Inglês 11º Ano (2025): Preenchimento de Lacunas e Coerência sobre Tecnologia no Desporto

6.
Read the following paragraph about sports.
Three sentences have been removed from it.
From sentences 1) to 5), choose the one which fits each gap a) to c).
Two of the sentences do not apply.
Write only the letters and the numbers.
For most of sporting history, there was no appeal when a referee made a bad call.
a) Instant replay changed that a few decades ago, allowing coaches to challenge a call and ask the referees to review it.
b) Now, many professional sports are on the verge of a new technological breakthrough:
automated referee systems, which get the call right every time and considerably reduce delays from reviews.
c) Referees are still necessary to make nuanced calls—checked swings in baseball, charging in basketball, pass interference in football; however, the leagues believe automated systems could make games much better.
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nytimes.
com (accessed 17.
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2024).
(Abridged and adapted)
1) Leagues insist that this technology, which is being tested in preseason games, is not meant to eliminate human officials.
2) That made games fairer, but it also made them slower.
3) Those bad calls were no longer a problem when computers began taking decisions instead of a person.
4) Fans could boo and players could complain, but the game went on.
5) These moves toward greater automation can offer significant benefits for referees' judgement.

a) → 4); b) → 2); c) → 1).