart work? E. How do we know about the heart? F. What can a doctor tell by feeling your pulse? | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| The $11 billion self-help industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative thoughts like "I never do anything right" into positive ones like "I can succeed." But was positive thinking advocate Norman Vincent Peale right? Is there power in positive thinking? Researchers in Canada just published a study in the journal Psychological Science that says trying to get people to think more positively can actually have the opposite effect: it can simply highlight how unhappy they are. The study"s authors, Joanne Wood and John Lee of the University of Waterloo and Elaine Perunovic of the University of New Brunswick, begin by citing(引用) older research showing that when people get feedback which they believe is overly positive, they actually feel worse, not better. If you tell your depressed friend that he has the potential of an Einstein, you"re just underlining his faults. In one 1990s experiment, a team including psychologist Joel Cooper of Princeton asked participants to write essays opposing funding for the disabled. When the essayists were later praised for their sympathy, they felt even worse about what they had written. In this experiment, Wood, Lee and Perunovic measured 68 students" self-esteem. The participants were then asked to write down their thoughts and feelings for four minutes. Every 15 seconds, one group of students heard a bell. When it rang, they were supposed to tell themselves, "I am lovable." Those with low self-esteem didn"t feel better after the forced self-approval. In fact, their moods turned significantly darker than those of members of the control group, who weren"t urged to think positive thoughts. The paper provides support for newer forms of psychotherapy (心理治疗) that urge people to accept their negative thoughts and feelings rather than fight them. In the fighting, we not only often fail but can make things worse. Meditation (静思) techniques, in contrast, can teach people to put their shortcomings into a larger, more realistic perspective. Call it the power of negative thinking. | |||
| 1. What do we learn from the first paragraph about the self-help industry? | |||
| A. It was established by Norman Vincent Peale. B. It is based on the concept of positive thinking. C. It is a highly profitable industry. D. It has brought positive results. | |||
| 2. What is the finding of the Canadian researchers? | |||
| A. Encouraging positive thinking may do more harm than good. B. The power of positive thinking is limited. C. Unhappy people cannot think positively. D. There can be no simple therapy for psychological problems. | |||
| 3. What does the author mean by "… you"re just underlining his faults"? | |||
| A. You are pointing out the errors he has made. B. You are not taking his mistakes seriously enough. C. You are trying to make him feel better about his faults. D. You are emphasizing the fact that he is not intelligent. | |||
| 4. What do we learn from the experiment of Wood, Lee and Perunovic? | |||
| A. It is important for people to continually increase their self-esteem. B. Forcing a person to think positive thoughts may lower their self-esteem. C. Self-approval can bring a positive change to one"s mood. D. People with low self-esteem seldom write down their true feelings | |||
| 完形填空。 | |||
| Many language learners think their pronunciation is good enough because their teacher doesn"t correct them too often or because other students can __1__ them. Pronunciation is the area which is __2__ the least attention to in language learning. Most teachers 3 just let their students speak and stop them __4__ they say something completely wrong. Working on each student"s pronunciation in class is just __5__. Also, the students who are __6__ at pronunciation may be afraid that it will embarrass their classmates if they help __7__ their mistakes. If you believe your pronunciation is good enough to __8__ because it is good enough for your teacher and other students, you may be __9__ when you actually go to a foreign country. One of my friends was the best student in his __10__ class in Poland. When he went to America, he found Americans didn"t understand __11__ of what he said. Your pronunciation may still be quite __12__ that of a native speaker. If this is the __13__， other people will find it __14__ to understand what you"re saying and will not be comfortable with you. __15__， don"t think you can communicate in a foreign language __16__ you"ve tested your skills on real native speakers. __17__ for native or nearnative pronunciation so that people you talk to can communicate with you __18__. In order to achieve this goal, there"s __19__ that you will need to start thinking about pronunciation and __20__ time on it. | |||
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| 阅读理解 Even plants can run a fever, especially when they"re under attack by insects or disease. But unlike human, plants can have their temperature taken from 3,000 feet away-straight up. A decade ago, adopting the infrared(红外线)scanning technology developed for military purposes and other satellites, physicist Stephen Paley came up with a quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine which ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmers precisely target pesticide(***虫剂)spraying rather than rain poison on a whole field, which invariably includes plants that don"t have pest problems. Even better, Paley"s Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problems before they became visible to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at 3,000 feet at night, an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted by crops. The data were transformed into a colourcoded map showing where plants were running "fevers". Farmers could then spotspray, using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide than they otherwise would. The bad news is that Paley"s company closed down in 1984, after only three years. Farmers resisted the new technology and longterm backers were hard to find. But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to get back into operation. Agriculture experts have no doubt the technology works. "This technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States, " says George Oerther of Texas A & M. Ray Jackson, who recently retired from the Department of Agriculture, thinks remote infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade. But only if Paley finds the financial backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago. 1. Plants will send out an increased amount of heat when they are________. A. facing an infrared scanner B. sprayed with pesticides C. in poor physical condition D. exposed to excessive sun rays 2. In order to apply pesticide spraying precisely, we can use infrared scanning to________. A. estimate the damage to the crops B. draw a colourcoded map C. measure the size of the affected area D. locate the problem area 3. Farmers can save a considerable amount of pesticide by________. A. resorting to spotspraying B. transforming poisoned rain C. consulting infrared scanning experts D. detecting crop problems at an early stage 4. The application of infrared scanning technology to agriculture met with some difficulties-________. A. its high cost B. the lack of official support C. the lack of financial support D. its failure to help increase production 5. Infrared scanning technology may be brought back into operation because of________. A. full support from agricultural experts B. growing concern about the excessive use of pesticides on crops C. the forceful promotion by the Department of Agriculture D. the desire of farmers to improve the quality of their produce | |||
| 阅读理解 Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are considered one of the most important marine weapons in the 20th century. So far, only two countries in the world, the USA and France, have ever produced them. But these fearful fighting machines are about to enter Asia. The US Navy said last month that one of its nine nuclearpowered aircraft carriers will be sent to Japan to replace the diesel(柴油)powered carrier Kitty Hawk in 2008. In an agreement on October 30, the two countries also planned to level up their military (军事的) cooperation and the USA called for Japan to take a larger role in alliance military moves. It will be the first time that a nuclearpowered carrier is based in Japan. Bombed by US forces in World War ? at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is the only world country to have been attacked by a nuclear weapon. Therefore, the citizens are highly sensitive to where nuclearpowered weapons are based. "A radiation leak at Yokosuka would kill 100,000 people as far away as Tokyo, and could cause billions of dollars in damage," said Masahiko Goto, leader of a protest group in Yokosuka. His group has collected more than 300,000 signatures of people across Japan opposed to the nuclear carrier. The 44-year-old Kitty Hawk, the US Navy"s oldest active ship, has been based in Yokosuka since 1998. It had returned to the US to be decommissioned in 2008. The new carrier, yet to be unveiled,_will travel faster, be capable of supporting longer operations and carry with it the Navy"s most modern technology. Experts pointed that this change is not only to strengthen the USJapan military alliance but also to keep the military power of China and North Korea within limits. However, even Japanese experts don"t believe that the two countries are threats to the region. "There is no need for Japan to have a nuclear carrier as defense," said Tetsuo Maeda, an international relations professor at Tokyo International University. He said that the change of ship indicates an increased military capability in the region, much more than what is needed. 1. With such a formidable weapon to enter its country, Japanese citizens ________. A. are aware of its benefits to the country B. are anxious about its potential danger C. are curious about the advanced technology D. are against where the carrier will be based 2. The replacement of the aircraft carrier is intended to________. A. set up a kind of base in Japan B. strengthen the USJapan military alliance C. show Japan"s greater military capability D. get rid of the dated marine weapon 3.From the story, we learn that________. A. no other countries except the USA and France possess aircraft carriers B. Japan has long planned to increase its military capability with new weapons C. Japan will be the first country in Asia to have a nuclear aircraft carrier D. Japan will be the third country to produce a nuclearpowered aircraft carrier 4. The underlined word "unveiled" in the fifth paragraph probably means________. A. perfected B. discussed about C. produced D. brought to view 5. By his remark in the last paragraph, the professor means that________. A. he is quite confident of their military defense B. he is completely opposed to a new nuclear carrier C. what is needed is far more than a nuclear carrier D. it is unnecessary to guard against the two countries | |||