Contents 1
阅读技巧简介 1
1．EarthquakePrediction 6
2．Lacrosse 10
3．The Molecules in Liquids 14
4．Bonsai—A Marriage ofArt and Nature 17
5．Microbes 21
6．Battles 25
7．Malaria 29
8．WhatIstheArtistSaying？ 34
9．Oil Industry in Norway 38
10．The London That Might Have Been 41
11．Rabies 46
12．Animal Education 50
13．Wit and Humor 55
14．ProspectingforGold 59
15．VariableStars 65
16．Unemployment 68
17．Qube—A Two Way TV 72
18．Plankton 76
19．Academic Mobility 81
20 A Test by a Motivational Analyst 87
21．Civilization andHistory 91
22．Basic Research vs．Applied Research 97
23．Weddings 101
24．ANewAuditoryTest 105
25 The Bypass Operation 109
26．Collectors 113
27．Robbery Without Violence 117
28．The Polar Regions 121
29．Higher Education in the United States（Ⅰ） 126
30．Higher Education in the United States（Ⅱ） 130
31．Work Patterns 134
32．Aluminium 139
33．The Jury System 142
34．The Short Novel 147
35．Fitness Programs 150
36．The Shifting ofa Financial Center 154
37．The Ambitions ofChildren 157
38．Population Growth and Industry 163
39．Commodities 168
40．A Controversial Public-land Policy 171
41．HomeHeating 176
42．Gwendolyn Brook—an American Woman Poet 180
43．The Cultivation ofOysters 183
44．The U．S．Court System 187
45．The Art ofSpeaking 190
46．What Do Prisons Do？ 193
47．Education 198
48．Banking andFinance 202
49．Women’sPrisonGoesPop 206
50．The Need for Independent Thinking 211
51．American Finds Real World in Africa 217
52．Control Units 223
53．Factory Life—a Student’s Experience 229
54．A Wrong Man in Workers’Paradise（Ⅰ） 233
55．A Wrong Man in Workers’Paradise（Ⅱ） 238
56．TightenYourBelt 243
Apendix 249
Ⅰ． College English Tests 249
1.4 DSH 2（1990．1．） 249
2.4 FSH 1（1991．6．） 272
3.6 DSH 2（1990．1．） 294
4.6 FSH 1（1991．6．） 318
Ⅱ．Keys 341
1．KeytoExercises 341
2．Keyto College English Tests 344