29. D 信息明示题。文章第三段指出，In 1860, Lincoln was elected President of the United State. 由此可知D正确。

　　30. A 信息明示题。文章第三段指出，Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865, 由此可知美国内战持续了四年，故选A。

　　31. D 信息明示题。文章第五段指出，Lincoln was shot by an actor named John Wilkes Booth. 由此可知，林肯是被一名演员刺杀的，所以D正确。

　　32. C 综合推断题。文章第三段指出，This party opposed the creation of new slave states. 由此可以推断，南部各州之所以要退出联盟是因为林肯所在的共和党反对奴隶制，所以C正确。

　　Passage Three

　　36. laboratory 37. invade 38. poison 39. results

　　40. magazine 41. sole 42. prevent 43. measured

　　44. The particle used was two hundred nanometers—much, much smaller than a human hair.

　　45. The scientists designed the cell as a balloon inside a balloon. They loaded the outer part with a drug that caused the blood vessels to fall in on themselves.

　　46. The team says the treatment shrank the cancer and avoided health cells better than other treatments.

　　Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

　　Section A

　　47. very high

　　题目问飓风等自然灾害带来的损失情况如何。根据题干中的torrential rains, severe thunderstorms和tornadoes 可以定位到文章第一段，最后一句指出损失的总值是exceeded $250 million, 可见损失非常大，故得答案very high.

　　48. Because the available data are not detailed enough.

　　题目问传统的天气预报为何不能有效预报短期内天气的变化。由题干中的关键词conventional models of atmosphere 可以定位到第二段的开头，第一句话的后半句because the available weather data are generally not detailed enough直接给出了答案。

　　49. predicting general weather conditions over large regions

　　题目问传统的天气预报现在的主要用途。由题干中的关键词conventional models 定位到第二段。最后一句指出conventional forecasting models do a much better job predicting general weather conditions over large regions than..., 即：传统的方式现在主要是用来预测大范围内的总体天气情况。

　　50. Accurate, short-range forecasts.

　　题干明确定位了本题的答案(第三段)，第一句话就给出了解释：accurate, very short-range forecasts.

　　51. Computer programs and video equipment.

　　题目问什么使得Nowcasting 变成了现实。可以定位到文章的最后一句...using these new technologies in weather forecasting offices, Nowcasting is becoming a reality, 可见是these new technologies 使得Nowcasting成为现实，而these new technologies指代的就是上句话中的computer programs and video equipment.

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　52. D 细节题。由文章第三段第四句提到的fast food is appealing because it is fast, it doesn't require any dressing up...可知，D正确。

　　53.C 推断题。文章第三段最后一句提到no struggling with knives and forks，由struggling一词可推断，孩子们不擅长使用刀叉吃饭，所以C正确。

　　54. C 推断题。文章第三段提到，现在很多人都独自居住，他们不愿意为自己一个人烹制食物，所以C正确。由于题目问的是nowadays的情况，所以可排除强干扰项D。

　　55. B 推断题。文章第三段倒数第三句提到sometimes picked up at a drive-in window without even getting out, 由句中的without even getting out 可以推断，drive-in window 是免下窗口，即司机可以不用下车就能拿到食物，所以B正确。