Question

Every January, Breckenridge hosts the International Show Sculpture Championships Fourteen teams travel from all over the world to Swizerland to compete. Teams sculpt for sixty-five hours over five days. Each team hopes that when the time is up, its sculpture will be judged the best.

As the championship begins, the fourteen teams are faced with huge blocks of snow that weigh twenty tons each. The sculptors bring out their favorite tools that work best on the hard iced snow, but they are not allowed to employ tools that use electricity.

Most teams are inspired by what they have seem in daily life. For example, one team carved a teapot with tea pouring out. Another team sculpted a little cat on its hind feed（后脚）reaching into a fish bowl complete with water ripples（涟漪）and a crab(螃蟹) trying to attack the cat. In 2006, Team USA sculpted a golden dog looking at its image reflected in a mirror. To create the effect that the little dog saw its reflection in the glass, the artists carved two dogs facing each other with their paw （脚爪）touching.

As the final hours of the competition tick by, exhausted team members add last-minute details. They use small brooms to brush off snow caught in tiny holes. One team member counts down the last five minutes while others are busy cleaning up the tools. If they leave any tools behind, they will be out. When the whistle blows, everyone must step away from the sculpture. The judges the vote on creativity, technical skill, and visual impact(视觉效果) of the designs.

In 2006, Team USA took firs place for their golden dog sculpture titled “Discovery”. But the competition is not just about medals and ribbon.” It’s not about the prize,” said Rob Neyland, Team USA’s captain.” It’s about touching the audience.”

Every year, as the championship ends, each team is already dreaming of the next masterpiece it will desigh.

73. What kind of tools are the sculptures Not permitted to use? (回答词数不超过6个)

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74. What gives the sculptors ideas for their creative work? (回答词数不超过9个)

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75. Why did Team USA win the competition in 2006? (回答词数不超过15个)

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Answer 1

解析：

     73. The tools that use electricity. 根据第二段中的The sculptors bring out their favorite tools that work best on the hard iced snow， but they are not allowed to employ tools that use electricity.可知答案。其中的关键信息是they are not allowed to employ tools that use electricity，但由于答题要求规定答案不能超过6个词，所以用The tools that use electricity.

    74. The things they have seen in daily life. 根据第三段第一句话Most teams are inspired by what they have seen in daily life可知答案，其中最关键的信息是what they have seen in daily life.考虑到该信息中的what与问句中的what重复，将故what they have seen in daily life中的what改为与之同义的the things.

    75. Because its sculpture was judged the best for creativity， technical skills and visual impact.根据第四段最后一句话The judges then vote on creativity， technical skill， and visual impact（视觉效果） of the designs可知，裁判评判的标准是看其creativity， technical skill， and visual impact（视觉效果），而美国队在2006年的比赛中获得了冠军，这说明其作品在creativity， technical skill， and visual impact这几个方面一定是最好的（the best）。