1 A Toiling in the Textile Mills 1
1 B Samuel Slater and the American Textile Industry 3
2 A President Eisenhower and Progress in the 1950s 5
2 B A Popular First Lady 7
3 A New England Shipbuilding Past and Present 9
3 B The USS Jimmy Carter,the Final Seawolf Submarine 11
4 A The Caste System of India 13
4 B The Buddha's Path 15
5 A Working on the Transcontinental Railroad 17
5 B Chipping Away at the Summit Tunnel 19
6 A A Celebration of Renewal 21
6 B Celebrating Tet in Vietnam 23
7 A Changing Tunes for Changing Times 25
7 B Queen of Soul 27
8 A A Nation of Immigrants 29
8 B Early Twentieth-Century Ports of Entry 31
9 A The Effects of Joblessness 33
9 B How to Obtain Unemployment Services 35
10 A Submerged Histories 37
10 B Excavating Underwater Artifacts 39
11 A The Main Branches of Law 41
11 B Wacky Laws:More than Something to Laugh About 43
12 A Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence 45
12 B Exploring Innovation at Monticello 47
13 A Diego Rivera:Murals of the Great Depression 49
13 B Kahlo and Rivera 51
14 A Military Communications During World War Ⅰ 53
14 B The Great Flu Epidemic 55
15 A The Five Themes of Geography 57
15 B Human Beings Adapt to Their Environment 59
16 A The Coast Guard:Always Ready 61
16 B A Successful Search and Rescue 63
17 A Writing a Biography 65
17 B Catherine Drinker Bowen:Writing About Musicians 67
18 A Climate in Sub-Saharan Africa 69
18 B Protecting Lake Malawi 71
19 A Vikings:Brutal Warriors or Noble Seafarers? 73
19 B The Unique Construction of the Longship 75
20 A Three Aspects of Chinook Society 77
20 B A Chinook Origin Myth 79
21 A Cattle Ranching in the West 81
21 B The Rise of Rustlers 83
22 A The Origins of Writing 85
22 B The Impact of Gutenberg's Printing Method 87
23 A The Construction of the Hoover Dam 89
23 B Water Rights in the Colorado River Basin 91
24 A The Public and the Mass Media 93
24 B An Exercise in Media Literacy 95
附录 97
Answer Key 97
Reading Rate 99
Comprehension Score 100
Comprehension Skills Profile 101