Part One Texts 1
Unit 1 3
Passage One:Why the Eyes Have It? 3
Passage Two:San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Great Register 5
Unit 2 8
Passage One:The Development of the Mobile Phone 8
Passage Two:The Disadvantages of the Mobile Phone 11
Unit 3 14
Passage One:Black Holes on a Collision Course 14
Passage Two:On Mars,No One Can Hear You Scream 17
Unit 4 21
Passage One:The Global Positioning System(GPS) 21
Passage Two:Kicking the Chemical Habit 25
Unit 5 29
Passage One:Citibank Singapore Debuts Biometric Fingerprint Payment System 29
Passage Two:Electron Flashlight for Nanotechnology 32
Unit 6 36
Passage One:Global Gap Analysis:Leaving No Species Behind 36
Passage Two:Titan 39
Unit 7 43
Passage One:Do You Know the Secret of Migratory Bird Migration? 43
Passage Two:Introduction to Black Hole 45
Unit 8 49
Passage One:The Great Lakes 49
Passage Two:Thermal Features of the Yellowstone National Park 52
Unit 9 56
Passage One:The Presentation of Self 56
Passage Two:The Problem of the Image of Man 59
Unit 10 63
Passage One:Operational Effectiveness Is Not Strategy? 63
Passage Two:EC Technologies in Asia 66
Part Two Keys and Explanations 69
Part Three Translation for the Texts 87
附 2009年6月英语四级考试真题阅读理解部分及其答案 116