本书试题均来自各种考试的真题及模拟题，在选取文章时既注意与对应课文的关联性，又注意语言的优雅、凝练和幽默，句型工整而又富于变化。本册重点在于理解语篇内句子之间内在的逻辑关系，使学习者认识到句型的精练、优美、实用与可模仿性，从而将其有机地运用于英语写作之中；并进一步扩充讲解词汇、短语及语法的实战运用，为考生顺利通过各种考试打下扎实的基础。

语法查询索引

Lesson 1 A puma at large

Lesson 2 Thirteen equals one

Lesson 3 An unknown goddess

Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs

Lesson 5 The facts

Lesson 6 Smash-and-grab

Lesson 7 Mutilated ladies

Lesson 8 A famous monastery

Lesson 9 Flying cats

Lesson 10 The loss of the Titanic

Lesson 11 Not guilty

Lesson 12 Life on a desert island

Lesson 13 ‘It's only me’

Lesson 14 A noble gangster

Lesson 15 Fifty pence worth of trouble

Lesson 16 Mary had a little lamb

Lesson 17 The longest suspension bridge in the world

Lesson 18 Electric currents in modern art

Lesson 19 A very dear cat

Lesson 20 Pioneer pilots

Lesson 21 Daniel Mendoza

Lesson 22 By heart

Lesson 23 One man's meat is another man's poison

Lesson 24 A skeleton in the cupboard

Lesson 25 The Cutty Sark

Lesson 26 Wanted.. a large biscuit tin

Lesson 27 Nothing to sell and nothing to buy

Lesson 28 Five pounds too dear

Lesson 29 Funny or not?

Lesson 30 The death of a ghost

Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric

Lesson 32 A lost ship

Lesson 33 A day to remember

Lesson 34 A happy discovery

Lesson 35 Justice was done

Lesson 36 A chance in a million

Lesson 37 The Westhaven Express

Lesson 38 The first calendar

Lesson 39 Nothing to worry about

Lesson 40 Who's who

Lesson 41 Illusions of pastoral peace

Lesson 42 Modern cavemen

Lesson 43 Fully insured

Lesson 44 Speed and comfort

Lesson 45 The power of the press

Lesson 46 Do it yourself

Lesson 47 Too high a price?

Lesson 48 The silent village

Lesson 49 The ideal servant

Lesson 50 New Year resolutions

Lesson 51 Predicting the future

Lesson 52 Mud is mud

Lesson 53 In the public interest

Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness?

Lesson 55 From the earth: Greetings

Lesson 56 Our neighbour, the river

Lesson 57 Back in the old country

Lesson 58 A spot of bother

Lesson 59 Collecting

Lesson 60 Too early and too late