社会类 2
Passage 1 California Seeks Thermostat Control 2
Passage 2 As Jobs Vanish and Prices Rise,Food Stamp Use Nears Record 8
Passage 3 Study Gives High Marks to U.S.Internet 14
Passage 4 Asian Food Crisis Has Political and Civil Implications 20
Passage 5 PolarBearIs Made a Protected Species 27
Passage 6 Sweden Turning Sewage into a Gasoline Substitute 34
Passage 7 Frustration in the South as a Gasoline Shortage Drags on 40
Passage 8 Transit Use Hit Five-Decade High in 2008 as Gas Prices Rose 45
Passage 9 Road Deaths Nationwide Fell Sharply in 2008 50
Passage 10 Britain Responds to Criticism of Its Universal Health System 55
文教类 62
Passage 1 Applications to Colleges Are Breaking Records 62
Passage 2 Online Schooling Grows,Setting Off a Debate 68
Passage 3 East and West:Seeing the World through Different Lenses 76
Passage 4 Report Urges Changes in Teaching Math 83
Passage 5 Top Colleges Dig Deeper in Wait Lists for Students 89
Passage 6 Study Finds Little Benefit in New SAT 95
Passage 7 New Vision for Schools Proposes Broad Role 100
Passage 8 College May Become Unaffordable for Most in U.S 106
Passage 9 Arts Leaders Urge Role for Culture in Economic Recovery 112
Passage 10 In a Digital Future,Textbooks Are History 119
经济类 128
Passage 1 Oil Hits $100 a Barrel for the First Time 128
Passage 2 Fed Acts to Rescue Financial Markets 134
Passage 3 Germany Debates Subsidies for Solar Industry 141
Passage 4 Nissan Says Electric Cars Will Be Quickly Profitable 149
Passage 5 Greenspan Concedes Error on Regulation 154
Passage 6 Fifty Herbert Hoovers 161
Passage 7 In Asia,Hints of a Distant and Fragile Recovery 167
Passage 8 China's Economy Takes a Sharp Domestic Turn 172
Passage 9 Airbus Warns Output Could Drop asMuch as 25%in2010 and2011 177
Passage 10 For Asia,Data Shows a Slow Climb Out of Recession 183
科技类 190
Passage 1 Scientists Would Turn Greenhouse Gas into Gasoline 190
Passage 2 New Ways to Store Solar Energy for Nighttime and Cloudy Days 196
Passage 3 Home Brew for the Car,Not the Beer Cup 201
Passage 4 In a New Climate Model,Short-Term Cooling in a Warmer World 207
Passage 5 Country,the City Version:Farms in the Sky Gain New Interest 212
Passage 6 TheMysteriousCough，CaughtonFilm 218
Passage 7 Google Uses Searches to Track Flu's Spread 223
Passage 8 OnWeb andiPhone,aTooltoAid Careful Shopping 230
Passage 9 Panels of Light,Not Just Points,Fascinate Designers and Industry 236
Passage 10 Pursuing a Battery So Electric Veh-icles Can Go the Extra Miles 242
健康类 248
Passage 1 The Claim:Identical Twins Have Identical DNA 248
Passage 2 Yes,Running Can Make You High 253
Passage 3 Life Expectancy Is Declining in Some Pockets ofthe Country 260
Passage 4 Taste for Quick Boost Tied to Taste for Risk 265
Passage 5 Panel Sees Role for Smoking in Breast Cancer 271
Passage 6 G.O.P. Senators Question Obama's Health Reforms 276
Passage 7 Discovery May Help Treat Obesity 281
Passage 8 Stealing in Childhood Does Not a Criminal Make 286
Passage 9 Survey Finds High Fees Common in Medical Care 292
Passage 10 Genes Tied to Gap in Treatment of Hepatitis C 299