59.What is the passage mainly about?

A.Stories happening in swimming competitions.　　　　　　

B.Two women swimmers winning Olympic golds.

C.Lessons learned from international swimming championships.

D.Friendship and competition between two swimmers.

70.We can infer from the last sentence that scientists________.

A.have changed the landing points many times　　　 B.hope to land the robots on the surface of water

C.are still working on the plan　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 D.know where they can find water

答案 67.A　 　68.D　　 69.A　　 70.C　

第21题(2004年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语天津卷)

　 SYDNEY：As they sat sharing sweets beside a swimming pool in 1999，Shane Gould and Jessicah Schipper were simply getting along well,chatting about sport,life and“anything else that came up.”

　 Yet in Sydney next month,they will meet again by the pool,and for a short time the friends will race against each other in the 50-meter butterfly(蝶泳)in the Australian championships at Homebush Bay.

　 　Gould,now a 47-year-old mother of four,has announced she will be making a return to elite competition(顶级赛事)to swim the one event,having set a qualifying(合格的)time of 30.32 seconds in winning gold at last year’s United States Masters championships.Her comeback comes 32 years after she won three golds at the Munich Olympics.

　 Schipper,now a 17-year-old from Brisbane with a bright future of going to Athens for her first Olympics,yesterday recalled(回忆)her time with Gould five years ago.

　 “I was at a national youth camp on the Gold Coast and Shane had come along to talk to　us and watch us train,”Schipper explained.“It seemed as if we had long been good friends.I don’t know why.We just started talking and it went from there.”

　 　 “She had a lot to share with all of us at that camp.She told us stories about what it was like at big meets like the Olympics and what it’s like to be on an Australian team.It was really interesting.”

　 Next time,things will be more serious.“ I will still be swimming in the 50m butterfly at the nationals,so there is a chance that I could actually be competing against Shane Gould,”said Schipper,who burst onto the scene at last year’s national championships with second places in the 100m and 200m butterfly.

69.One of the important jobs for the robots on Mars is to________.

A.study the soil　　　　 B.walk everywhere　　　　　 C.test the new camera　 D.find a suitable landing point

68.How long in between will the two robots be sent to Mars?

A.1 year.　　 　　　　　 B.7.5 months.　 　　 C.2 months.　　 　　 D.2 weeks.

67.According to the news report,scientists plan to send robots up to Mars to_______.

A.find out whether there is water on Mars　　　　　　　 B.see if robots can find minerals there

C.test how fast robots can drive there　　　　　　　　　　　 D.prove that robots can work on Mars

67. The students felt proud of Helios because______.

A. it could run as far as 350 miles　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. it was favored by many children

C. it had high-quality batteries　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. it was driven by clean energy

答案 64. A　 65. B　　 66. C　 　67. D

第20题(2004年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语全国卷Ⅳ)

　 　Houston,Texas(June 8,2002)－ In 2004,the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA)will send two robots(机器人)to separate places of Mars to seek out past or present signs of water.It is an exciting idea to send two robots driving over very different places of Mars at the same time,to be able to see what is on the other side of the hill.

　 Last month,NASA announced it was sending one robot to Mars,but after two weeks,it　decided there was enough money for two.The robots will be sent up within two weeks of each other in May and June of 2003 from Kennedy Space Center.If all goes well,the two spacecraft(宇宙飞船)will touch down on Mars,after a seven-and-a-half-month space flight,on January 2 and 20,2004.

　 The robots,each weighing 150 kilograms,can cover 100 meters per day.They are designed to be able to examine the mineral content of the soil,and their special camera will take pictures of the lands and hills.Although they will be under control from Earth,the robots are able to move more freely compared to those sent up before them.

　 The actual landing points have not been determined yet,but the scientists say it will be in areas where they hope to find water.

66. What would be the best title for the text?

A. The Making of Helios　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. 1999 American Tour de Sol

C. Sun-powered Cars on the Road　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Use of Green Cars in Connecticut

65. How many sun-powered cars took part in the race?

A. 1.　　　 　　 B. 4 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. 23　 .　　 　 D. 44.

64. What is special about the car Helios in the text?

A. It was built by middle school students. 　　　　　　　 B. It has an attractive design.

C. It was made in 1971. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. It won the fourth prize.

67.Which is the best title for the passage?

　 A.Mountain Lions in Unlikely Places　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.Measures Taken to Avoid Lions

　 C.Number of Sightings Going Up　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.Mountain Lions Moving West

答案 64.C　 　65.B 66.B67.A

第19题(2004年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语全国卷Ⅲ)

　 It’s not the flashiest car in the world. Not even close. But the 1971 Volkswagen named Helios can do something most cars can’t：run on solar energy－energy from the sun’s light and heat!

　 Joshua Bechtold, 14, and the other students at the Riverside School in Lyndonville, Vermont, worked many months to get Helios ready for the 1999 American Tour de Sol(“Sol”is the Latin word for“sun”). They named their car after Helios, the sun god in Greek mythology(神话).

　 　The 4-year-old Tour de Sol encourages the use of “green”, or environmentally friendly, cars to help reduce pollution and save energy. It’s not a race. Cars are judged on fuel efficiency(耗油量) rather than speed. In the week-long event, 44 cars took the 350-mile tour from Waterbury, Connecticut, to Lake George, New York. Of the 23 student cars, Helios was the only one built by middle school students.

　 A teacher drove Helios, but the children talked with people wherever they stopped along the road. “That was my favorite part. ”says Anna Browne, 15. “We explained how the car runs. ”

　 　Due in part to old, inefficient batteries(电池), Helios finished fourth－out of four-in its kind, the sun-powered class. “We were there for the fun of it. ”Anna says. “We’re proud of Helios, ” says Ariel Gleicher, 14. “It’s a car that’s good for the environment. ”