Part One Society 1
Lesson1 1
Reading A The Great Awakening 1
Reading B The Next American Century 9
Lesson2 17
Reading A Life Behind the Prison Looking Glass 17
Reading B The Twilight of the Elites 30
Lesson3 38
Reading A Social Security:Is There Really a Crisis? 38
Reading B Must Try Harder 49
Lesson4 57
Reading A Who Says A Woman Can't Be Einstein? 57
Reading B Taming Wild Girls 68
Lesson5 74
Reading A Stop Thinking That All Religions Are Essentially the Same 74
Reading B Putting God Back into American History 80
Reading C Politicians Should Serve You,Not Wealthy Contributors 91
Part Two Science＆Technology 97
Lesson6 97
Reading A Blingtronics 97
Reading B The Power of Us 105
Lesson7 118
Reading A Grand Theft Identity 118
Reading B Toy Soldiers 126
Lesson8 133
Reading A The Maverick God of Small Things 133
Reading B Buzz off,Harry—Britain Needs Reinventing 140
Reading C Changing Channels 146
Lesson9 155
Reading A Nature Is the Model Factory 155
Reading B Quantum Money:Note Perfect 162
Part Three Adolescence＆Education 171
Lesson10 171
Reading A To Get Good Teachers and Doctors,Measure Them Better 171
Reading B Cook the Books 176
Lesson11 186
Reading A The Importance of Resilience 186
Reading B You Don't Scare Me,007—I'm a Killer Too 193
Reading C How a Jury of Teens May Put a New Spin on Juvenile Justice 201
Part Four Mind＆Health 207
Lesson12 207
Reading A Ignorance Is Bliss 207
Reading B Choice Words on Having Too Much Choice 214
Lesson13 223
Reading A Eat Less,Live Longer? 223
Reading B When I Stopped Thinking,I Wrote Illness out of My Life 230
Lesson14 238
Reading A Who Has Designs on Your Students'Minds? 238
Reading B Water,Air,Fire,Earth:the Original Fab Four 246
Part Five Business＆Economy 253
Lesson15 253
Reading A US Red Ink=America's Global Weakness 253
Reading B The First World Debt Crisis Only Serves to Hasten the Shift of Power to the East 258
Reading C A Biotech Battle Royal:Rivals Laying Siege to Amgen's Near Monopoly in Anemia Drugs 265
Lesson16 273
Reading A Tagged,and Ready for Bed 273
Reading B Upstart States 279
Part Six Reading Tests 289
英语高级口译考试阅读测试概要 289
英语高级口译考试阅读测试题 291
Test One 292
Section 2 292
Section 5 303
Test Two 308
Section 2 308
Section 5 318
Test Three 325
Section 2 325
Section 5 337
Test Four 344
Section 2 344
Section 5 356
英语高级口译考试阅读测试题参考答案 362