本套丛书分为五本；政治、经济、文化、科技和社会生活。可以满足不同层次英语水平读者的需要。对中级英语水平的读者，可以作为快速阅读理解的材料，尤其对准备参加四、六级考试和研究生入学考试的读者，不失为一套很好的阅读理解训练的资料；对高级英语水平的读者，可以提供一个更了解西方社会的窗口。

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For Sale America

Telephone Crooks Have Got Your Number

Cable TV's Costly Monopoly Game

The Other Micro Economics

What the Market Won't Bear

A Shakeout in Services

What Did They Know -and When?

Waiting for Sunrise

Procter's Gamble

Chile Gets Hot

The Art of Investment

Woomera Relaunch

A Flap Over Flags

Forward into Asia

Blackmores in Pink

Go for the Gold Again

Japan's Dream,The World's Nightmare

The New Oil Boom

Megamergers -Now and Forver

Ads of Our Lives

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