前言 1
Unit 1 Animal Education 1
Unit 2 Bargains 6
Unit 3 Blood Testing 11
Unit 4 Hey,I m the Customer 15
Unit 5 Life on Other Planets?OfCouse! 21
Unit 6 Twilight Robbery on the Green 26
Unit 7 Survival of the Fittest 31
Unit 8 What Are Computers? 36
Unit 9 How Do Homing Pigeons Find HOme? 41
Unit 10 Walking in Space 46
Unit 11 Do We Need Extra Vitamins? 51
Unit 12 The Consumer 56
Unit 13 Women and Tobacco 62
Unit 14 Water in Industry 68
Unit 15 Sampling the Market 72
Unit 16 Getting the Most from the Micro Boom 77
Unit 17 Most Important Thing You Can Do for Your Child 81
Unit 18 By Their Colors You Shall Know Them 86
Unit 19 Beware the Dirty Seas 92
Unit 20 Our Disappearing Wildlife 97
Unit 21 Never Be Nervous Again 102
Unit 22 Future Directions 107
Unit 23 Future Tech Is Now 112
Unit 24 Call for Atom Plant Probe 118
Unit 25 Save Our Seals and Whales 123
Unit 26 Are These the Best Years of Your Life? 128
Unit 27 Family Hold Vigil at Gates of Changi Jail 133
Unit 28 The World of Microbes 138
Unit 29 Foreign Exchange and Foreign Exchange Control 143
Unit 30 The Value and Cost of Information 149
Unit 31 Fighting the War Against EDP Crime 155
Unit 32 Traitor Blake can Profit from Memoir 161
Unit 33 You Call This a Good Economy? 166
Unit 34 Gunmen Slaughter Greek Pilgrims at Cairo Hotel 171
Unit 35 The Future of Intermational Trade 176
Unit 36 The World Bank and the Intemational Monetary Fund 181
Unit 37 Cosmic Close-ups 187
Unit 38 Pollution is a Dirty Word 194
Unit 39 More People and More Products 199
Unit 40 Keeping Food on the Table 204
Unit 41 Judge Halts TV Interview with Major 209
Unit 42 Smart Lifrs Take Jpan s Managers Upmarket 214
附录一 219
考试形式与试卷结构 219
附录二 225
模拟考试题及答案 225
附录三 248
1999年(下)全国高等教育自学考试英语阅读 (二)试卷 248
附录四 273
专项强化训练 (50篇同等难度课外阅读理解文章 273
强化训练答案 363