全国英语等级考试专用教材 第四级PDF电子书下载

第一章 计算机与信息 2

Unit 1 计算机与因特网 2

Conversation 2

Passage:What's New in the Computer World 4

Words and Expressions 6

Notes 7

Exercises 8

Supplementary Reading:Learning to Love the Computer, Warts and All 16

Unit 2 信息 18

Conversation 18

Passage:The Information Superhighway:From Expectation to Realization 20

Words and Expressions 22

Notes 22

Exercises 23

Supplementary Reading:Alienation and the Internet 31

第二章 经济 34

Unit 3 新经济 34

Conversation 34

Passage:Myth of the New Economy 35

Words and Expressions 37

Notes 38

Exercises 40

Supplementary Reading:The Early Banking System 47

Unit 4 欧元 49

Conversation 49

Passage:Background to the Euro 50

Words and Expressions 52

Notes 53

Exercises 53

Supplementary Reading:Is Globalization a Myth? 61

第三章 伟人 64

Unit 5 历史上的伟人 64

Conversation 64

Passage:Jimmy Carter 66

Words and Expressions 68

Notes 69

Exercises 70

Supplementary Reading:Gleopatra—Goddess of the Nile 76

Unit 6 现在的伟人 78

Conversation 78

Passage:General Electric Is Like a Grocery Store 80

Words and Expressions 82

Notes 83

Exercises 83

Supplementary Reading:Dell Boy Made Good 89

Conversation 92

Unit 7 礼仪 92

第四章 礼仪与习俗 92

Passage:Mrs Manners Knows Best 94

Words and Expressions 96

Notes 97

Exercises 97

Supplementary Reading:Why Smart People Do Dumb Things 105

Unit 8 习俗 108

Conversation 108

Passage:The American Way:Marriage 110

Notes 112

Words and Expressions 112

Exercises 113

Supplementary Reading:Models for Marriage 121

第五章 城市 124

Unit 9 古城 124

Conversation 124

Passage:Great Changes in Macao 126

Words and Expressions 128

Notes 129

Exercises 130

Supplementary Reading:Paris:A Romantic Capital 137

Conversation 139

Unit 10 新兴城市 139

Passage:Beijing Is Set to Shine as a Showcase City 141

Words and Expressions 143

Notes 144

Exercises 144

Supplementary Reading:The High-minded Man 151

第六章 高等教育 154

Unit 11 高等教育 154

Conversation 154

Passage:Higher Education 156

Notes 159

Words and Expressions 159

Exercises 160

Supplementary Reading:The University of the Future 168

Unit 12 英国教育 170

Conversation 170

Passage:The British Educational System 172

Words and Expressions 174

Notes 174

Exercises 175

Supplementary Reading:Columbia University 182

第七章 文学与艺术 186

Unit 13 文学 186

Conversation 186

Passage:On Sin 188

Notes 190

Words and Expressions 190

Exercises 191

Supplementary Reading:Famous Last Words 199

Unit 14 艺术 201

Conversation 201

Passage:Film and Music 203

Words and Expressions 205

Notes 206

Exercises 206

Supplementary Reading:Tolerance 213

Conversation 218

第八章 语言与交流 218

Unit 15 语言 218

Passage:The Same Language? 220

Words and Expressions 223

Notes 224

Exercises 225

Supplementary Reading:At Times like These, Language Suffers Collateral Damage from Clusters of Euphemisms 233

Unit 16 交流 235

Conversation 235

Passage:Pub-talk 237

Notes 239

Words and Expressions 239

Exercises 240

Supplementary Reading:The Game of Name 248

第九章 环境 252

Unit 17 污染 252

Conversation 252

Passage:Pollution Is a Dirty Word 254

Words and Expressions 256

Notes 256

Exercises 257

Supplementary Reading:Economy Needs a Healthy Environment 266

Conversation 269

Unit 18 环境保护 269

Passage:The Environment—A Global Challenge 271

Words and Expressions 274

Notes 274

Exercises 275

Supplementary Reading:Vicious Cycle of Global Warming Hits Ocean 282

第十章 地理 286

Unit 19 名胜古迹 286

Conversation 286

Passage:The Solomons,The Islands That Time Forgot 288

Notes 290

Words and Expressions 290

Exercises 291

Supplementary Reading:Welcome to America! 299

Unit 20 地理 301

Conversation 301

Passage:The Miracle Is This 303

Words and Expressions 305

Notes 306

Exercises 306

Supplementary Reading:A Visit to Nepal 314

Conversation 318

Unit 21 民间文化 318

第十一章 文化 318

Passage:Chinese New Year 319

Words and Expressions 321

Notes 322

Exerc 322

Supplementary Reading:The European Culture 331

Unit 22 外国文化 333

Conversation 333

Passage:Religion in Britain 335

Words and Expressions 337

Notes 338

Exercises 339

Supplementary Reading:Ethnicity 347

第十二章 科技 350

Unit 23 科学 350

Conversation 350

Passage:The Biotech Century 352

Words and Expressions 353

Notes 354

Exercises 355

Supplementary Reading:Tiny Technologies Slip Unseen 363

Unit 24 技术 365

Conversation 365

Passage:Genetic Ethics 367

Words and Expressions 369

Notes 370

Exercises 370

Supplementary Reading:The Origin of Life and Future of Humans 378

附录 380

附录一 功能意念表 380

附录二 语言技能表 391

附录三 课文问题答案 393

附录四 听力练习录音稿 400

附录五 课后练习答案及详解 454

附录六 单词和短语总表 518