Angol olvasott szöveg értése 2006./4.

Read this article about an invention that might lead to new records in sport. In the sentences that follow some words have been left out. Your task is to fill in the gaps with one word only using the information in the text. Write your answers on the dotted lines as in the example.

Oi, faster! Scientists develop clothes to push athletes harder

Athletes will try almost any form of physical or mental training to improve their performance.

Now they will have another tool in their search for perfection: pushy clothes.

Scientists in the Netherlands have developed sports clothing with built-in sensors to let an athlete know if they are training at their optimum level. The sensors will detect how active certain muscle groups are during training and vibrating pads will send back tactile signals if performance drops, reminding the wearer to work harder in that particular area of the body.

Hendrik-Jan van Veen, who led the research, told New Scientist magazine that “the feedback can be understood by the person much more quickly than if they are getting shouts from a human trainer”. Getting faster feedback about their body’s performance will mean that athletes will be able to respond more quickly to any changes in their surroundings.

So far, the clothes have only been tested on rowers in a laboratory.

Sensors worn at the ankle and the waist monitored the speed at which an athlete moved and how they coordinated their body movements. If they lost their rhythm, the pads would vibrate at the correct pace to help the athlete get back on track. These reminders could mean the difference between first and second place.

The researchers have also made vests for speed skaters with sensors and vibrating pads at the shoulder and hip.

0) The main goal of all ____ athletes ____ is to get to the top in their sport.
1) In future, a new type of ________ might help them reach this aim.
2) Recent work by Dutch ________ has led to this new development.
3) The basic idea is to let athletes get quick ________ on their training.
4) ________ in the clothes will measure the movement of certain muscle groups.
5) If an athlete is not working hard enough, ________ from the vibrating pads will warn them.
6) As a result, athletes will be able to change their behaviour faster than if they were working with a traditional ________ .
7) Laboratory tests involving ________ have already taken place.
8) In the case of ________ the activity level of shoulder and hip muscles will be monitored.