CONTENTS 1
Preface to the Second Edition 1
Introduction to the First Edition 1
Lesson One 1
Text:Basic Research and Graduate Education 1
Comprehension Exercises 3
Vocabulary Exercises 5
Cloze Test 8
Reading Skills Practice:Finding Main Idea in a Passage 9
Writing Exercise 10
Lesson Two 11
Text:Our Brain s Successor 11
Comprehension Exercise 13
Vocabulary Exercises 15
Cloze Test 19
Reading Skills Practice:Guessing Vocabulary 20
Topics for Writing and Discussion 22
Lesson Three 23
Text:The Japanese Challenge 23
Comprehension Exercise 24
Vocabulary Exercises 25
Cloze Test 29
Reading Skills Practice:Observing Unity 29
Writing Exercise 30
Lesson Four 31
Text:Language of Science 31
Comprehension Exercise 34
Vocabulary Exercises 35
Cloze Test 39
Reaking Skills Practice: 39
Writing Exercise 42
Lesson Five 43
Text:Scientific Activism 43
Comprehension Exercise 47
Vocabulary Exercises 48
Cloze Test 52
Reading Skills Practice:Skimming for Main Idea 52
Lesson Six 54
Text:On Clever Animals 54
Comprehension Exercise 56
Vocabulary Exercises 57
Lesson Seven 61
Text:Scientific Knowledge and the Young Scientist 61
Comprehension Exercise 63
Vocabulary Exercises 65
Cloze Test 69
Reading Skills Practice:Guessing Vocabulary 70
Writing Exercise 72
Lesson Eight 73
Text:The War Room at Bellevue 73
Comprehension Exercise 77
Vocabulary Exercises 78
Reading Skills Practice:Restatements 83
Cloze Test 83
Lesson Nine 86
Text:Conditions for the Flourishing of Science 86
Comprehension Exercise 90
Vocabulary Exercises 92
Cloze Test 96
Reading Skills Practice:Drawing Logical Inferences 97
Lesson Ten 99
Text:A Worn Path 99
Comprehension Exercise 104
Vocabulary Exercises 105
Lesson Eleven 109
Text:The Using of Baby Fae 109
Comprehension Exercise 112
Vocabulary Exercises 113
Cloze Test 117
Reading Skills Practice:Restatements 118
Lesson Twelve 120
Text:Seas of Unreason 120
Comprehension Exercise 124
Vocabulary Exercises 126
Cloze Test 128
Reading Skills Practice:Making Predictions 129
Topics for Writing and Discussion 130
Lesson Thirteen 131
Text:The Value of Science 131
Comprehension Exercise 135
Vocabulary Exercises 137
Cloze Test 141
Reading Skills Practice:Observing the Flow of Thoughts 141
Topics for Writing and Discussion 142
Lesson Fourteen 143
Text:Einstein and Research 143
Comprehension Exercise 146
Vocabulary Exercises 147
Cloze Test 151
Reading Skills Practice:Skimming for Specific Information 152
Lesson Fifteen 153
Text:The Task of Education 153
Comprehension Exercise 157
Vocabulary Exercises 159
Cloze Test 162
Reading Skills Practice:Guessing Vocabulary 163
Topics for Writing and Discussion 164
Lesson Sixteen 165
Text:Politics and the English Language 165
Comprehension Exercise 175
Vocabulary Exercises 176
Cloze Test 181
Reading Skills Practice 181
Bibliography 188
Key 190