《大学英语阅读进阶 1》PDF下载

Unit 1 Language and Culture 1

Part One Timed Reading 2

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 3

Text 1 Tips on Doing Business with the Arabs 3

Text 2 How to Read Body Language 6

Text 3 The Voices of Time 9

Unit 2 Food and Health 13

Part One Timed Reading 14

Text 1 Influenza 16

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 16

Text 2 Why Does Food Cost So Much 18

Text 3 The Pleasures of Eating 21

Unit 3 The Great Figures 24

Part One Timed Reading 25

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 27

Text 1 The Education of Benjamin Franklin 27

Text 2 Better Know As Mark Twain 29

Text 3 William Shakespeare 31

Unit 4 Feeling 35

Part One Timed Reading 36

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 37

Text 1 Monday Morning Feeling 37

Text 2 Better Left Unsaid 40

Text 3 Think of What You Have Instead of What You Want 43

Test Yourself (1) 46

Unit 5 Travelling 53

Part One Timed Reading 54

Text 1 Talking Taxis 56

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 56

Text 2 Pubs in London 59

Text 3 Will China See an End to Holiday Economics? 63

Unit 6 Environment 67

Part One Timed Reading 68

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 70

Text 1 The Black Snow 70

Text 2 Our Planet Faces Meltdown 74

Text 3 New Fuels for the Furture 76

Unit 7 Economy 80

Part One Timed Reading 81

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 82

Text 1 World Business Giant Coca Cola 82

Text 2 America Online 85

Text 3 The Corporate Laughter Business in Booming 87

Unit 8 Education 91

Part One Timed Reading 92

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 93

Text 1 Princeton University 93

Text 2 How to Successfully Apply to Law School 95

Text 3 Canadian Tertiary Education 98

Test Yourself (2) 101

Unit 9 Social Problems 109

Part One Timed Reading 110

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 111

Text 1 The Polarization of the British Youth 111

Text 2 From the Other Side of the Generation Gap 114

Text 3 Family 117

Unit 10 Man and Animals 120

Part One Timed Reading 121

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 122

Text 1 Man's Best Friend 122

Text 2 Why Crabs Walk Sideways 125

Text 3 Cats and Nations 127

Unit 11 Nation, City and Country 130

Part One Timed Reading 131

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 132

Text 1 The Largest City in America 132

Text 2 Open University in Britain 135

Text 3 US Cities: Past and Present 137

Unit 12 Psychology and Social Behavior 140

Part One Timed Reading 141

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 143

Text 1 Moderate and Good Habits 143

Text 2 Grime 146

Text 3 Cyber Attacks 148

Test Yourself (3) 152

Key 160

Glossary 181