1 A The Blues 1
1 B Muddy Waters 3
2 A The Significance of Harvest:Harvest Festivals 5
2 B Ch'usok 7
3 A The Great Seal of the United States 9
3 B Uncle Sam 11
4 A The Ice Age in North America 13
4 B The Finger Lakes of New York State 15
5 A Lewis and Clark and Their Relations with Native Americans 17
5 B Sacagawea 19
6 A The Social Impact of Television 21
6 B Television and Children 23
7 A From a Bill to a Law 25
7 B What Is THOMAS? 27
8 A King Tutankhamun 29
8 B Imhotep and the Step Pyramid of Djoser 31
9 A The History of Soccer 33
9 B The Oneidas:First American Soccer Team 35
10 A Life in the Stone Age 37
10 B Stone Age Tools 39
11 A Space Technology and Geography 41
11 B The Global Positioning Satellite System 43
12 A Historical Fiction 45
12 B Avi:Writer of Historical Fiction 47
13 A The Storming of the Bastille 49
13 B Bastille Day 51
14 A Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal 53
14 B WPA Workers 55
15 A Photojournalism:Telling the Story Through Pictures 57
15 B Dorothea Lange and Her Migrant Mother 59
16 A City Management:Responsibilities of a Mayor 61
16 B Fiorello LaGuardia 63
17 A The Plains Indians and the Buffalo 65
17 B Plains Indians Powwows 67
18 A Everyday Life in the Middle Ages 69
18 B Medieval Clothing 71
19 A The Euro:Coin of the European Union 73
19 B Travel and Money 75
20 A Keeping Workers Safe on the Job 77
20 B The Triangle Shi rtwaist Fire 79
21 A Farming and Towns in the Ancient Middle East 81
21 B Catal Hüyük 83
22 A Renaissance Spots and Games 85
22 B Children's Games of the Renaissance 87
23 A Confederate Women Spies 89
23 B The Moon Sisters 91
24 A Early Days of the Grand Canal 93
24 B A Trip Down the Grand Canal 95
附录 97
Answer Key 97
Reading Rate 99
Comprehension Score 100
Comprehension Skills Profile 101