社会类 1
Passage One Can the Government Afford Retirement？ 2
Passage Two Manage Your Marriage Like a Business 7
Passage Three Defusing South Asia’s Demographic Time Bomb 13
Passage Four Anxiety’s on the Menu for People With Food Allergies 19
Passage Five Stricter Rules Can Steer Kids Away From TV 24
Passage Six Sachs to EU： Food Aid Won’t Solve Crisis 29
Passage Seven Overweight Young Adults Often Have Overweight Friends， Sweethearts 34
Passage Eight How Old Is Too Old to Work？ 39
Passage Nine Many Parents Fret Over Time Kids Spend on Phones， Computers 44
Passage Ten Why Friends Matter at Work and in Life 49
文教类 55
Passage One Social Media Burst into Europe’s B-schools 56
Passage Two European Universities Face Budget Cuts 61
Passage Three Europe Needs More Science Students 68
Passage Four For Kids， Two Languages Can Be as Easy One 73
Passage Five Big Schools May Not Be So Bad 78
Passage Six Better Teachers Make for Stronger Young Readers 83
Passage Seven Foreign-Trained Doctors as Good as U.S.-Trained Counterparts 88
Passage Eight Teaching the Facebook Generation 93
Passage Nine Apple’s Startup Culture 99
Passage Ten For Business Schools， Culture Matters 105
经济类 111
Passage One A Pending Threat to Patents[2010真题Part A， Text 2] 112
Passage Two Top Managers Are Quitting， Without a New Job [2011 真题Part A， Text 2] 117
Passage Three A False Spring for U.S.Homebuilders？ 122
Passage Four Britain Shocked by Worsening Trade Deficit 127
Passage Five IMF Offers Bleak View of British Economy 132
Passage Six Europeans Wary of Cross-Border E-shopping 137
Passage Seven British Software Industry Is Still Alive 142
Passage Eight Decline in British Manufacturing Slows 147
Passage Nine Gap Between Rich and Poor in U.S.Drawn Along Geographic Lines 152
Passage Ten Don’t Overlook Jobs Created by Failed Businesses 157
科技类 164
Passage One Facebook Codifies the Green Data Center 164
Passage Two Nanotech May Extend Life， Futurist Says 168
Passage Three Can Supercomputers Help Japan Predict Earthquakes？ 173
Passage Four Printing in 3D Gets Practical 178
Passage Five Artificial Intelligence Goes Mobile 184
Passage Six Bloom Energy’s Fuel Cell Breakthrough 190
Passage Seven Making Meters Smarter， Home by Home 195
Passage Eight Dakim： Keeping Seniors Mentally Active 201
Passage How Mattel Can Get Into Your Head 206
Passage Ten New On the Menu： Genetically Modified Salmon？ 211
健康类 217
Passage One Exercise Can Quiet Anxiety That Comes With Illness 218
Passage Two Marriage Ends,Health Declines 223
Passage Three Poor Education May Lead to Poor Health 228
Passage Four Drink a Live le Wine， Live a Little Longer 233
Passage Five Aging Population Could Send Cancer Costs Soaring 238
Passage Six Calling a Food ‘Healthy’ May Make You Hungrier 243
Passage Seven ‘Locally Grown’ May Mean Healthier，But Not Always 249
Passage Eight ‘Organic’ May Not Mean Healthier 255
Passage Nine Smoking May Raise Risk of Death in Women With Breast Cancer 260
Passage Ten Women Who Marry Younger Men May Die Earlier 265