大学英语快速阅读 4 修订版PDF电子书下载

Unit 1 1

Passage 1 Why Teach Thinking? 1

Passage 2 Dressing up and Body Language for Job Interviews 5

Passage 3 Quality Schools 11

Passage 4 How You Can Double,Triple,or Even Quadruple Your Reading Speed! 15

Unit 2 19

Passage 1 College Dorm Life and Beyond 19

Passage 2 Landing a Part-time Job 25

Passage 3 Tips to Maximizing Your College Budget 29

Passage 4 Do You Need a Break? 33

Unit 3 39

Passage 1 Saying Goodbye to the Double-deckers 39

Passage 2 Traditional Bridal Showers 45

Passage 3 April Fool's Day 49

Passage 4 What's in the Name of American Indians 55

Unit 4 61

Passage 1 D-Day and Saving Private Ryan 61

Passage 2 Black Americans and Civil Rights 67

Passage 3 Phelps's Mother Helps Her Son Find Gold-Medal Focus 73

Passage 4 Mother Teresa:A Special Voice for the Poor 79

Unit 5 83

Passage 1 How to Lose Weight 83

Passage 2 Euthanasia 89

Passage 3 Prenuptial Agreements 95

Passage 4 Ethics Issue for Citizen Snappers 99

Unit 6 105

Passage 1 Anxiety:How to Deal with It 105

Passage 2 Saying No to the Net 111

Passage 3 Cell Phones:A Love-Hate Relationship with Staying Power 115

Passage 4 Up the Ladder,Step by Step 119

Unit 7 123

Passage 1 Nuclear Energy:Can It Help? 123

Passage 2 Urbanization and the Environment 129

Passage 3 Does the World Face a Future of Water Wars? 135

Passage 4 Extreme Weather:Is Global Warming to Blame? 141

Unit 8 147

Passage 1 Is Earthquake Prediction Just Literature? 147

Passage 2 The Love of a Robot 153

Passage 3 Food Safety and Security:What Consumers Need to Know 157

Passage 4 Can Stress Cause Women to Gain Weight? 161

Mark Sheet 167

Timed Reading Rate Chart 168

Key to Comprehension Exercises 169