大学英语快速阅读 2PDF电子书下载

Unit 1 1

Passage 1 On the Road to College 1

Passage 2 Better College Loans 5

Passage 3 They Are Looking for Better Minds 9

Passage 4 Meeting the Challenge 13

Unit 2 17

Passage 1 Free-Choice Learning 17

Passage 2 Online Learning:Interesting or Boring? 21

Passage 3 Hottest Jobs 25

Passage 4 SOHO Lifestyle 29

Unit 3 33

Passage 1 April Fool's Day 33

Passage 2 Dating Etiquette 37

Passage 3 Harvest Festival 41

Passage 4 Rights of Indigenous Peoples 45

Unit 4 49

Passage 1 My Friendly Insurance Agent 49

Passage 2 A Successful Retailing Strategy 53

Passage 3 Contrasting Types of Economic System 57

Passage 4 Competition 61

Unit 5 65

Passage 1 Home on the Road 65

Passage 2 Traveling in the Jungle 69

Passage 3 Gearing Up for a Long Trip 73

Passage 4 Egypt without Tears 77

Unit 6 81

Passage 1 Energy Crisis 81

Passage 2 Noise,Killer of Mankind 85

Passage 3 Warmer Water Threatens Fish Globally 89

Passage 4 Children on School Buses Breathe More Pollution 93

Unit 7 97

Passage 1 Mona Lisa Was 83 Percent Happy 97

Passage 2 Sending Emails to the Future 101

Passage 3 2,000-Year-Old Seeds Growing 105

Passage 4 A Mystery:Timing of Next Indonesian Tsunami 109

Unit 8 113

Passage 1 Sorry,but AIDS Testing Is Critical 113

Passage 2 Stopping the War before More Heroes Are Killed 117

Passage 3 Internet Controls 121

Passage 4 Stay-at-Home Scholars 125

Mark Sheet 129

Timed Reading Rate Chart 130

Key to Comprehension Exercises 131