技巧导航（Ⅰ） 1
1．快速阅读的定义 1
2．快速阅读的分类 1
3．快速阅读的必要性 2
4．快速阅读的方法 2
5．影响阅读速度的不良习惯 4
6．快速阅读能力的培养 5
篇章阅读 8
Unit 1 8
Text A The Role of Women in the United States 8
Text B Welcome to Our Bank 11
Text C Advertisers Perforn a Useful Service to the Community 14
Text D Stricter Traffic Law Can Prevent Accidents 17
Unit 2 20
Text A Food in America 20
Text B Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea 22
Text C Men Are Carrying on a Sex-fight 25
Text D The Cultural Mindset in Academic Writing in English 28
Unit 3 31
Text A The Importance of a Computer 31
Text B Bill Clinton 34
Text C The Midsummer Festival 36
Text D Give Your Attention to Little Event 39
Unit 4 43
Text A Two Clashing Notions of Love 43
Text B International Marriages 46
Text C My Father's Son 49
Text D Money Is Not So Important 52
Unit 5 55
Text A How Do Americans Address People 55
Text B I Would Like to Say 58
Text C Don't Be Chicken about Speaking-English 61
Text D Chinese Students in the United States 63
Unit 6 67
Text A Clothes Make the Man 67
Text B Contribution of Co-education 69
Text C Dropouts for Ph.D.s 72
Text D The Other Woman 75
Unit 7 79
Text A The Pretty One 79
Text B Meant to Be 83
Text C No Turning Back—Jewel Kilcher 87
Text D Great Time of Growing—Mrs.Thatcher 91
Unit 8 95
Text A Strictly Ban Smoking 95
Text B Pop Stars Earn Much 98
Text C Life Is as a Game of Chess,Which Benefits from Win-win Situation 100
Text D Just as at Your Own Home 103
Unit 9 106
Text A Borrowing a Match 106
Text B Waiter from Hell 108
Text C I Never Write Right 112
Text D The Unlucky Number 115
Unit 10 119
Text A Cambridge—the University Town 119
Text B Public Education in the U.S 121
Text C The Pleasure of Reading 124
Text D Examinations Exert a Harmful Influence on Education 126
Unit 11 130
Text A Tardiness Is Not Appropriate 130
Text B Penguins 132
Text C Pyramids 136
Text D Speak English,not Chinglish 140
Unit 12 145
Text A Hey,Take It Easy 145
Text B Letter in the Wallet 148
Text C A Boy with a Mission 152
Text D Cultivate Better Bonds with Neighbors and Friends 156
Unit 13 161
Text A Becoming Open to Others 161
Text B How to Mend a Broken Friendship 165
Text C The History of the Olympic Games 169
Text D Family 174
Unit 14 179
Text A Lightning 179
Text B Internet 182
Text C American Public Education System 186
Text D Dare to Dream 190
Unit 15 195
Text A Memorial Day(U.S.)—the Last Monday in May 195
Text B The Causes of Poverty 199
Text C In Our Hands 203
Text D The Car and the Environment 207
练习答案 212