本书精选《时代周刊》上“新鲜”的文章，符合时代潮流更贴近考研趋势。所选文章原汁原味、内容翔实。从风格、内容、难易程度方面均与考研阅读文章相近。为了在保证文章原汁原味的基础之上更好地体现考研阅读的特色，编者特节选结构内容相对完整、篇幅与考研阅读文章相当的部分作为重点段落；并列出文中需考生掌握的重点单词和超纲单词。本书还针对原文中的重点段落，提供精准的译文，为考生理解文章提供借鉴。

社会类

　Passage One Troubled Waters

　Passage Two Thirsting for Knowledge

　Passage Three Family Values

　Passage Four Growing Up Green

　Passage Five Hungry for Change

　Passage Six Family Values and Food Sustainability.

　Passage Seven What a Little Fertilizer Can Do

　Passage Eight Wirecutters: State-Run Wi-fi

　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 Fout Public Boarding Schools Teach Us

　Passage Five Moon View

　Passage Six Baseball in Belgium?

　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 Retail Stars of the Recession

　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 Tangle

　Passage Four Does High Tech Require High Fiber?

　Passage Five A Cheaper Chip

　Passage Six The Slow-Motion Mission

　Passage Seven Mapping Renewable Energy, Rooftop by Rooftop

　Passage Eight Dino 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 An End, and a Beginning, for the Media

　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