PartⅠ 1
Passage1 Temperatures And Sex Ratio 气温与性别差异 1
Passage2 Multiple Causes of a Diseas 引起疾病的复杂因素 5
Passage3 Monogamy vs.Polygamy 一夫一妻 还是 一夫多妻 12
Passage4 The Paradox of Computerized Appliances 程控电器的悖论 19
Passage5 Seahenge 海上木阵 25
Passage6 OZ Technology 飞行仪盘的革命 30
Passage7 The Yellowing of Oil Paintings 油画泛黄的奥秘 36
Passage8 Working Women And Crime Rate 妇女就职与犯罪率 40
Passage9 The Newly-discovered Planets 新发现的行星 45
Passage10 Essay-grading Software 论文批改软件 50
Passage11 The Evolution of Clocks 时钟的演变 55
Passage12 The Returns of Collage Education 大学教育的回报 62
Passage13 Foreign Dollar Holdings 美元在国外的流通 67
Passage14 Growing Human Body Tissues 人体组织的再生 72
Passage15 Symmetry And Mate Selection 对称与配偶选择 77
Test One 83
Passage16 What Kind of Women Do Men on the Net Look For? 网上男人的寻偶标准 94
PartⅡ 94
Passage17 Company s Intangible Assts 公司的无形资产 98
Passage18 How I Look At the E-book? 电子图书之我见 103
Passage19 Coco Chanel-Harbinger of Fashion Design Coco Chanel--时装设计的先驱 109
Passage20 Are Chickens Conscious Animals? 鸡有意识吗？ 113
Passage21 The Workings of Fear 恐惧的原理 119
Passage22 Can Animals Imitate? 动物的模仿能力 124
Passage23 True Mirror 真实的镜子 128
Passage24 Gambling in America 赌博在美国 133
Passage25 The Stature of Americans 美国人的身高 140
Passage26 Rethinking the Nobel Prize 重新思考诺贝尔奖 145
Passage27 Gesture And Language 手势与语言 150
Passage28 Advance Directive 生前医疗嘱咐 156
Passage29 On Mobile Phones 漫话手机 161
Passage30 Deflation 通货紧缩 166
Test Two 171
Passage31 Factors of Human Migrationl82 移民的动机 182
PartⅢ 182
Passage32 Why Are We Right-handed Or Left-handed? 造成左右手倾向的因素 187
Passage33 Bubbles in Stocks 股票的泡沫 192
Passage34 Cosmetic Surgery 整容手术 198
Passage35 Today s Egyptian Women 当今埃及妇女的地位 204
Passage36 HDTV 高清晰度电视 211
passage37 The Path of Evolution 进化的轨迹 217
Passage38 The Magic of the Suit 西服的魅力 222
Passage39 The Consumers Have the Say 消费者说了算 227
Passage40 News Only Makes Us Dumb 新闻使我们更愚昧 232
Passage41 Charles Darwin-martyr to His Stomach 达尔文-受尽胃病的折磨 238
Passage42 Gamma-ray Bursts in the Universe 宇宙中的γ射线爆发 245
Passage43 What Caused the Australia s Interior to Go Dry? 澳洲内陆如何变得干燥？ 250
Passage44 Manners and Goodness 礼貌与善良 254
Passage45 Women in Science And Technology Professions 科技界的妇女 259
Test Three 266
Passage46 Alexander Hamilton 汉密尔顿 276
PartⅣ 276
Passage47 Rembrandt s Self-Portraitures 伦布朗的自画像 280
Passage48 DNA And Car Advertisements 基因与汽车广告 285
Passage49 Hypertension And Race 高血压与种族的关系 290
Passage50 Wicked Stepmothers 邪恶的后娘 294
Passage51 Jane Goodall on Chimpanzees 珍·古德尔论猩猩 298
Passage52 Who Have Greater Effects on Children,Parents of Peers? 谁对孩子的影响更大，父母还是同龄人？ 303
Passage53 The Buying Motives of Consumers 消费者的购买动机 307
Passage54 Patenting DNA 申请基因专利 311
Passage55 My Three Boyfriends 我的三个男友 316
Passage56 Amazing Sense of Smell 神奇的味觉 323
Passage57 Why Are Blacks Overrepresented in American Popular Music? 为什么黑人在美国流行乐坛独领风骚？ 327
Passage58 Can Animals Feel? 动物有感觉吗 332
Passage59 Differing Views on Assimilating Immigrants in America 有关同化美国移民的争论 336
Passage60 Why Do We Like Watching Tragedies? 人们为什么爱看悲剧 341
Test Four 348
Key to Comprehension Questions 358
Explanations to Comprehension Questions 361