全国英语等级考试是面向全社会的英语考试体系，共五级。为满足各级考试培训和学习需要，教育部考试中心组织编写了配套教程。本书为第四级。

本书以考试大纲为依据，便于自学和教学。本书共12章，24个单元。每章覆盖一个交际话题，每单元包括对话/独白、课文、单词和短语、注释、练习和补充阅读。本书最后有附录，其中包括练习答案。本书配有光盘。

Chapter 1 Health and Body Care

Unit 1   Physical Health

Dialogues  1

Passage  3

Words and Expressions  6

Proper Names  7

Notes  7

Exercises  7

Supplementary Reading  15

Unit 2   Mental Health

Dialogues  17

Passage  19

Words and Expressions  22

Notes  22

Exercises  22

Supplementary Reading  30

Chapter 2 Family

Unit 3   Family Life

Dialogues  33

Passage  35

Words and Expressions  37

Notes  38

Exercises  39

Supplementary Reading  45

Unit 4   Love and Marriage

Dialogues  47

Passage  49

Words and Expressions  52

Notes  52

Exercises  53

Supplementary Reading  59

Chapter 3 People and Business

Unit 5   Personal Relationships

Dialogues  61

Passage  64

Words and Expressions  66

Notes  66

Exercises  67

Supplementary Reading  74

Unit 6   Business

Dialogues  76

Passage  78

Words and Expressions  81

Notes  81

Exercises  82

Supplementary Reading  90

Chapter 4 History

Unit 7   People in History

Dialogues  93

Passage  95

Words and Expressions  98

Notes  98

Exercises  99

Supplementary Reading  107

Unit 8   Events in History

Dialogues  109

Passage  111

Words and Expressions  114

Notes  115

Exercises  115

Supplementary Reading  123

Chapter 5 Jobs and Services

Unit 9   Jobs

Dialogues  125

Passage  127

Words and Expressions  129

Notes  130

Exercises  130

Supplementary Reading  137

Unit 10  Services

Dialogues  139

Passage  142

Words and Expressions  144

Notes  144

Exercises  145

Supplementary Reading  151

Chapter 6 Education

Unit 11   Elementary and Secondary Education

Dialogues  155

Passage  157

Words and Expressions  159

Notes  160

Exercises  161

Supplementary Reading  168

Unit 12  Higher Education

Dialogues  169

Passage  171

Words and Expressions  173

Notes  174

Exercises  175

Supplementary Reading  182

Chapter 7 People

Unit 13  Personal Identification

Dialogues  185

Passage  188

Words and Expressions  190

Notes  191

Exercises  191

Supplementary Reading  198

Unit 14  Famous People

Dialogues  200

Passage  203

Words and Expressions  205

Notes  206

Exercises  207

Supplementary Reading  214

Chapter 8 Government and Law

Unit 15  Law and Justice

Dialogues  217

Passage  220

Words and Expressions  222

Notes  223

Exercises  224

Supplementary Reading  230

Unit 16  Government

Dialogues  232

Passage  235

Words and Expressions  237

Notes  238

Exercises  238

Supplementary Reading  245

Chapter 9 Science

Unit 17  Popular Science

Dialogues  247

Passage  249

Words and Expressions  251

Notes  252

Exercises  253

Supplementary Reading  260

Unit 18  Social Science

Dialogues  261

Passage  263

Words and Expressions  266

Notes  267

Exercises  267

Supplementary Reading  273

Chapter 10 Leisure Time Activities

Unit 19  Travel and Transportation

Dialogues  275

Passage  277

Words and Expressions  279

Notes  280

Exercises  280

Supplementary Reading  288

Unit 20  Art and Entertainment

Dialogues  290

Passage  292

Words and Expressions  294

Notes  295

Exercises  296

Supplementary Reading  304

Chapter 11 Society and Culture

Unit 21   Social Issues

Dialogues  307

Passage  309

Words and Expressions  312

Notes  313

Exercises  313

Supplementary Reading  321

Unit 22  Culture

Dialogues  323

Passage  325

Words and Expressions  328

Notes  328

Exercises  328

Supplementary Reading  336

Chapter 12 Environment

Unit 23  Nature World

Dialogues  339

Passage  341

Words and expressions  344

Notes  345

Exercises  345

Supplementary reading  353

Unit 24  Approaching a Sustainable Future

Dialogues  355

Passage  357

Words and expressions  360

Notes  361

Exercises  361

Supplementary Reading  369

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