1. Read this article about robot soccer.

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In a tense final that went to extra time, America (0) beat Japan in Nagoya, and
took the Robocup. This was the first ever World Cup for robots, with eight (1)
competitors           in the 'Under 50cm diameter' class battling it (2)
on           . Matches are short: two five-minute halves divided by a 10-minute
break, when the robots' builders bring on refreshments in the (3)
contestants            of a battery recharge.

The whole event is in fact a showcase

for an (4)          appearing          
electronic technology that is going to
have a major (5)           advance         
on our lives. Robots are programmed
in teams to accomplish complicated
and dangerous tasks, such as
repairing a nuclear reactor or (6)
dismantling            landmines. Instead
of passing balls to each other, today's
football team could be rolling rocks
around planets tomorrow. According to Robocup (7)        rules            , every
'player' must function independently, using only its own programming and
information (8)          control           by radio from its 'team-mates'. Most teams
choose to transmit visual images to the robots from a video camera suspended
over the 'pitch', but the Japanese have fixed mini cameras onto the robots
themselves. (9)         However           , because of the miniaturization, their view is
much more limited, which (10)          eventually           gave them a disadvantage
in the final.

The Americans - 'Team Newton', from Newton Labs in Seattle - triumphed

because of their superior overhead vision and decision-making system. This (11)
analyzed           the incoming data, took speed measurements 250 times every
second, and then, like a chess computer, plotted hundreds of simple situations.
In this way, the Newton robots were 'coached' more effectively and (12)
replaced          to be tough opposition from the outset. In the smaller 'Under 15cm
class', the French were the only team to score a goal against them. Indeed, the
French might have done better still, if they hadn't (13)         out            played the
Spanish: it turned out that both sides were using the same radio frequency to
(14)        command             their robots. This inevitably resulted in total confusion,
with the match being abandoned as a no-score draw. Just (15)
imagine            what would happen if Atletico Madrid and Aston Villa were to go
out wearing the same strip!

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