1 A When the Stars Shone in Harlem 1
1 B Langston Hughes,Harlem's Poet Laureate 3
2 A The Fishing Industry of Nova Scotia 5
2 B Tidal Action in the Bay of Fundy 7
3 A Connecting Two Oceans 9
3 B Fighting Yellow Fever in Panama 11
4 A Powerful First Ladies 13
4 B Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 15
5 A The Invention of the Wheel 17
5 B Sumerian Chariots:The First Vehicles of War 19
6 A Women's Role in Nazi Germany 21
6 B Dr.Gerda Lerner:Putting Women into History 23
7 A Cambodia's Khmer Civilization:The Angkor Period 25
7 B Touring Ancient Khmer Ruins 27
8 A Living Longer 29
8 B The Growth of Gray Power 31
9 A The Stock Market:Its Bulls and Bears 33
9 B Trading on the NASDAQ 35
10 A The Coldest Continent 37
10 B A Bird Lover's View of Antarctica 39
11 A Social Class in the Roman Empire 41
11 B Helena:From Tavern Girl to Empress to Saint 43
12 A Maroon Cultures 45
12 B Tales of Ti Malice 47
13 A Footwear,Past and Present 49
13 B The Lasting Impact of Jan Ernst Matzeliger 51
14 A Nativism and the Know-Nothing Party 53
14 B Sacco and Vanzetti:Guilty? 55
15 A Descendents of the Inca 57
15 B Musical Instruments of the Andes 59
16 A Preschool:What Should It Do? 61
16 B Head Start:An Even Start in School? 63
17 A The French Revolution and A Tale of Two Cities 65
17 B Marie Antoinette:Last Queen of France 67
18 A The Great Chicago Fire 69
18 B Rebuilding Chicago 71
19 A Solving the Puzzle of Polynesia 73
19 B Kon-Tiki:Following in the Wake of Ancient Navigators 75
20 A Alexis de Tocqueville's View of Democracy in America 77
20 B Tocqueville's View of Prisons 79
21 A The Right Attorney for the Right Job 81
21 B Jumping the Bar:Arabella Mansfield 83
22 A Roger Williams:A Man of Conscience 85
22 B Puritanism in New England 87
23 A Mongolia 89
23 B Kublai Khan,Ruler of an Empire 91
24 A What Is the United States Supreme Court? 93
24 B Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.:Supreme Court Justice 95
附录 97
Answer Key 97
Reading Rate 99
Comprehension Score 100
Comprehension Skills Profile 101