Unit One 1
Lesson One On the Stock Exchange 1
Reading Skill:Prediction(1) 5
快速阅读障碍与技巧 7
Lesson Two Aging 11
Reading Skill:Prediction(2) 15
Unit Two 19
Lesson Three The Escaped Robber 19
Reading Skill:Differentiating Facts From Opinions(1) 22
Lesson Four Gold Is the Devil 24
Reading Skill:Differentiating Facts From Opinions(2) 28
Unit Three 32
Lesson Five The Unwanted Box That Made Millions 32
Reading Skill:Differentiating Facts From Opinions(3) 39
Lesson Six The Attack on Pearl Harbour 45
Reading Skill:Differentiating Facts From Opinions(4) 53
Unit Four 56
Lesson Seven English World-Wide 56
Reading Skill:Summarizing Facts and Grasping Ideas(1) 64
Lesson Eight Healthy Eating 67
Reading Skill:Summarizing Facts and Grasping Ideas(2) 76
Unit Five 78
Lesson Nine A Break in the Routine 78
Reading Skill:Summarizing Facts and Grasping Ideas(3) 80
Lesson Ten Read Good Books 83
Reading Skill:Summarizing Facts and Grasping Ideas(4) 86
Lesson Eleven Professor Jules Throckmorton and His Computer 89
Unit Six 89
Reading Skill:Summarizing Facts and Grasping Ideas(5) 92
Lesson Twelve Marco Polo 95
Reading Skill:Summarizing Facts and Grasping Ideas(6) 97
Unit Seven 100
Lesson Thirteen The Pyramids 100
Reading Skill:Making Judgenents(1) 103
Lesson Fourteen A New Doctors'Dilemma 106
Reading Skill:Making Judgements(2) 110
Unit Eight 115
Lesson Fifteen My Friendly Insurance Agent 115
Reading Skill:Making Judgements(3) 119
Lesson Sixteen From Song to Sound 122
Reading Skill:Making Judgements(4) 125
Unit Nine 128
Lesson Seventeen Are You Putting Me On 128
Reading Skill:Making Judgements(5) 130
Lesson Eighteen The Deaf Composer 133
Reading Skill:Making Judgements(6) 136
Unit Ten 139
Lesson Nineteen Fire and Water 139
Reading Skill:Words Chain(1) 142
Lesson Twenty Mackenzie's First Exploration 146
Reading Skill:Words Chain(2) 150
References 156
Bibliography 158
Key to Exercises 159