作者搜集了多方面的资料，本书以真题为蓝本，其中的素材和真题相似度极高。为了方便实际阅读与备考，SSAT阅读高手全攻略（世界文化篇）共分为16个章节，从世界历史、文化、艺术、科学等角度介绍世界历史，同时也将考试中常考的各种阅读题型融入到各个题材中。除此之外，辅以试题，方便考生备考。目前市面上有的都是模拟题，有一些国内培训机构自己研发的，还有一些是国外引进版权的。本书为真题回忆大全，是与真题相似度极高的预测试题。按照题材分类并对不同题材的背景提供的分析，同时也就近几年的阅读做了一个总结，可谓一书多用，考前必备。

王锐，北美考试宗师级人物，著名美国留学规划专家。国际关系学院国际文化与传播专业高材生，主修英美语言与文学，布莱恩特奖学金获得者。求学期间有辛承蒙著名语言学家吴中东教授的指导，受益良深。
对SSAT，TOEFL，SAT，ACT，GMAT等北美考试教学研究十余年，是这方面名副其实的专家。近年来，致力于英美诗歌鉴赏、文法与写作、文化与翻译、艺术史的研究，深得学术界广泛认可，为我国北美考试教学向专业化过渡打开了一个新的局面。相信不久，同学们就可以欣赏到相关著作。
授课生动流畅，旁征博引，重点突出，直击人心；教学注重理论与实践的结合。应试方法奇特有效，讲究立竿见影，深受同学们的欢迎与喜爱。

Chapter 1 World History
History and Life
Feudalism of Japan
Buddhist Sculpture
Dead Sea Scroll
Generation
The Black Death
Boudicca
King Richard Ⅲ
Carthage
Papyrus
Chickasaw Tribe
Hiawatha: Synergic Pioneer
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
The Czar
Spain and England
Sixteenth Century Expedition
The Trojan War
The Athens
Arapaho
Blackfoot
Cherokee
Cheyenne
Shawnee
The Curse of King Tut
Coins
Chapter 2 U.S. History, Politics, and Culture
The Salem Witch Trials
Abraham Lincoln
Emancipation Proclamation
The Supreme Court's Power of Judicial Review
Tea
California Gold Rush
To Be an American
The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Ellis Island
EPA
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
The Homestead Act of 1862
Racial Discrimination and Segregation
Great Depression
Expedition of Lewis and Clark
Thomas Jefferson
The Pony Express
English Sympathy
The Statue of Liberty
Chapter 3 Women
Women in Colony
Marie Antoinette
Ruler Hatshepsut
The Abortion Debate
Chapter 4 Art
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Dance Theater of Harlem
New York City's Central Park
The Louvre
Chapter 5 Humanities
An Extinct Language
Arabic
The Master
American Sign Language
Aristotle's Ethical Theory
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
The Myths Ⅰ
The Myths Ⅱ
Chapter 6 Health and Medicine
Caffeine and Youngsters
Sleep Deprivation
Physical Activity Level of American Adolescents.
Herbs
Chapter 7 World Literature
Dracula Ⅰ
Dracula Ⅰ
Around the World in 80 Days
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Polly Helps a Friend
Mr. Harding
Wonderful Spring
A painful Case
Affidavit of Emily Ryerson
The World of Cheese
Land of the Cyclopes
Mr. Holter
The House on Mango Street
Lying in Bed
Of Cleverness
The Tomb of Keats
The Importance of Being Earnest
Anne of Green Gables
Chapter 8 Poems
A Type of Human Life
The Fly
Early Affection
Trees Need Not Walk the Earth
Fair Enough
Ode to the Cuckoo
Charity
Migration of the Raptors
Identity
The Furthest Distance in the World
As I Awake
Apologia
Auto Wreck
Chapter 9 Literary Criticism
Homer Epic
Boy at the Window Review
Virginia Woolf
A Thousand Splendid Suns Review
Background of Arthur Conan Doyle's Creation
Wuthering Heights Review
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Review
Macbeth Review
Raisin in the Sun
Frankenstein vs. Wuthering Heights
Chapter 10 Biography
Captain James Cook
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Lyman Frank Baum: Creator of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Barbara Jordan
A Speech Delivered by Barbara Jordan
Catharine Esther Beecher
Carlo Collodi
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Afred Hitchcock
Florence Nightingale
Abraham "Bram" Stoker Ⅰ
Abraham "Bram" Stoker Ⅱ
Harriet Tubman
Howard Pillips Lovecraft
Sax Rohmer
The True Story of My Life
Up from Slavery: An Autobiography
Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
Marie Curie
Claude Mckay
Dr. Charles Richard Drew
Chapter 11 Music
African Music
Boxwood
Andre Watts
Jazz
Blues
Chapter 12 Science and Nature
Scientific Attitude
Kangaroo Rats
Partnership in the Sea
English Bull Terrier
Explosion of Stars
The Fish of the Deep Sea
Hydrogen
Global Warming
Elephants
Moths
White Dwarf
An Odd Fact
Birds' Travel
Continental Drift
The Sun
The Moon
The Barrier Islands
Koala
Oxpecker and Rhino
Volcano
Cells and Temperature
Manatees and Dugongs
Wolverine
Spider
Chapter 13 Popular Culture
Business and Consumers
Paperweight Collection
Compact Discs
Modeling Industry
Computer Museum of America
The Origin of Papers
Chapter 14 Sports and Leisure
Modern Camping
Emily Carr's Trip in 1933
Chapter 15 Society and Psychology
Human Brain
School Bullying
Need to Be With
Jaws of Anxiety
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