目录前言几点说明PART Ⅰ INTENSIVE READINGS 1
Passage 1 No Clowning Around 1
Passage 2 Leafless Wonder 4
Passage 3 Tuned Out 7
Passage 4 Featherweight 10
Passage 5 Clean Ride 13
Passage 6 Most Distant Planet:Found 16
Passage 7 Charged Up 19
Passage 8 Fruit to Shoppers:Bite Me 22
Passage 9 Dried Up 25
Passage 10 Coat Makes Wearer Invisible 28
Passage 11 It's a Car,It's a Boat 31
Passage 12 Pumped-Up Drinks Don't Help Athletes 34
Passage 13 Sea Level Rising 37
Passage 14 Scout's Invention Improves Airport Security 40
Passage 15 Stirring Giant 43
Passage 16 Teen Hubble 46
Passage 17 Top Jumper 49
Passage 18 Rescue Hovercraft Designed for Towering Infernos 52
Passage 19 Rainstorms Might Trigger Volcanic Blowouts 55
Passage 20 Endangered Species 58
Passage 21 Electric Skis Get a Grip on Snow 61
Passage 22 Fried Fish 64
Passage 23 Eyes in the Sky Sense Forest Fire 67
Passage 24 Mini Mouse Dies 70
Passage 25 Brain Cells Control Robot'Artist' 73
Passage 26 Spender Bender 76
Passage 27 Crow Makes Her Own Tools 79
Passage 28 Did Doctors Kill Napoléon 82
Passage 29 Rock Steady 85
Passage 30 Dune Tunes 88
Passage 31 Now That's Intense 91
Passage 32 Funny Accent Mystery Decoded 94
Passage 33 Privacy Protector Is Also a Boon for Shoplifters 97
Passage 34 Teen's Cancer Research Wins $50,000 Prize 100
Passage 35 Cheap 3D Scanner Coming Soon to a Desktop Near You 103
Passage 36 World Is Growing Darker 107
Passage 37 Did Floods Carve Grand Canyons on Earth-and Mars 110
Passage 38 Turkey Time 113
Passage 39 Space Rock Barely Misses Sleeping Teen 116
Passage 40 States Sue Power Companies 119
Passage 41 Mouse Has Two Mommies 122
Passage 42 Exercise Sends Distress Signal 125
Passage 43 Operation Relieves Man of Hiccups 128
Passage 44 Sandcastle Physics 131
Passage 45 Zoom!Zoom!Zoom!Boogie Jet Breaks Barrier 135
Passage 46 End of Eden 139
Passage 47 Nearsightedness 143
Passage 48 Fighting Fire with a Steam Machine 146
Passage 49 Wonder Webs Golden Orb Weaver Spider 150
Passage 50 Which Way Is North 154
PART Ⅱ EXTENSIVE READINGS 158
Passage 1 Big White Lies 158
Passage 2 Gone With the Wind 161
Passage 3 Seeing in Tongues 164
Passage 4 Flap Happy 168
Passage 5 Twisted 171
Passage 6 High Dive 175
Passage 7 Ready,Set,Squirt 179
Passage 8 Sudden Impact 183
Passage 9 Face to Face 187
Passage 10 Masters of the Sea 191
KEY TO EXERCISES 195
GLOSSARY 223
附录：美国各州州名及缩写表 255