Contents 1
1．The Earth’s Population 1
2．Thanksgiving Day 3
3．A German Preacher 5
4．Brickmaking 7
5．The Balance of Nature 10
6．Food 13
7．Anti-automobile Society 15
8．Division of Labor 18
9．Sonar System of Bats 21
10．Go Steady 23
11．An American Industrialist 26
12．The Human Volunteer 29
13．Bell—Inventor 32
14．Television 34
15．Instant Coffee 37
16．Rats 40
17．The Roots of a Rumor 42
18．Children’s Place in Society 45
19．The Dime Novels 48
20．Interferon 51
21．Crime 54
22．Security and Commercial Exchanges 57
23．Two-Way TV 60
24．Pure Scientists and Applied Scientists 63
25．The History of Money 66
26．The Centralization of the U.S 69
27．Hitch-hikers 72
28．Language for Everybody 75
29．The History of Chemistry 79
30．Travel 82
31．The Planemakers 85
32．The Mission of the Playwright 89
33．Diamonds 91
34．Lawrence 94
35．Balzac 98
36．Science Fiction Films 101
37．Modern Surgery 104
38．Dreams 107
39．A half-Forgotten Scene 110
40．Left Holding the Baby 113
41．News 116
42．Salvaging 119
43．A Sea Story 123
4 4．The United Nations 127
1．1986年攻读硕士学位研究生考试英语试题（阅读理解部分） 127
2．1987年攻读硕士学位研究生考试英语试题（阅读理解部分） 127
3．1988年攻读硕士学位研究生考试英语试题（阅读理解部分） 127
3．1988年攻读硕士学位研究生考试英语试题（阅读理解部分） 127