扩大阅读量对于复习考验至关重要。与其将大把时间浪费在其他类型的阅读上，为什么不直接从考研阅读的题源中进行发掘呢？无论是难度，篇幅还是文章的风格、选材，还有什么阅读材料比考题的题源更接近考题本身的呢？

本书着眼于《时代周刊》这本国外的优秀杂志，从近几年刊载的文章中各精选出几十篇。根据考研真题的题材类型将这些文章分为社会类、文教类、经济类、科技类和健康类五部分。

社会类

Passage One Troubled Waters

Passage Two Thirsting for Knowledge

Passage Three Family Values

Passage Four Estonia：Under Siege on the Web

Passage Five Hungry for Change

Passage Six Family Values and Food Sustainability

Passage Seven What a Little Fertilizer Can D0

Passage Eight Wirecutters：State—Run Wifi

Passage Nine British Airways：No to Surfers

Passage Ten Fighting for the Right to Dry

文教类

Passage One Built for Speed

Passage Two The Natural

Passage Three Making Waves in Tuscany

Passage Four Technophobia

Passage Five Moon View

Passage Six Baseball in Belgium7

Passage Seven Head Start

Passage Eight In Slava’s Shadow

Passage Nine Mystery Man

Passage Ten Into the Light

经济类

Passage One The Digital Camera Fights for Survival

Passage Two The Golden Years Rule-

Passage Three Altitude Sickness

Passage Four How Do You Like Them Apples？

Passage Five Word on the Street

Passage Six Volume Control

Passage Seven Reasons to Be Cheerful

Passage Eight Rock Bottom

Passage Nine Postcard：Ceske Budejovice

Passage Ten Rolling in Dough

科技类

Passage One Is Snuppy the Puppy for Real？

Passage Two Can Triple Play Pay？

Passage Three The New Wireless Tangl

Passage Four Does High Tech Require High Fiber？

Passage Five A Cheaper Chip

Passage Six The Slow-Motion Mission

Passage Seven Tag, You're It

Passage Eight Din0 Conspiracy Theory

Passage Nine Great and Small

Passage Ten Wheel Genius

健康类

Passage One Do Calcium Pills Work？

Passage Two Not So Complementary

Passage Three Down for the Count

Passage Four Hollywood's Smoke Alarm

Passage Five The Disease Is the Remedy

Passage Six A Deadly Mystery

Passage Seven Was Timothy Leary Right？

Passage Eight Rethinking Organics

Passage Nine Does Day Care Help At-Risk Kids？

Passage Ten Assessing a Failed AIDS Vaccine