Unit One PEOPLE 1
Reading A Elizabeth Ⅱ 1
Reading B More People and More Products 7
Reading C A Nation of Shoppers 12
USE OF ENGLISH 15
Topics for Discussion and Writing:Alfred Nobel:A Man of Peace 17
阅读技能系列讲座（1）：What Is Reading Comprehension? 19
Unit Two FOOD 23
Reading A The New Food Fight 23
Reading B The Pleasures of Eating 34
Reading C Food Preservation 39
USE OF ENGLISH 42
Topics for Discussion and Writing:A Healthy Diet for Everyone 45
阅读技能系列讲座（2）：Classroom Procedures 47
Unit Three HOUSE 49
Reading A Building a House 49
Reading B A Roof over Our Heads 53
Reading C Flats 58
USE OF ENGLISH 61
Topics for Discussion and Writing:5 Biggest Home Repair Rip-Offs 63
阅读技能系列讲座（3）：Surveying the Chapter or Article 70
Unit Four SHOPPING 72
Reading A An English Christmas 72
Reading B Junk Hunting 77
Reading C How to Be a Powerful Consumer? 81
USE OF ENGLISH 84
Topics for Discussion and Writing:New Ways to Make a Bundle 87
阅读技能系列讲座（4）：What Are Some of the Organization Patterns That Authors Use? 92
Unit Five TRANSPORT 96
Reading A Just Plane Dangerous? 96
Reading B Artificial Waterways 102
Reading C Transportation 107
USE OF ENGLISH 109
Topics for Discussion and Writing:Motoring Offences 113
阅读技能系列讲座（5）：How Do Authors Connect Sentences and Relate Ideas? 115
Unit Six ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 118
Reading A Wars for Water? 118
Reading B Homeless on the Range 123
Reading C The Changing Face of the Arctic 127
USE OF ENGLISH 129
Topics for Discussion and Writing:Ancient Artifacts and Ancient Air 131
阅读技能系列讲座（6）：What You Need to Do to Make Inferences 133
Unit Seven THE NATURAL WORLD 142
Reading A The Forest 142
Reading B The Whale 146
Reading C The Elephant 150
USE OF ENGLISH 152
Topics for Discussion and Writing:Mars:Our Neighbor in Space 154
阅读技能系列讲座（7）：What You Need to Do to Make References 157
Unit Eight WEATHER AND CLIMATE 160
Reading A Air and Wind 160
Reading B What Makes the Weather 164
Reading C Meteorology 169
USE OF ENGLISH 171
Topics for Discussion and Writing:Saving Lives with Weather Forecasting 174
阅读技能系列讲座（8）：What You Need to Do to Discover Persuasive Purpose,Controversy,and Point of View 175
Unit Nine ADMINISTRATION 177
Reading A Aristotle Got It Right 177
Reading B The Federal System of Government 182
Reading C Local Government in Britain 188
USE OF ENGLISH 191
Topics for Discussion and Writing:Maps:The Keys to Our World 194
阅读技能系列讲座（9）：What You Need to Do to Analyze and Evaluate the Persuasive Techniques and Methods of Reasoning 196
Unit Ten THE MEDIA 198
Reading A Reuter 198
Reading B Informing the World 202
Reading C Television 207
USE OF ENGLISH 209
Topics for Discussion and Writing:Lessons from Billy Graham 213
阅读技能系列讲座（10）：What You Need to Do to Improve Predicting,Previewing and Anticipation(1) 216
Unit Eleven CRIME 220
Reading A America's Dumbest Criminals 220
Reading B An Accident or a Crime? 225
Reading C Purse Snatching 229
USE OF ENGLISH 231
Topics for Discussion and Writing:Solving Crimes with Modern Technology 233
阅读技能系列讲座（11）：What You Need to Do to Improve Predicting,Previewing and Anticipation(2) 236
Unit Twelve SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 239
Reading A The Age of Cloning 239
Reading B Digital Divide 246
Reading C Industrial Automation 252
USE OF ENGLISH 255
Topics for Discussion and Writing:The World Expo 257
阅读技能系列讲座（12）：What You Need to Do to Improve Skimming and Scanning 259
Unit Thirteen ENTERTAINMENT 263
Reading A Biggest Season 263
Reading B Magic 270
Reading C Film 275
USE OF ENGLISH 278
Topics for Discussion and Writing:The Ancient Olympic Games 281
阅读技能系列讲座（13）：What You Need to Do to Improve Reading Speed and Flexibility(1) 284
Unit Fourteen ECONOMY 287
Reading A How the WTO Differs from the GATT 287
Reading B The Achievements of the Reform in China 294
Reading C Saving Money 298
USE OF ENGLISH 300
Topics for Discussion and Writing:The Paradox of Happiness 302
阅读技能系列讲座（14）：What You Need to Do to Improve Reading Speed and Flexibility(2) 305
Unit Fifteen HEALTH 309
Reading A Stress Busters That Can Save Your Life 309
Reading B How Nice to Be Clean 315
Reading C Obesity 320
USE OF ENGLISH 322
Topics for Discussion and Writing:Has Stress Pushed You into the Danger Zone? 328
阅读技能系列讲座（15）：Types of Reading Question 335
Unit Sixteen EDUCATION 337
Reading A Degrees of Prudence 337
Reading B Education out of School 344
Reading C The Development of Multiple-Choice Testing 348
USE OF ENGLISH 350
Topics for Discussion and Writing:A Cultural Difference:Being On Time 354
阅读技能系列讲座（16）：What You Need to Do to Take Tests 356
Key to Exercise 359
附录 374
阅读理解自测题（1） 374
自测题参考答案（1） 390
阅读理解自测题（2） 390
自测题参考答案（2） 407
阅读理解自测题（3） 407
自测题参考答案（3） 422
主要参考书目 423