1 A Birthday Traditions Around the World 1
1 B Name Days in Slovakia 3
2 A The 1950s Kitchen 5
2 B Sylvan Goldman and the Shopping Cart 7
3 A Life in the New England Colonies 9
3 B Mary Chilton:The First Person to Land at Plymouth Rock 11
4 A How Iron and Steel Changed Architecture 13
4 B The Flatiron Building 15
5 A Robert Peary and Matthew Henson:Arctic Explorers 17
5 B The Dog Sledge:Arctic Transportation 19
6 A What Do Newspaper Journalists Do? 21
6 B How to Write a Newspaper Article 23
7 A The Swiss Alps 25
7 B Climbing the Swiss Alps:The"4,000ers" 27
8 A How to Read a Map 29
8 B Latitude,the Equator,and Climate 31
9 A Life Inside a Medieval Castle 33
9 B Food Fit for a King 35
10 A Abraham Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address 37
10 B The Careers of Abraham Lincoln 39
11 A The People of Hawaii 41
11 B The Hula:Ancient and Modern Dance of Hawaii 43
12 A Life in Ancient China During the Han Dynasty 45
12 B Papermaking in the Han Dynasty 47
13 A The Underground Railroad 49
13 B Juneteenth 51
14 A Ferdinand Magellan,World Explorer 53
14 B Portugal:A Seafaring Country 55
15 A Ancient Rock Art in the American Southwest 57
15 B Rock Art Tour Do's and Don'ts 59
16 A The History of Heating in the United States 61
16 B Solar Heat 63
17 A The Monuments of Ancient Egypt 65
17 B Who Built the Pyramids? 67
18 A The Human Dream of Flying 69
18 B Amelia Earhart 71
19 A The History of the American Public Library System 73
19 B Social Studies Research on the Internet 75
20 A The Maya 77
20 B The Mayan Calendars 79
21 A The History of the White House 81
21 B White House Tour 83
22 A National Women's History Month 85
22 B Dolores Huerta:Labor Leader 87
23 A National versus State Government 89
23 B Schools:A Part of Local Government 91
24 A Grant's Tomb:A National Monument 93
24 B The Battle of Vicksburg 95
附录 97
Answer Key 97
Reading Rate 99
Comprehension Score 100
Comprehension Skills Profile 101