Unit OneSection One Text:University Life 1
Section Two Reading Skills:How to Read a Text(1) 4
Section Three Fast Reading:Holidays in the United States 6
Section Four Practice for PRETCO Levels A ＆ B 8
Unit TwoSection One Text:Four Family Types in the United States 11
Section Two Reading Skill:How to Read a Text(2) 14
Section Three Fast Reading:Thanksgiving Day 16
Section Four Practice for PRETCO Levels A ＆ B 18
Unit ThreeSection One Text:The Ancient Olympic Games 21
Section Two Reading Skills:Skimming for the General Idea of a Paragraph 23
Section Three Fast Reading:Teleshopping in Western Countries 27
Section Four Practice for PRETCO Levels A ＆ B 28
Unit FourSection One Text:Rock of Ages 32
Section Two Reading Skills:How to Skim a Passage 35
Section Three Fast Reading:Cambridge—a University Town 38
Section Four Practice for PRETCO Levels A ＆ B 40
Unit FiveSection One Text:Skyscrapers 44
Section Two Reading Skills:Guessing Unfamiliar Words by Context Clues(1) 47
Section Three Fast Reading:Tracy Marsh 50
Section Four Practice for PRETCO Levels A ＆ B 51
Unit SixSection One Text:New Beijing,Great Olympics 55
Section Two Reading Skills:Guessing Unfamiliar Words by Context Clues(2) 59
Section Three Fast Reading:American Cowboys 61
Section Four Practice for PRETCO Levels A ＆ B 63
Unit SevenSection One Text:The British People 67
Section Two Reading Skills:Scanning for Specific Information(1) 70
Section Three Fast Reading:The Message from a Village Stone 73
Section Four Practice for PRETCO Levels A ＆ B 74
Unit EightSection One Text:If I Were a Boy Again 78
Section Two Reading Skills:Scanning for Specific Information(2) 81
Section Three Fast Reading:The Story of a Brave Woman 83
Section Four Practice for PRETCO Levels A ＆ B 85
参考答案 89
参考书目 95