英语阅读步步高 2 阅读与提高PDF电子书下载

Unit One 1

Passage 1 No Welcome AT the Hotel 1

Passage 2 The Function of Insurance 3

Passage 3 6

Passage 4 Women and Fashions 8

Unit Seven 11

Passage 5 Comfort and Charm from Illumination 11

Passage 6 Nobel and Nobel Prizes 13

Unit Two 18

Passage 1 My Memory on the Second World War 18

Passage 2 Nightlife in Taiwan 20

Passage 3 Try to Possess Relaxation inLife 22

Passage 4 How Children Learn a Language 24

Passage 5 The Sun and Other Stars 27

Passage 6 Insects and Man 29

Unit Three 34

Passage 1 Homing Pigeons 34

Passage 2 How to Read Fast 36

Passage 3 39

Passage 4 The Means of Communication 41

Passage 5 Knowing Children and Teaching Children 43

Passage 6 Wind Power 46

Unit Four 51

Passage 1 On Shyness 51

Passage 2 Participation in the Classroom 53

Passage 3 Helicopters 55

Passage 4 The Effects of Temperature 58

Passage 5 Cops and Economics 60

Passage 6 Economy and Economics 63

Unit Five 68

Passage 1 68

Passage 2 Libraries in America 70

Passage 3 Seeking a Job 73

Passage 4 Volcanoes 78

Passage 5 The History of the United Nations 82

Passage 6 Mankind's Fascination with Gold 85

Unit Six 93

Passage 1 The Importance of Pronunciation in a Language 93

Passage 2 American Government 95

Passage 3 Struggle on the Sea 97

Passage 4 Migratory Birds 100

Passage 5 Traditional Religion and Science 102

Passage 6 Decisions 104

Passage 1 The Basic Flag of the United States 111

Passage 2 The World Turns 113

Passage 3 Wedding Arrangements in Britain 115

Passage 4 Going to a Theatre in New York 118

Passage 5 How We Like the Word "Modern" 121

Passage 6 The American Family in Transition 124

Unit Eight 133

Passage 1 The Process of Aging 133

Passage 2 The Mystery of Humor 135

Passage 3 Lightning Strikes 138

Passage 4 140

Passage 5 What Is Important to Children--Love or Money 143

Passage 6 Walt Whitman 146

Unit Nine 157

Passage 1 157

Passage 2 On Typology 159

Passage 3 Stock Market 162

Passage 4 How Much Is a Job Worth 164

Passage 5 What Changes the Birth Rate in America 167

Passage 6 John Steinbeck 170

Unit Ten 181

Passage 1 The Best Age to Be 181

Passage 2 Protection for Wildlife 183

Passage 3 185

Passage 4 The Many Forms of Energy 188

Passage 5 Relations Between Russia and the United States in 19th and 20th Century 193

Passage 6 Helen Keller 196

Unit Eleven 209

Passage 1 Fresh-water Fishes 209

Passage 2 What Makes Objects Float 212

Passage 3 Improve Parent-child Relationships 215

Passage 4 What Influences Our Color 217

Passage 5 220

Passage 6 Martin Luther King,JR. 223

Unit Twelve 234

Passage 1 Jazz in America 234

Passage 2 Good Taste for Consumers 236

Passage 3 On Friendship 239

Passage 4 Fingerprints in Criminal Charges 241

Passage 5 Newton Explains Motion 244

Passage 6 Leonard Bernstein 248

附录 259

附录一 参考答案 259

附录二 阅读理解概述 273