2008年湖南高考考试英语阅读简答卷
阅读下面短文，依据第73至第75小题的具体需要，简要回答问题。
Every January, Breckenridge hosts the International Show Sculpture Championships. Fourteen teams travel from all over the world to Switzerland 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 seen in daily life. For example, one team carved a teapot with tea pouring out. Another team sculpted a little cat on its hind feed reaching into a fish bowl complete with water ripples and a crab 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 pawstouching.
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 then vote on creativity, technical skill, and visual impact 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 design.
73. What kind of tools are the sculptures NOT permitted to use?
74. What gives the sculptors ideas for their creative work?
75. Why did Team USA win the competition in 2006?
73. The tools that use electricity. 依据第二段中的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。其中的重点信息是they are not allowed to employ tools that use electricity，但因为答卷需要规定答案不可以超越6个词，所以用The tools that use electricity。
74. The things they have seen in daily life. 依据第三段第一句话Most teams are inspired by what they have seen in daily life可知答案，其中最重要的信息是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.依据第四段最后一句话The judges then vote on creativity, technical skill, and visual impact of the designs可知，裁判评判的规范是看其creativity, technical skill, and visual impact，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这几个方面肯定是最好的。
