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Contents 3

Part One Background Readings for College English Book One 3

Readings for Lesson One 3

A：Secrets of Straight—A Students 3

B：Intelligence in Animals 9

Readings for Lesson Two 13

A：An Anecdote of Sir Francis Drake 13

B：The Three Oueens of Britain 17

Readings for Lesson Three 23

A：A Wonderful Present 23

B：Current Accounts 27

Readings for Lesson Four 30

A：Baby-sitters 30

B：How Television Programs are Born 34

A：The Will 39

Readings for Lesson Five 39

B：Christmas 43

Readings for Lesson Six 46

A：Music in Britain 46

B：Engineer 50

Readings for Lesson Seven 53

A：Shops and Shopping Areas in Britain 53

B：Who Will Look After the Elderly Who Have Retired 57

Readings for Lesson Eight 61

A：World War Ⅱ 61

B：Mexican Americans in the Southwest 66

Readings for Lesson Nine 69

A：The Brain Under Stress 69

B：Analogy and Memory 72

Readings for Lesson Ten 76

A：Family 76

B：Father 80

Part Two Background Readings forCollege English Book Two 87

Readings for Lesson One 87

A：Venus—the Burning Question 87

B：S．O．S． 91

Readings for Lesson Two 94

A：Spitting Cobra 94

B：Table Manners 97

Readings for Lesson Three 101

A：Happy Birthday，Mr．Jefferson 101

B：The Declaration of Independence 109

Readings for Lesson Four 116

A：The Interview as a Method of Assessment 116

B：A Teenager Looks for Work 119

Readings for Lesson Five 123

A：Albert Einstein：Father of Relativity 123

B：The Nobel Prizes 128

Readings for Lesson Six 131

A：The Shape of Things to Come：The New Doctor 131

B：The Bright Side of Pessimism 135

Readings for Lesson Seven 140

A：Burgled Seven Times 140

B：News of a Robbery 144

Readings for Lesson Eight 146

A：The Higher Education 146

B：Honest ABE 150

Readings for Lesson Nine 153

A：The Fifth Force 153

B：Best and Brightest 158

Readings for Lesson Ten 161

A：More You Give，More You Get 161

B：Young Volunteers Unite to Help Others 165

A：Solicitors and Barristers 171

Readings for Lesson One 171

Part Three Background Readings for College English Book Three 171

B：The Innocent and the Guilty 174

Readings for Lesson Two 178

A：War Between Brothers 178

B：The Gettysburg Address 182

Readings for Lesson Three 186

A：Teacher 186

B：Henry David Thoreau 191

Readings for Lesson Four 198

A：How the Tories Broke a Pledge to the Disabled 198

B：Homeless in America 203

Readings for Lesson Five 210

A：The Role of Women in American Life 210

B：The Cost of Education 216

A：Temperatures and Thermometers 220

Readings for Lesson Six 220

B：Influenza 224

Readings for Lesson Seven 226

A：Plot Structure 226

B：A Birthday Party 230

Readings for Lesson Eight 235

A：Thomas Alva Edison 235

B：Florence Nightingale 241

A：Eva Braun 246

Readings for Lesson Nine 246

B：The End of the Third Reich 250

Readings for Lesson Ten 255

A：Henry Ford and the American Automobile 255

B：The King of Comedy 259

Part Four Background Readings for College English Book Four 267

Readings for Lesson One 267

A：English in Advertising 267

B：A Young Boy's Ambition 273

A：Charles Darwin 278

Readings for Lesson Two 278

B：Ecology 283

Readings for Lesson Three 287

A：Rebellion 287

B：Authority 290

Readings for Lesson Four 294

A：Jim Thorpe 294

B：The Olympics 300

Readings for Lesson Five 304

A：Meaning 304

B：How to Be a Doctor 309

Readingsfor lesson Six 314

A：Books 314

B：How to Get a Great Idea 317

A：Dad and the Revenooers 323

Readings for Lesson Seven 323

B：The Moon and Sixpence 327

Readings for Lesson Eight 333

A：Fact Catches up with Fiction 333

B：Paper Housing 338

Readings for Lesson Nine 342

A：What America Means to Me 342

B：The Frontier Spirit 346

Readings for Lesson Ten 350

A：Work and Play 350

B：Work 355

Key to the Comprehension Questions 358

Part One 358

Part Two 358

Part Three 359

Part Four 359