新编大学英语阅读教程 一级 1PDF电子书下载

ContentsUnit 1 Holidays and Festivals 1

Passage 1 The Lantern Festival 1

Passage 2 Mother's Day and Father's Day 4

Passage 3 Christmas Day 7

Unit 2 Learning and Development 11

Passage 1 Learning Disabilities 11

Passage 2 Rock Solid Readers 14

Passage 3 Do You Expect Too Much of Your Kids 17

Unit 3 College Education 21

Passage 1 Graduation 21

Passage 2 Educational Equality in America 24

Passage 3 Colleges Encourage Students to Stay on Four-Year Track 28

Unit 4 Sports and Recreation 32

Passage 1 Women in Sports 32

Passage 2 Parachuting — a Popular Sport 35

Passage 3 Why Women Can't Play Games? 39

Passage 1 Talk in' Trash 43

Unit 5 Environment and Human Life 43

Passage 2 Cleaner Cooking Fuels Cut Greenhouse Gases, Save Lives 47

Passage 3 Air Pollution 50

Unit 6 Biography 54

Passage 1 Mary Kay 54

Passage 2 The Diana Decades 57

Passage 3 Gwendolyn Brooks 60

Unit 7 Marriage 65

Passage 1 Marriage in Medieval Times 65

Passage 2 The Story of an Hour 68

Passage 3 God Changed My Perspective 71

Unit 8 EntertainmentPassage 1 Titanic 75

Passage 2 The Open Window 78

Passage 3 What Makes a Great Film? 81

Unit 9 Media and Communication 85

Passage 1 History of Communication 85

Passage 2 American Media 88

Passage 3 Tears Without Darkness 91

Passage 1 Heat and Health 95

Unit 10 Health 95

Passage 2 How to Live to Be 200? 98

Passage 3 Want to Live to Be 100? 101

Unit 11 Mental Health 106

Passage 1 Depression 106

Passage 2 Stress and Illness 109

Passage 3 Why Exercise Is Wise? 113

Unit 12 Economy 117

Passage 1 RMB Is Not Cause of US Trade Deficit 117

Passage 2 Company Services to Employees 120

Passage 3 Travel Smart Dollars and Sense 123

Unit 13 Family 127

Passage 1 Survey: Generation Gap Closing 127

Passage 2 Children of Mixed Parentage 130

Passage 3 American Grandparents 134

Unit 14 Friendship 138

Passage 1 Friends, Good Friends — and Such Good Friends 138

Passage 2 A Separate Peace — Friendship 141

Passage 3 Here It Comes, There It Goes 144

Passage 1 The Deadliest Tsunami in History 148

Unit 15 Nature 148

Passage 2 How the Earth Makes Diamonds 151

Passage 3 Biltmore Estate 155

Unit 16 Energy and Resources 159

Passage 1 Surplus Corn Fuels Vehicles 159

Passage 2 Wind Energy 162

Passage 3 Renewable Energy FAQs 165

Passage 1 Nanotechnology—A Future Technology with Visions 169

Unit 17 New Technology 169

Passage 2 China Uses Nanotechnology for Clothing 172

Passage 3 Myths about Human Cloning 174

Unit 18 Miscellaneous 179

Passage 1 Christmas Around the World 179

Passage 2 Gawaine and the Green Knight 182

Passage 3 Asia's New Health Threat 185

Key to Exercises 189