73.这是一道细节推断题。根据“The driver’s insurance company has not accepted responsibility for the accident and New Castle County Court is expected to rule on the payout on Monday.”可判断出这个男孩在等待着赔付。

75. Which passage would give more information on the prevention of road accidents?

A. ①　 B. ②　 C. ③　 D. ④

答案 73. B　 74. C　 75. D

解析：

74. What can we learn about Lee and Collier counties from Passage②?

A. They both became safe places.　　　　　　　　　　　 B. They won the same place in a race.

C. They had the same number of accidents.　　　　 D. They joined hands in reducing accidents.

73. What does Passage①tell us about the boy?

A. He was injured in the head when he was 14.

B. He has waited for the payout for a long time.

C. He has lived in the same place since the accident.

D. He was run over by a taxi when riding on the pavement.

57.解析：这是一道细节推断题。根据最后一段可判断出the Maldives与Tuvalu的情况相似。

第8题(2005年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语北京卷)

56.解析：这是一道细节题。第四段第一句话表示Laupepa对美国不满意的原因是美国拒绝签署减少温室效应气体排放的公约。

55.解析：这是一道细节推断题。根据第三段“Many scientists connect higher surface water temperatures resulting from global warming to greater and more damaging storms.”可判断出造成严重的暴风雨的直接原因是海洋表面水的气温太高。

54.解析：这是一道主旨题。这篇短文主要讲述了全球变暖造成的恶劣影响。

57．The country whose situation is similar to that of Tuvalu is　 　.

A．Australia　　 B．New Zealand　 　 C．the Maldives　 D．the United States

答案 54.B55.B56.A57.C

56．Laupepa was not satisfied with the United States because it did not　 　.

A．agree to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions　　　　 B．sign an agreement with Tuvalu

C．allow Tuvaluans to move to the US　　　　　　　 D．believe the problems facing Tuvalu were real