社会科学系列 第八册PDF电子书下载

1 A When the Stars Shone in Harlem 1

1 B Langston Hughes,Harlem's Poet Laureate 3

2 A The Fishing Industry of Nova Scotia 5

2 B Tidal Action in the Bay of Fundy 7

3 A Connecting Two Oceans 9

3 B Fighting Yellow Fever in Panama 11

4 A Powerful First Ladies 13

4 B Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 15

5 A The Invention of the Wheel 17

5 B Sumerian Chariots:The First Vehicles of War 19

6 A Women's Role in Nazi Germany 21

6 B Dr.Gerda Lerner:Putting Women into History 23

7 A Cambodia's Khmer Civilization:The Angkor Period 25

7 B Touring Ancient Khmer Ruins 27

8 A Living Longer 29

8 B The Growth of Gray Power 31

9 A The Stock Market:Its Bulls and Bears 33

9 B Trading on the NASDAQ 35

10 A The Coldest Continent 37

10 B A Bird Lover's View of Antarctica 39

11 A Social Class in the Roman Empire 41

11 B Helena:From Tavern Girl to Empress to Saint 43

12 A Maroon Cultures 45

12 B Tales of Ti Malice 47

13 A Footwear,Past and Present 49

13 B The Lasting Impact of Jan Ernst Matzeliger 51

14 A Nativism and the Know-Nothing Party 53

14 B Sacco and Vanzetti:Guilty? 55

15 A Descendents of the Inca 57

15 B Musical Instruments of the Andes 59

16 A Preschool:What Should It Do? 61

16 B Head Start:An Even Start in School? 63

17 A The French Revolution and A Tale of Two Cities 65

17 B Marie Antoinette:Last Queen of France 67

18 A The Great Chicago Fire 69

18 B Rebuilding Chicago 71

19 A Solving the Puzzle of Polynesia 73

19 B Kon-Tiki:Following in the Wake of Ancient Navigators 75

20 A Alexis de Tocqueville's View of Democracy in America 77

20 B Tocqueville's View of Prisons 79

21 A The Right Attorney for the Right Job 81

21 B Jumping the Bar:Arabella Mansfield 83

22 A Roger Williams:A Man of Conscience 85

22 B Puritanism in New England 87

23 A Mongolia 89

23 B Kublai Khan,Ruler of an Empire 91

24 A What Is the United States Supreme Court? 93

24 B Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.:Supreme Court Justice 95

附录 97

Answer Key 97

Reading Rate 99

Comprehension Score 100

Comprehension Skills Profile 101