Section B
Passage One
Many people suffer from some form of extreme anxiety. Some experience occasional attacks of panic for almost no reason. Others go around in a state of continual uneasiness. How do we control anxiety? [26]The best way is to take drugs that help patients manage their anxiety. Patients who take these drugs say that they are able to work, to sleep and to go to places they feared to visit before.But the effects of the drugs on the human body, especially on the nervous system have not been known for a long time.
Scientists have started a series of studies to identify the effects of the drugs on the brain and have gained some insight into the costs and benefits of the anti-anxiety drugs. They are valuable because they can reduce the effects of expected failure, frustration and disappointment. [27]But their value demands a price. Two effects of the drugs are obviously harmful. [28]First, they weaken a person's ability to react to changes;second, they fail to help a person deal with unexpected troubles.It is fairly sure that people will meet with problems they have never expected, so [27]these harmful effects may make the price of anti-anxiety drugs too high.

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. According to the speaker, what is the best way to manage anxiety?
正確答案：A
解析：本題符合短文聽力“聽到什么就選什么”的原則。原文說病人控制焦慮癥的最好方法是服用藥物。因此A正確。語義突出之處（如本處的形容詞最高級）常設考點。
27. What does the speaker say about the anti-anxiety drugs?
正確答案：D
解析：原文先說藥物很有效，再說它的副作用，即服用藥物付出的代價大。D是最準確的概括表達。B的錯誤在于原文并未比較藥物的作用與副作用，C項錯把原文中提到的price“代價”理解為“價格”。
28. What harmful effect do the anti-anxiety drugs have?
正確答案：C
解析：選項都是某些東西對人的不良影響；結合第26題選項中的medicine一詞，可以猜測本題問的是某種藥物的副作用。因此聽到effects和harmful時就要注意。原文說這種藥物會減弱人們的應變能力，選項C就是這句話的同義表達。