56.　 The Mahoneys visited quite a few colleges last August ______.

　 A. to express the opinions of many parents　　　　　　　　　 B. to choose a right one for their daughter

　 C. to check the cost of college education　　　　　　 D. to find a right one near a large city

71.解析：这是一道推断题。a long way to go远远不能。根据最后一段“she is more advanced...than any machine...”可知机器远不如人的智力。其他没有提到。

第16题(2005年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语山东卷)

　 Last August, Joe and Mary Mahoney began looking at colleges for their 17-year-old daughter, Maureen. With a checklist of criteria in hand, the Dallas family looked around the country visiting half a dozen schools. They sought a university that offered the teenager’s intended major, one located near a large city, and a campus where their daughter would be safe.

　 “The safety issue is a big one,” says Joe Mahoney, who quickly discovered he wasn’t alone in his worries. On campus tours other parents voiced similar concerns, and the same question was always asked: what about crime? But when college officials always gave the same answer - “That’s not a problem here.” - Mahoney began to feel uneasy.

　 “No crime whatsoever?” comments Mahoney today.　 “I just don’t buy it.”　 Nor should he: in 1999 the U.S. Department of Education had reports of nearly 400,000 serious crimes on or around our campuses. “Parents need to understand that times have changed since they went to colleges,” says David Nichols, author of Creating a Safe Campus. “Campus crime mirrors the rest of the nation.”

　 But getting accurate information isn’t easy. Colleges must report crime statistics (统计数字) by law, but some hold back for fear of bad publicity, leaving the honest ones looking dangerous. “The truth may not always be obvious,” warns S. Daniel Carter of Security on Campus, Inc., the nation’s leading campus safety watchdog group.

　 To help concerned parents, Carter promised to visit campuses and talk to experts around the country to find out major crime issues and effective solutions.

70.解析：这是一道细节题。根据第三段最后一句可知获胜者跑了7.8英里，接近8英里。

69.解析：这是一道猜测词义题。根据第二段第二句“without human guidance”可以推断选D。

68.解析：根据第二段for future battlefields可以推测是军事目的，选D。

67.解析：这是一道细节推测题。因为第一段最后一句表明这些汽车都没有驾驶员。

71．In the last paragraph, the writer implies that there is a long way to go　 　.

　 A．for a robotic vehicle to finish a 142-mile race without any difficulties

　 B．for a little child who has just learned to walk to reach the cookie on the table

　 C．for a robotic vehicle to deal with a simple problem that a little child can solve

　 D．for a little child to understand the importance of wiping apple juice off its face

答案 67.A　 68.D　 69.D　 70.A71.C

70．In the race, the greatest distance one robotic vehicle covered was　 　.

　 A．about eight miles　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 B．six miles

　 C．almost two miles　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 D．about one mile

69．From the passage we know “robotic vehicles” are a kind of machines that　 　.

　 A．can do effortlessly whatever tasks living thing can

　 B．can take part in a race across 142 miles with a time limit

　 C．can show off their ability to turn themselves upside down

　 D．can move from place to place without being driven by human beings

68．DARPA organized the race in order to　 　.

　 A．raise money for producing more robotic vehicles

　 B．push the development of vehicle industry 　 C．train more people to drive in the desert

　 D．improve the vehicles for future wars