科普英语阅读文选PDF电子书下载

目录前言几点说明PART Ⅰ INTENSIVE READINGS 1

Passage 1 No Clowning Around 1

Passage 2 Leafless Wonder 4

Passage 3 Tuned Out 7

Passage 4 Featherweight 10

Passage 5 Clean Ride 13

Passage 6 Most Distant Planet:Found 16

Passage 7 Charged Up 19

Passage 8 Fruit to Shoppers:Bite Me 22

Passage 9 Dried Up 25

Passage 10 Coat Makes Wearer Invisible 28

Passage 11 It's a Car,It's a Boat 31

Passage 12 Pumped-Up Drinks Don't Help Athletes 34

Passage 13 Sea Level Rising 37

Passage 14 Scout's Invention Improves Airport Security 40

Passage 15 Stirring Giant 43

Passage 16 Teen Hubble 46

Passage 17 Top Jumper 49

Passage 18 Rescue Hovercraft Designed for Towering Infernos 52

Passage 19 Rainstorms Might Trigger Volcanic Blowouts 55

Passage 20 Endangered Species 58

Passage 21 Electric Skis Get a Grip on Snow 61

Passage 22 Fried Fish 64

Passage 23 Eyes in the Sky Sense Forest Fire 67

Passage 24 Mini Mouse Dies 70

Passage 25 Brain Cells Control Robot'Artist' 73

Passage 26 Spender Bender 76

Passage 27 Crow Makes Her Own Tools 79

Passage 28 Did Doctors Kill Napoléon 82

Passage 29 Rock Steady 85

Passage 30 Dune Tunes 88

Passage 31 Now That's Intense 91

Passage 32 Funny Accent Mystery Decoded 94

Passage 33 Privacy Protector Is Also a Boon for Shoplifters 97

Passage 34 Teen's Cancer Research Wins $50,000 Prize 100

Passage 35 Cheap 3D Scanner Coming Soon to a Desktop Near You 103

Passage 36 World Is Growing Darker 107

Passage 37 Did Floods Carve Grand Canyons on Earth-and Mars 110

Passage 38 Turkey Time 113

Passage 39 Space Rock Barely Misses Sleeping Teen 116

Passage 40 States Sue Power Companies 119

Passage 41 Mouse Has Two Mommies 122

Passage 42 Exercise Sends Distress Signal 125

Passage 43 Operation Relieves Man of Hiccups 128

Passage 44 Sandcastle Physics 131

Passage 45 Zoom!Zoom!Zoom!Boogie Jet Breaks Barrier 135

Passage 46 End of Eden 139

Passage 47 Nearsightedness 143

Passage 48 Fighting Fire with a Steam Machine 146

Passage 49 Wonder Webs Golden Orb Weaver Spider 150

Passage 50 Which Way Is North 154

PART Ⅱ EXTENSIVE READINGS 158

Passage 1 Big White Lies 158

Passage 2 Gone With the Wind 161

Passage 3 Seeing in Tongues 164

Passage 4 Flap Happy 168

Passage 5 Twisted 171

Passage 6 High Dive 175

Passage 7 Ready,Set,Squirt 179

Passage 8 Sudden Impact 183

Passage 9 Face to Face 187

Passage 10 Masters of the Sea 191

KEY TO EXERCISES 195

GLOSSARY 223

附录：美国各州州名及缩写表 255