CONTENTS 1
考前热身 1
Passage 1 Origin of Drama 1
Passage 2 Bullfighting 4
Passage 3 Kenzo—The First Japanese Designer to Plant Himself in Paris 7
Passage 4 Sound Waves 10
Passage 5 Improve Sex Education 13
Passage 6 Glimpse into a World Run by Robots 17
Passage 7 Microsoft×2＝？？？ 21
Passage 8 Commencing a Legal Action 24
Passage 9 As a Child Grows，Room Decor Evolves 28
Passage 10 After September 11th Attack 31
Passage 11 The Champ 34
Passage 12 A Christmas Story 37
Passage 13 St reaking for Love 40
Passage 14 The Origin and Development of Jazz 43
Passage 15 Censo rship 47
Passage 16 Two Catast rophes in America—AIDS and Drugs 51
Passage 17 Scientists Shed New Light on the Body's Rhythms 54
Passage 18 Senior Managers'Intuition 58
Passage 19 Gambling in America 62
Passage 20 Researchers Get a Grip on Runaway Runways 66
Passage 21 The Consumers Have the Say 70
Passage 22 Working Women and Crime Rate 73
Passage 23 The Internet 76
Passage 24 Multiple Causes of Disease 80
Passage 25 Purposes of American Higher Education 84
Passage 26 Women at the Top 87
Passage 27 Influence of IT on Asian Economy 91
Passage 28 Inequality and Problems 95
Passage 29 Attitudes Toward Language Changes 98
Passage 30 Lack of Hierarchy in Language and Culture 101
Passage 31 XP's Do-It-Yourself Security 104
Passage 32 Conformity Prevailing in Postwar America 108
Passage 33 Migration in the New World 111
Passage 34 Industrial Automation 115
Passage 35 Mass Transportation 118
Passage 36 Vegetarianism 121
Passage 37 Cancer Treatment 124
Passage 38 Ocean Water Salinity 127
Passage 39 World Trade Organization 130
Passage 40 Handshaking 133
Passage 41 Animal Intelligence 136
Passage 42 Economic Globalization 139
Passage 43 Protection Policies for Endangered Animals 142
Passage 44 Asian Financial Crisis 146
Passage 45 Influence on Environment by Human Being 149
Passage 46 Acid Rain 153
Passage 47 American Court System 156
Passage 48 Influence Factors for Divorce Rate 159
Passage 49 Three Basic Individual Economic Units 162
Passage 50 Problem Related with Women's Image in Advertisement 165
考前冲刺 168
Passage 1 168
Passage 2 169
Passage 3 171
Passage 4 172
Passage 5 174
Passage 6 176
Passage 7 177
Passage 8 178
Passage 9 180
Passage 10 182
参考答案 184
最新考试大纲词汇表 191