本书由16个单元、48篇文章组成,内容和难度紧扣最新《大学英语课程教学要求(试行)》对快速阅读的各项具体要求。其选材注重信息性、趣味性和实用性,题材广泛,内容丰富,涉及文化习俗、婚姻爱情、信息技术、科学教育、社会焦点等各个方面。可以帮助学生提高英语阅读理解能力、运用语言结构和词汇的能力、分析判断和逻辑推理的能力以及迅速捕捉信息的能力。
Unit 1 Study
Passage 1 Secrets of“A”Students
Passage 2 What Schools Will Be Like in 2050 ?
Passage 3 Methods of Education:East and West
Unit 2 Words and Stories
Passage 1 American Expressions Based on Colors
Passage 2 Talking About Mouth
Passage 3 Boss
Unit 3 Friendship
Passage 1 Friendship
Passage 2 “Good MorningNeighbor!”
Passage 3 One ofMy Friends
Unit 4 Daily Life
Passage 1 Supermarket
Passage 2 Danger in Your Car
Passage 3 Where to Eat,Drink&Meet
Unit 5 Entertainment
Passage 1 Music
Passage 2 Online Music Sales
Passage 3 Michael Jackson
Unit 6 Famous Attractions
Passage 1 Forbidden City
Passage 2 Cambridge University
Passage 3 Hawaii
Unit 7 Animal
Passage l National Zoo Observes Panda's 1 st Birthday
Passage 2 Feline Stealing Gardening Gloves ofPelham
Passage 3 The African Wild Dog
Unit 8 Health
Passage 1 People and Its Daily Energy Cycle
Passage 2 Obesity in Young People
Passage 3 Caffeine and Your Health
Unit 9 Big People
Passage 1 The LeBron James Era?
Passage 2 Anne-Sophie Mutter,Violin
Passage 3 Yasser Arafat in His Youth
Unit 10 Cultural Differences
Passage 1 Differences Between Two Kinds of Youth
Passage 2 American Wedding Customs
Passage 3 Table Manners:A Cultural Difference
Unit 11 Economy and Resources
Passage 1 Customer Satisfaction
Passage 2 McDonald'S Applicants
Passage 3 Energy Crisis
Unit 12 Science Technology
Passage 1 About Robots
Passage 2 E-mail Brings Business Closer Together
Passage 3 First Cell-phone Worm Emerges
Unit 13 Internet
Passage 1 The Internet
Passage 2 Students Get Help with Schoolwork From Far Away
Passage 3 America Online's Big Mistake with Search Data
Unit 14 Biotechnology
Passage 1 Biological Clocks
Passage 2 Cloning
Passage 3 Louis Pasteur:a Modern-day Scientist
Unit 15 Environment
Passage 1 Dust and Sandstorm
Passage 2 The Disaster ofGlobal Warming
Passage 3 Gore's Movie Heats Up Discussion of GIobal Warming
Unit 16 Society
Passage 1 How WTO Affects China's Higher Education
Passage 2 Transportation
Passage 3 Why Americans Own Guns
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