大学英语快速阅读 第1册PDF电子书下载

快速阅读方法指南 1

Unit1 1

Passage 1 The Key to Success Is Education 1

Passage 2 Online Libraries:Great News for Adult Students 4

Passage 3 Intelligence 6

Passage 4 Reading 9

Unit2 12

Passage 1 Be the Most Popular College Freshman 12

Passage 2 The Benefits of Living on Campus 15

Passage 3 Loneliness...Building Relationships 18

Passage 4 On Libraries,Bookshops and Netbars 21

Unit3 24

Passage 1 Western European Wedding Traditions 24

Passage 2 United States Tipping Etiquette 27

Passage 3 Thanksgiving 29

Passage 4 Easter in the U.K 33

Unit4 36

Passage 1 The American Revolution 36

Passage 2 The Tragic Event 39

Passage 3 Gold!Thousands Went to Western Canada to Find It 42

Passage 4 Industrial Revolution 45

Unit5 49

Passage 1 Recession Brings New Attention to Domestic Violence 49

Passage 2 Life in Somalia's Pirate Town 51

Passage 3 Growing Drug Violence Shakes Mexico,Threatens to Spill Into U.S 54

Passage 4 From Sydney to San Francisco:Lights Dim in Earth Hour 57

Unit6 60

Passage 1 The Mystery of College Costs 60

Passage 2 Hello,Girls 62

Passage 3 World's Aging Population Challenges Societies 65

Passage 4 Oil Prices Collapse on Falling Demand 67

Unit7 70

Passage 1 Greener Diet 70

Passage 2 Bringing Fish Back up to Size 73

Passage 3 Farms Begin to Grow in Cities 76

Passage 4 Reading a Mind's Memories 78

Unit8 82

Passage 1 Your Amazing Brain 82

Passage 2 The Secret Language of Dolphins 84

Passage 3 Alternative Fuel-Is Green the New Black? 87

Passage 4 Renewable Energy Is Popular,but Coal Is Still King 90

Unit9 93

Passage 1 Barack Obama 93

Passage 2 Helen Keller 95

Passage 3 David Beckham 98

Passage 4 Bill Gates 100

Unit10 103

Passage 1 How to Benefit From Walking 103

Passage 2 Laid off Workers:Less Stressed Than Those still Employed? 105

Passage 3 The Charm of Perfume 108

Passage 4 Why Are so Many People Getting Divorced? 110

Key to Comprehension Exercises 114