67．Watchers doubted if any of the vehicles could finish the race because　 　.

　 A．they did not have any human guidance 　　　　　　　　 B．the road was not familiar to the drivers

　C．the distance was too long for the vehicles

　 D．the prize money was unattractive to the drivers

75.解析：这是一道细节推断题。根据第三段“In a second study presented at the meeting，scientists from the UK and Denmark showed that even a few days of high temperatures can severely reduce production of crops”可判断出这是一项关于高温对某些庄稼产量影响的研究。

第15题(2005年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语湖北卷)

题目

　 　 Thirteen vehicles lined up last March to race across the Mojave Desert, seeking a million in prize money. To win, they had to finish the 142-mile race in less than 10 hours. Teams and watchers knew there might be no winner at all, because these vehicles were missing a key part －drivers.

　 　 DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, organized the race as part of a push to develop robotic vehicles for future battlefields. But the Grand Challenge, as it was called, just proved how difficult it is to get a car to speed across an unfamiliar desert without human guidance. One had its brake lock up in the starting area. Another began by throwing itself onto a wall. Another got tied up by bushes near the road after 1.9 miles.

　 One turned upside down. One took off in entirely the wrong direction and had to be disabled by remote (远距离的) control. One went a little more than a mile and rushed into a fence; another managed to go for six miles but stuck on a rock. The “winner,” if there was any, reached 7.8 miles before it ran into a long, narrow hole, and the front wheels caught on fire.

　 　“You get a lot of respect for natural abilities of the living things,” says Reinhold Behringer, who helped design two of the car-size vehicles for a company called Sci-Autonics. “Even ants (蚂蚁) can do all these tasks effortlessly . It’s very hard for us to put these abilities into our machines.”

　 　 The robotic vehicles, though with necessary modern equipment such as advanced computers and GPS guidance, had trouble figuring out fast enough the blocks ahead that a two-year-old human recognizes immediately, Sure, that very young child, who has just only learned to walk, may not think to wipe apple juice off her face, but she already knows that when there’s a cookie in the kitchen she has to climb up the table, and that when she gets to the cookie it will taste good. She is more advanced, even months old, than any machine humans have designed.

74.解析：这是一道细节题。第二段“The fine for disobeying the rule of road closures is a maximum of $5000 find and/or six months in prison.”可知，进入这个地区和破坏道路的人将被罚款和可能被关入监牢。

73.解析：这是一道细节推断题。根据倒数第二段“A bomb exploded in Tailand’s mainly Muslin south on Sunday，killing two policemen and wounding three others，a day after Tailand’s queen condemned those behind a 15－month wave of violence.”可推断出泰国发生了许多暴乱。

72.解析：这是一道主旨题。从新闻的内容可知，简明新闻包括了“暴乱、运动、政治、法律和农业”。

75．The study of the scientists from the UK and Denmark is about ____________.

　 A．the importance of climate and the growth of crops

　 B．the damage caused by high temperatures to some crops

　 C．the relationship between crops flowering and high temperatures

　 D．the effect of high temperatures on the production of some crops

答案 72.D　 73.C　 74.B　 75.D

74．According to the U.S. Forest Service officials, those who enter the area and damage the closed roads __________.

　 A．shall have to pay a $ 5,000 fine for the repairs to them

　 B．shall be fined or put in prison, and may pay for the repairs

　 C．shall be fined $ 5,000 and kept in prison for six months

　 D．shall pay a fine and repair the roads as a punishment

73．From the news brief, we can learn that ____________.

　 A．the Bulldogs defeated the Wildcats by 3-1 in a non-league match

　 B．Forest Service roads are closed for repairs before they are opened again

　 C．quite a few violent accidents happened in Tailand before the latest one

　 D．the British people think the decision made by Blair about the war is of legaliry

72．The news brief covers _____________.　

　 A．war, law, violence, culture and agriculture

　 B．sports, war, violence, politics and climate

　 C．politics, culture, violence, climate and sports

　 D．violence, sports, politics, law and agriculture

63.解析：这是一道细节推断题。从倒数第二段网吧老板的话语中可以看出他们既感到吃惊又不愿接受。

第14题(2005年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语福建卷)

NEWS BRIEF

　 　 ●Prime Minister Tony Blair new allegations(指控) on Thursday that he misled Parliament and the public in making the case for the war in Iraq after he disclosed his chief legal adviser’s written opinion raising questions about the legality(合法) of the war.

　 　 ●U.S. Forest Service officials are reminding people to stay off Forest Service roads that are closed. The fine for disobeying the rule of road closures is a maximum of ＄5,000 fine and/ or six months in prison. Those who enter the area and cause road damage may also be required to pay for repairs.

　 　 ●In a second study presented at the meeting, scientists from the UK and Denmark showed that even a few days of high temperatures can severely reduce production of crops such as wheat,　 soybeans, rice and groundnuts, if it occurs when the plants are flowering.

　 　●A bomb exploded in Thailand’s mainly Muslin south on Sunday, killing two policemen and wounding three others, a day after Thailand’s queen condemned those behind a 15-month wave of violence(暴力).

　 　●Mechanicsburg 3, West York 1: Ken Stamper and Rusty Bowman had seven kills each, and Ryan Warfield had six to lead the Wildcats past the Bulldogs, 25-11, 25-15, 15-25, 25-23, in a non-league match.