Unit One 1
Passage 1 No Welcome AT the Hotel 1
Passage 2 The Function of Insurance 3
Passage 3 6
Passage 4 Women and Fashions 8
Unit Seven 11
Passage 5 Comfort and Charm from Illumination 11
Passage 6 Nobel and Nobel Prizes 13
Unit Two 18
Passage 1 My Memory on the Second World War 18
Passage 2 Nightlife in Taiwan 20
Passage 3 Try to Possess Relaxation inLife 22
Passage 4 How Children Learn a Language 24
Passage 5 The Sun and Other Stars 27
Passage 6 Insects and Man 29
Unit Three 34
Passage 1 Homing Pigeons 34
Passage 2 How to Read Fast 36
Passage 3 39
Passage 4 The Means of Communication 41
Passage 5 Knowing Children and Teaching Children 43
Passage 6 Wind Power 46
Unit Four 51
Passage 1 On Shyness 51
Passage 2 Participation in the Classroom 53
Passage 3 Helicopters 55
Passage 4 The Effects of Temperature 58
Passage 5 Cops and Economics 60
Passage 6 Economy and Economics 63
Unit Five 68
Passage 1 68
Passage 2 Libraries in America 70
Passage 3 Seeking a Job 73
Passage 4 Volcanoes 78
Passage 5 The History of the United Nations 82
Passage 6 Mankind's Fascination with Gold 85
Unit Six 93
Passage 1 The Importance of Pronunciation in a Language 93
Passage 2 American Government 95
Passage 3 Struggle on the Sea 97
Passage 4 Migratory Birds 100
Passage 5 Traditional Religion and Science 102
Passage 6 Decisions 104
Passage 1 The Basic Flag of the United States 111
Passage 2 The World Turns 113
Passage 3 Wedding Arrangements in Britain 115
Passage 4 Going to a Theatre in New York 118
Passage 5 How We Like the Word "Modern" 121
Passage 6 The American Family in Transition 124
Unit Eight 133
Passage 1 The Process of Aging 133
Passage 2 The Mystery of Humor 135
Passage 3 Lightning Strikes 138
Passage 4 140
Passage 5 What Is Important to Children--Love or Money 143
Passage 6 Walt Whitman 146
Unit Nine 157
Passage 1 157
Passage 2 On Typology 159
Passage 3 Stock Market 162
Passage 4 How Much Is a Job Worth 164
Passage 5 What Changes the Birth Rate in America 167
Passage 6 John Steinbeck 170
Unit Ten 181
Passage 1 The Best Age to Be 181
Passage 2 Protection for Wildlife 183
Passage 3 185
Passage 4 The Many Forms of Energy 188
Passage 5 Relations Between Russia and the United States in 19th and 20th Century 193
Passage 6 Helen Keller 196
Unit Eleven 209
Passage 1 Fresh-water Fishes 209
Passage 2 What Makes Objects Float 212
Passage 3 Improve Parent-child Relationships 215
Passage 4 What Influences Our Color 217
Passage 5 220
Passage 6 Martin Luther King,JR. 223
Unit Twelve 234
Passage 1 Jazz in America 234
Passage 2 Good Taste for Consumers 236
Passage 3 On Friendship 239
Passage 4 Fingerprints in Criminal Charges 241
Passage 5 Newton Explains Motion 244
Passage 6 Leonard Bernstein 248
附录 259
附录一 参考答案 259
附录二 阅读理解概述 273