大学英语快速阅读4 第4版PDF电子书下载

Unit 1 1

Passage 1 High Anxiety 1

Passage 2 Why Teach Thinking? 7

Passage 3 Quality Schools 13

Passage 4 Magic Brain 19

Unit 2 21

Passage 1 Do It Now! 21

Passage 2 College Dorm Life and Beyond 27

Passage 3 Do You Need a Break? 33

Passage 4 Anxiety about Going to College 39

Unit 3 41

Passage 1 The Frontier Disappears 41

Passage 2 Traditional Bridal Showers 47

Passage 3 What's in the Name of American Indians? 53

Passage 4 Why Do We Reserve Rage for Our Own Species 59

Unit 4 61

Passage 1 You've Got to Find What You Love—A Commencement Address by Steve Jobs 61

Passage 2 Black Americans and Civil Rights 67

Passage 3 Mother Teresa:A Special Voice for the Poor 73

Passage 4 Steve Jobs 79

Unit 5 81

Passage 1 Superstition:The Faith We All Share 81

Passage 2 Prenuptial Agreements 87

Passage 3 Ethics Issue for Citizen Snappers 93

Passage 4 What Does Divorce Bring Us 99

Unit 6 101

Passage 1 Who Killed the Newspaper? 101

Passage 2 Saying No to the Net 107

Passage 3 Cell Phones:A Love-Hate Relationship with Staying Power 113

Passage 4 E-mail Users Want Ways to Weed Out Spam 119

Unit 7 121

Passage 1 The Global Green Deal 121

Passage 2 Urbanization and the Environment 127

Passage 3 Extreme Weather:Is Global Warming to Blame? 133

Passage 4 Odd Sea Cucumber 139

Unit 8 141

Passage 1 Desk Rage:Workers Gone Wild 141

Passage 2 Food Safety and Security:What Consumers Need to Know 147

Passage 3 Can Stress Cause Women to Gain Weight? 153

Passage 4 What's Making Us Sick Is an Epidemic of Diagnoses 159

Keys to Comprehension Exercises 161