第一部分 阅读技能与应试对策 3
一、阅读方法 3
(一)几种有效的阅读方法 3
(二)提高阅读能力的两个重要因素 7
二、PETS(二级)中阅读理解部分介绍及应试对策 10
(一)考查要点及题目类型 10
(二)常见题型及答题技巧 11
第二部分 阅读理解实践 25
Unit One 25
PassageA Change of Women s Place(妇女地位的变化) 25
PassageB Less Waste(减少浪费) 27
PassageC Jesse Owens(杰西·欧文斯) 28
PassageD A Library(一座图书馆) 30
PassageE Stage Fright(怯场) 31
Unit Two 33
PassageA How to Keep Thieves off(防盗小窍门) 33
PassageB (题目待选) 34
PassageC Training Your Pets(训练你的宠物) 36
PassageD How Green Plants Make Food(植物如何制造养料) 37
PassageE (题目待选) 39
PassageA Incidents(事件) 41
Unit Three 41
PassageB Antifreeze(防冻剂) 42
PassageC Custom(习惯) 44
PassageD Washington D.C.(华盛顿特区) 45
PassageE Jobs(工作) 47
Unit Four 49
PassageA The Beginning of Blue Jeans(牛仔裤的起源) 49
PassageB Economics(经济学) 51
PassageC Climbing Mountains(登山) 52
PassageD Great Damage Caused by AIDS(可怕的艾滋病) 54
PassageE Sleep (睡眠) 55
Unit Five 57
PassageA Growing Old(衰老) 57
PassageB Do It Yourself(自己动手) 59
PassageC How to Judge Someone s Intelligence(如何判断一个人的智力) 60
PassageD Ambulance(救护车) 62
PassageE Changes of Universities in USA(美国大学的变迁) 63
Unit Six 66
PassageA The Beginning and Use of Ms. (Ms.一词的起源与使用) 66
PassageB Distress in the Sea(海上遇险) 67
PassageC Water(水) 69
PassageD How to Find A Book in the Library(如何从图书馆借书) 71
PassageE EL Nino(厄尔尼诺现象) 72
Unit Seven 75
PassageA Rescue(营救) 75
PassageB News Reports(新闻报道) 76
PassageC Development in the Fashion World(时装界的新发展) 78
PassageD Canberra(堪培拉) 79
PassageE Walter Plinge(沃尔特·普林治) 81
Unit Eight 83
PassageA The Cause of Weight Problem(肥胖的原因) 83
PassageB Anesthetics(麻醉药) 84
PassageC Santa Fe(圣塔菲) 86
PassageD Label(标签) 87
PassageE (题目待选) 88
Unit Nine 90
PassageA Newspapers(报纸) 90
PassageB The Cause of Waves(海浪的成因) 91
PassageC Greenhouse Effect(温室效应) 92
PassageD Sleep-study Methods(睡眠学习法) 94
PassageE Face(脸) 96
PassageA The Oldest Calculator(最古老的计算器) 98
Unit Ten 98
PassageB Dinosaurs(恐龙) 99
PassageC Cars in a United States(美国的汽车) 101
PassageD Can Computers Think?(电脑能思考吗？) 102
PassageE A New Way to Kill Noise(消除噪音的新方法) 104
Unit Eleven 106
PassageA The History and the Use of Umbrella(伞的历史和使用) 106
PassageB May I Change Places with You?(我可以和你换位置吗) 107
PassageC (题目待选) 109
PassageD Age(年龄) 110
PassageE Space Exploration(太空探险) 112
Unit Twelve 114
PassageA (题目待选) 114
PassageB How to Win the Audience(如何赢得听众) 115
PassageC Body Clocks(生物钟) 117
PassageD Savings Account(存款帐户) 118
PassageE A Weather Forecast(天气预报) 120
Unit Thirteen 122
PassageA Scince Fiction(科幻小说) 122
PassageB The Effect of Smoking to Babies(吸烟对婴儿的影响) 123
PassageC Heat(热量) 125
PassageD Geriatrics(老年病学) 126
PassageE President Came to Nebraska(总统来到内部拉斯加) 128
Unit Fourteen 130
PassageA Surroundings Affect People s Activity(环境影响人的行为) 130
PassageB The Value of Education(教育的价值) 131
PassageC An Advanced School(一所超前的学校) 133
PassageD Heat Recovery(热能恢复) 134
PassageE Thought After A News Report(新闻之后的思考) 136
Unit Fifteen 138
PassageA (题目待选) 138
PassageB Noise(噪音) 139
PassageC To Run or Not to Run(跑还是不跑) 141
PassageD Beginning of the First Public Library in the U.S.A(美国第一家公立图书馆的起源) 142
PassageE Useful Animals(有用的动物) 144
Unit Sixteen 146
PassageA (题目待选) 146
PassageB Air(空气) 147
PassageC (题目待选) 149
PassageD The Pyramids of Mexico(墨西哥的金字塔) 150
PassageE A Book of Great Importance(一本极其重要的书) 152
PassageA USA Presidents(美国总统) 154
Unit Seventeen 154
PassageB Sleep(睡眠) 155
PassageC Computers(计算机) 157
PassageD The Invention of Bicycle(自行车的发明) 158
PassageE Franklin(富兰克林) 159
Unit Eighteen 161
PassageA Dolphins(海豚) 161
PassageB The First Life on Land(最早的陆地生物) 162
PassageC How They Spend Winter(它们如何过冬) 164
PassageD Spartans Rule(斯巴坦人的规则) 165
PassageE How Time Changes Around the World(时间是如何变化的) 166
Unit Nineteen 168
PassageA (题目待选) 168
PassageB (题目待选) 169
PassageC Molecules(分子) 171
PassageD A New Discovery(新发现) 172
PassageE How to Deal with the Problem of Energy(如何解决能源问题) 174
Unit Twenty 176
PassageA Cheating(作弊) 176
PassageB Deep-sea Diving(深海潜水) 177
PassageC A Serious Problem-Pollution(严重的问题--污染) 179
PassageD Hunter and Surgical Techniques(亨特和手术技术) 180
PassageE Holidays(假期) 182
Unit Twenty One 184
PassageA Two Choices(两个选择) 184
PassageB Aspirin and Hearing Ability(阿司匹林与听觉) 186
PassageC Boating(划船) 187
PassageD An Instruction(一个说明) 189
PassageE Zoo(动物园) 190
Unit Twenty Two 193
PassageA GED Diploma(GED文凭) 193
PassageB The Moon(月球) 195
PassageC Some Suggestion(一些建议) 196
PassageD On the Road(在路上) 198
PassageE (题目待选) 199
Unit Twenty Three 201
PassageA Eating Culture(饮食文化) 201
PassageB (题目待选) 202
PassageC American Football(美式足球) 204
PassageD British Policemen(英国警察) 205
PassageE Elephants(大象) 207
第三部分 答案与详解 211
Unit One 211
Unit Two 215
Unit Three 219
Unit Four 223
Unit Five 228
Unit Six 232
Unit Seven 236
Unit Eight 240
Unit Nine 244
Unit Ten 249
Unit Eleven 254
Unit Twelve 258
Unit Thirteen 262
Unit Fourteen 266
Unit Fifteen 271
Unit Sixteen 275
Unit Seventeen 280
Unit Eighteen 284
Unit Nineteen 288
Unit Twenty 293
Unit Twenty One 296
Unit Twenty Two 301
Unit Twenty Three 305