本教程的课文内容主要反映当前的热点话题,突出阅读材料的实用性和可读性。全书由8个单元组成,每个单元含3篇阅读材料,分别从不同的角度阐述同一话题。
本教程融时代性、实用性和可操作性于一体。选文题材广泛,体裁多样,是一本实用的英语应用能力等级考试的应试宝典。学生通过阅读《高职英语应用能力阅读教程》可以掌握日常生活中的基本词汇、短语、基本语法概念,从而顺利通过英语应用能力等级考试,并为日后通过大学英语四级打下坚实的基础。
本教程全面模仿以往历年全国英语应用能力等级考试阅读方面的题型,将同种话题的内容汇总成简易的阅读材料,并将培养学生快速阅读能力的意识贯穿于全书。每单元的习题与英语应用能力等级考试的阅读试题完全接轨,针对性强,习题量适中,具有较强的可操作性。循序渐进,由易到难,内容丰富,覆盖面广,有的放矢,实用性强。重点针对英语应用能力等级考试的阅读要求进行分析讲解,所提供的应试策略方向明确,易于操作,相关的阅读文章既是提高阅读应试能力的辅导材料,又是英语四级作文的范例素材。
Unit One Currency and Finance
Part A What Is Money
Part B An Important Financial Institution
Part C The Great Depression
Part D Practice
Unit Two Exploration
Part A Oldest Man to Scale Mount Qumolangma
Part B Machu Picchu
Part C The Great Barrier Reef
Part D Practice
Unit Three Natural Disaster
Part A Brief Introduction to Disaster
Part B A Disastrous Quake Hits China
Part C Aftershocks in Shanghai
Part D Practice
Unit Four American Customs and Culture
Part A Religion in America
Part B Some Characteristics of Americans
Part C Social Gatherings of Americans
Part D Practice
Unit Five Sports
Part A Olympic Spirit
Part B The Colors of the 2008 Olympics
Part C Mascots
Part D Practice
Unit Six Cloning
Part A Ian Wilmut: Breaking the Clone Barrier
Part B The Biotech Century
Part C Clone Farm
Part D Practice
Unit Seven Earth & Environment
Part A Climate Change
Part B Water Shortage
Part C President Bush Welcomes Recipients of the President's Environmental Youth Awards (Excerpt)
Part D Practice
Unit Eight Health and Food
Part A Belly Fat and a Healthy Diet
Part B Overweight and Obesity
Part C Four Powerful Reasons to Eat Slower
Part D Practice
Final Examination