Section B
26 C) It crashed when it was circling to land.
原文：the island crashed into a hillside as it circled while preparing to land
27 A) He was kidnapped eight months ago.
原文第二句：...held by kidnapper in central Africa for the past 8 months...
28 A) The management and union representatives reached an agreement.
原句：....which resulted in a new agreement on working hour and conditions.
29 B) rainy
注意时间词。原文：rain will spread from Scotland to cover most parts by midnight.
30 C) Very few of them knew much about geology.
原文：From his audience and analysis he learned that only 2 or 3 of his classmates knew much of anything about geology.
31 B) By noting where the most severe earthquake in U.S. history occurred.
以自己本地发生过的大地震以例子，引入自己的speech。
32 C) Stop him when he had difficulty understanding.
原文：“Stop me,” he said, “any time I say something you don’t understand.”
33 D) It is a tool of communication among speakers of different languages.
其他选项都没有在原文中提到。
34 D) It has supporters from many countries in the world.
原文： the movement has continued to flourish and has members in more than 80 countries.
35 D) It has had greater impact than in any other country.
原文：It is, however, in China that Esperanto has had its greatest impact.
Section C
36. intelligent
37. foundations
38. romantic
39. reflects
40. profound
41. dramatically
42. deprived
43. hindered
44. research shows that communicating with others promotes health, whereas social isolation is linked to stress, disease, and early death.
45. A group of researchers reveal scores of studies that trace the relationship between health and interaction with others.
46. loneliness harms the immune system, making us more vulnerable to a range of miner and major illnesses.
仔细阅读解析
Section A
47 a grade above 94 / a higher grade
48 select the method of grading
49 improving
50 effort and accomplishment
51 discuss his concern
47 文中第一段告诉我们，这个九年级学生不满意艺术老师给出的94分，因为在前一学年中，他获得了一个99，一个100，他认为这个94不能反映出他花在这门课上的心血。因此，这个九年级同学认为他的老师应该给他一个比94更高的分数。题目中的should have given him指“本应该给他”，表示一种与事实相反的假设。
48 答案在Answer 部分的第一段第二句。原文中的deserve wide latitude与have the freedom 意义相近，promote learning 与encourage learning 表达的意思相同。因此答案是select the method of grading，指选择判分的方式。
49 答案在文章Answer 部分的第二段第二、三句。这一部分表达的意思是一个拿到了100分的学生仍会有很大的需要进步的空间。第二句中有一个词可以表达继续进步的意思，即improve. keep 后需接动词的ing形式，因此填入的词是improving.
50 Rembrandt (伦勃朗，17世纪一位荷兰画家，文章中提到的The Night Watch 是他的名作《夜巡》)出现在Answer 部分的第三段。伦勃朗的例子主要是为了说明付出与成就不完全对等。答案在这一段第二句中，应填入的内容是effort and accomplishment. 题目中的distinction, 意思是区别。
51 答案在文章最后一句，应填入的内容是discuss his concern.
Section B
Passage 1
52. A) America is now the only developed country without the policy.
由第一自然段最后一句“We’re now the only wealthy country without such a policy”可得出答案，答案A中developed其实就与wealthy的同义。
53. D) The opposition from business circles.
由文章第二自然段可看出，美国商会和其他商业团体常常对于美国关于平衡工作与家庭生活两者关系的法律均是百般阻挠，相反民主党领导人常常是支持这项法律的。