新编大学英语快速阅读 第2册PDF电子书下载

Unit1 1

Passage 1 How to Use a Library 1

Passage 2 Media Selection for Advertisements 4

Passage 3 Green Tea Is More Than a Way of Life in South Korea 8

Passage 4 Culture Shock 11

Unit2 15

Passage 1 Learning to Keep Your Cool During Tests 15

Passage 2 The Extrinsic or Intrinsic Education 18

Passage 3 Reading—the Most Important Way to Learn English 21

Passage 4 My School Education 25

Unit3 29

Passage 1 Modern Wedding Customs and Traditions in Western 29

Passage 2 Thanksgiving Day 32

Passage 3 Taboos in America 36

Passage 4 Cross your fingers 39

Unit4 43

Passage 1 American Civil War 43

Passage 2 Louisiana Purchase ＆ Exploration of the West 46

Passage 3 Things to Know about G20 50

Passage 4 The Statue of Liberty? 54

Unit5 58

Passage 1 Somali Hijackers 58

Passage 2 What Do Parents Owe Their Children? 61

Passage 3 Barbie Not the Only Thing Turning 50 64

Passage 4 WHO's New Concern—Swine Flu A-H1N1 Virus 68

Unit6 72

Passage 1 About Homeownership in America 72

Passage 2 The Rise of Industry 75

Passage 3 House Price Rise:the Global Worry 78

Passage 4 The Third Session of the World Urban Forum 81

Unit7 85

Passage 1 Will We Run Out of Water? 85

Passage 2 Energy in the Future 88

Passage 3 Is the Electric Vehicle Ear at Hand? 91

Passage 4 Birth of an Antarctic Super-Berg 94

Unit8 98

Passage 1 Nicotine 98

Passage 2 Animals on the Move 101

Passage 3 Airplane 104

Passage 4 Diet to Prevent Cancer 107

Unit9 111

Passage 1 Obama:Person of the Year 111

Passage 2 Reagan:The 40th President of USA 115

Passage 3 J.K.Rowling 118

Passage 4 He Helped Develop the Fast Food Industry 122

Unit10 126

Passage 1 The Internet Transforms Modern Life 126

Passage 2 A Bus Driver Delivers Free Home-cooked Meals 129

Passage 3 Top 8 Modern Life Survival Skills 133

Passage 4 Laid-Off Japanese Workers Becoming Homeless 136

Key to Comprehension Exercises 140