本书语言地道,知识面广,信息量大,能有效训练学生的阅读理解能力,提高他们的阅读速度。每课的第一篇阅读材料篇幅长400单词左右,侧重训练学生的快速阅读能力;阅读理解题则主要检查学生是否能在快速阅读后掌握阅读材料中的事实和材料所传达的思想。每课中的第二篇阅读材料较短,着重训练学生的阅读技巧,如:从上下文中猜测生词的含义,找出作者的观点,得出中心思想,排列事件顺序,推断作者的论点等。因此,它是一本训练学生阅读速度及阅读理解能力并能同时开拓他们视野的拓展型书,适合外国语学校初二及以上年级学生和非外国语学校高中学生课内、外使用。
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1 A Flightless Birds
1 B Wildlife Photography
2 A Dressing for the Season
2 B Protection from the Sun
3 A Home Entertainment
3 B Home Audio. From Tinfoil to Compact Discs
4 A Research on the Internet
4 B Writing a Science Research Paper
5 A Oceanographers at Work
5 B The JASON Project
6 A Muscles and Their Functions
6 B Training to Be a Runner
7 A The Science of Musical Instruments
7 B What Determines Perfect Pitch?
8 A Energy in Its Many Forms
8 B Geothermal Energy. A Renewable Resource
9 A How a Tornado Forms
9 B Making a Tornado Safety Plan
10 A Dinosaur Parents and Their Young
10 B Discovering Dinosaur Eggs
11 A The Usefulness of Mud
11 B Preparing Adobe Bricks
12 A The Origin of Seashells
12 B Common Shellfish
13 A The Roles of Fruits and Seeds
13 B Using Plants to Make Natural Dyes
14 A Computers Playing Chess and Solving Problems
14 B Are Computers Intelligent?
15 A The Rocket. A Powerful Engine
15 B Ultraviolet Images of Space
16 A George Washington Carver
16 B The Health Value of Nuts
17 A A Monarch Butterfly's Life
17 B A Tour of the Butterfly Farm
18 A The Importance of a Balanced Diet
18 B The Need for Exercise
19 A The Importance of Trees
19 B The Problem of Deforestation
20 A Large Dams= Benefits or Burdens?
20 B Sharing Water from the Hoover Dam
21 A How Magnets Work
21 B A Compass Treasure Hunt
22 A Plant Adaptations
22 B Challenges Facing Coastal Plants
23 A A History of Mountaineering
23 B Learning to Rock Climb
24 A Earth's Rotation
24 B Observing the Sun
25 A Animal Communication
25 B Can Animals Communicate with People?
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