技巧训练一 熟悉阅读文章的文体特点 1
Unit1 4
Passage 1 U.S.Keeps Foreign Ph.D.s 4
Passage 2 Weighing the Value of That College Diploma 7
Passage 3 For Families of Hoarders,the Issues Pile Up 12
Passage 4 Quick Study:Standardized Tests 15
Unit2 20
Passage 1 The Hungarian Connection 20
Passage 2 Which Stars Sell Fashion? 23
Passage 3 How Reagan Used Laughter to Get What He Wanted 27
Passage 4 For America's Santas,It's Hard to Be Jolly With the Tales They're Hearing 30
技巧训练二 积累相关背景知识 35
Unit3 38
Passage 1 A Young Girl's Gift 38
Passage 2 A Little Kindness 41
Passage 3 Lantern Festival:The 15th Day of the lst Lunar Month 45
Passage 4 Daring to Live Your Life Offline 49
Unit4 54
Passage 1 The Power of Proportions for Shorter Men 54
Passage 2 Make Yourself More Lively 57
Passage 3 Having a Healthy Midlife Crisis 61
Passage 4 10 Great Memoirs to Read 65
技巧训练三 猜测词意(一) 69
Unit5 72
Passage 1 The Flu Fighters in Your Food 72
Passage 2 Good News in the Daily Grind 75
Passage 3 Analysis:Could Health Care Taxes Hurt? 79
Passage 4 No Easy Feat for Obama to Close Deal on Healthcare Reform 83
Unit6 90
Passage 1 Bofa's Secret of Success:Real Estate 90
Passage 2 Frugality Key to the Economist's Trade 93
Passage 3 High Hopes for Low-income Housing 97
Passage 4 Chinese Govt.Tightens Property Rules 101
技巧训练四 猜测词意(二) 105
Unit7 108
Passage 1 Scientists Boost Longevity of Mice,Monkeys 108
Passage 2 Can a Tiny Fish Save Your Ears? 111
Passage 3 Mistakes Your Doctor May Be Making 116
Passage 4 20 Ways to Lose Weight After the Holidays 120
Unit8 126
Passage 1 7.0 Quake Hits Haiti;"Serious Loss of Life"Expected 126
Passage 2 The Unluckiest Town in America 129
Passage 3 Haitian Envoy:Earthquake Levels Most of Capital 133
Passage 4 Pacific Under Tsunami Threat After Massive 8.8 Quake Strikes Chile 138
Fast Reading in CET-3 142
Task 1 142
Task 2 143
Task 3 144
Task 4 145
Keys 147
阅读速度与阅读理解记录表 150