Practical English Extensive Course Book1 1
UNIT1 3
Passage A The Successful Language Learner 3
Passage B For Your Information 6
Passage C Color 7
UNIT2 10
Passage A Bring the Past to Life 10
Passage B Rent Control 12
Passage C The Population of the United States 13
UNIT3 15
Passage A The Problems of International Trade 15
Passage B Your Money 18
Passage C My Bank Account 19
UNIT4 21
Passage A Being on Time 21
Passage B Polite or Rude 27
Passage C Parties 28
UNIT5 32
Passage A Gestures 32
Passage B Where Is the Beef? 38
Passage C Best Teacher I Ever Had 40
UNIT6 43
Passage A Equality of Opportunity and Competition 43
Passage B How to Shine at an Interview 47
Passage C Where There's a Will,There Is a Way 49
UNIT7 53
Passage A Children Often Do Humorous Things 53
Passage B Long-term Memory 57
Passage C Steps to the Future 59
UNIT8 61
Passage A How Unsafe Is It? 61
Passage B A Working Relationship 65
Passage C A Special Physical Examination 67
UNIT9 69
Passage A Communications ofthe Future 69
Passage B "High Tech"and"State ofthe Art" 75
Passage C What's So Good About the Information Age? 77
UNIT10 80
Passage A Protection for Consumers in USA 80
Passage B Getaway People Use XYZ Petrol 85
Passage C Scan This Web Site 87
Practical English Extensive Course Book2 91
UNIT1 91
Passage A Buses Are Good Test Of Virtue 91
Passage B Get the Job You Want 96
Passage C Job Hunting 97
UNIT2 99
Passage A Making a Cultural Change 99
Passage B The British Family Life 103
Passage C The Sacred"Rac" 104
UNIT3 106
Passage A The Second Information Revolution 106
Passage B Television:How It Affects Us 110
Passage C When the Computer Is Down 110
UNIT4 112
Passage A How to tell if someone is lying 112
Passage B The secrets ofa very long life 120
Passage C Don't Believe Everything You Hear 122
UNIT5 125
Passage A The Night the President Met the Burglar 125
Passage B Playing Princess Diana 130
Passage C Visit to a President 133
UNIT6 136
Passage A Animal Education 136
Passage B Talk to the Animals 141
Passage C Tobermory:The Talking Cat 142
UNIT7 144
Passage A The Virtue Called Devotion 144
Passage B Clone Ewebut Not You 147
Passage C Personal Relationship 148
UNIT8 151
Passage A The Simple Life:a Fine Dinner,a Drink and Jail 151
Passage B Police on Bicycles 156
Passage C People Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the police 157
UNIT9 159
Passage A Nuclear Energy:Pros and Cons 159
Passage B Bring Power to the People 163
Passage C Food Resources and World Hunger 164
UNIT10 166
Passage A Mind If I Give You Cancer? 166
Passage B Environmental Scientist 170
Passage C Adapting to Global Greenhouse 170
Practical English Extensive Course Book3 175
UNIT1 175
Passage A Passport to the Universe 175
Passage B Mahalo to Donald Kim from a Grateful Alma Mater 179
Passage C How to Talk to Anyone About Anything 181
UNIT2 182
Passage A Utility and Prices 182
Passage B IBM's EAds Compute with Consumers 185
Passage C Are These the Best Years of Your Life? 186
UNIT3 188
Passage A You Are What You Think 188
Passage B He Led a Useful Life 195
Passage C Using the Mind Against Disease 198
UNIT4 202
Passage A Future in Space:Mars First,Then the Stars 202
Passage B Black Holes 208
Passage C 2001 Space Shuttle 210
UNIT5 213
Passage A The Shape ofThings to Come:The New Doctor 213
Passage B On the Shoulders of a Hero 217
Passage C Technology Brings Court into 21st Century 219
UNIT6 221
Passage A How to Give a Good Speech 221
Passage B What You Don't Know About Exercise 225
Passage C It's Never Too Late for Success 226
UNIT7 229
Passage A E-money 229
Passage B The First Four-Minute Mile 232
Passage C What Makes Olympic Champions? 234
UNIT8 234
Passage A Will the Population Bomb Blow Up? 236
Passage B Modernization Interrupted:Unprecedented Population Problems Proliferate 240
Passage C Into the Forest:Survival of the Fitful 241
UNIT9 243
Passage A The Interview 243
Passage B If I were a Boy Again 248
Passage C The New American Revolution 250
UNIT10 252
Passage A High-Rise Buildings 252
Passage B Pockety Women Unite? 256
Passage C A Scientist Looks at Tomorrow 258
附录 261
附录一 高职高专教育英语课程教学基本要求（试行） 261
附录二 高职高专教育英语课程教学基本要求（试行）交际范围表 264
附录三 高职高专教育英语课程教学基本要求（试行）语言技能表 265
附录四 高职高专教育英语课程教学基本要求（试行）语法结构表 266
附录五 高等学校英语应用能力考试大纲 273
附录六 高等学校英语应用能力考试（A、B）样题、听力文字材料及参考答案 278
附录七 高等学校英语应用能力考试样卷、听力材料、答案及试题详解 305
附录八 高等学校英语应用能力考试实考试卷、听力文字材料、答案及试题详解 340
附录九 高等学校英语应用能力考试模拟试题精选及详解 373
附录十 高等学校英语应用能力考试答题纸样张、翻译／作文纸样张 398