INTRODUCTION 绪论 1
1 How to Become a Better Reader and Thinker 如何更好地阅读和思考 3
2 Reading for Pleasure and Power 为乐趣和力量而阅读 9
3 Some Quick Study Tips 高效学习的捷径 14
PART Ⅰ TEN STEPS TO IMPROVING COLLEGE READING SKILLS 提高大学英语阅读技巧的十个步骤 17
1 Vocabulary in Context 语境中的词汇 19
Reading:Night Watch&Roy Popkin 34
Mastery Tests 39
2 Main Ideas 主题思想 51
Reading:Here's to Your Health&Joan Dunayer 77
Mastery Tests 83
3 Supporting Details 支持性细节 95
Reading:Child-Rearing Styles&Diane E.Papalia and Sally Wendkos Olds 115
Mastery Tests 119
4 Implied Main Ideas and the Central Point 隐含的主题思想和中心论点 131
Reading:Rowing the Bus&Paul Logan 151
Mastery Tests 158
5 Relationships Ⅰ 语句或段落间的关系（一） 175
Reading:Students in Shock&John Kellmayer 194
Mastery Tests 199
6 Relationships Ⅱ 语句或段落间的关系（二） 211
Reading:I Became Her Target&Roger Wilkins 234
Mastery Tests 239
7 Fact and Opinion 事实和观点 259
Reading:New Respect for the Nap,a Pause That Refreshes&Jane E.Brody 276
Mastery Tests 283
8 Inferences 推理 295
Reading:Gender Inequality in Health Care and in the Workplace&James M.Henslin 320
Mastery Tests 327
9 Purpose and Tone 目的和语气 339
Reading:The Scholarship Jacket&Marta Salinas 359
Mastery Tests 367
10 Argument 论证 379
Reading:In Praise of the F Word&Mary Sherry 397
Mastery Tests 403
PART Ⅱ TEN READING SELECTIONS 十篇精选阅读文章 415
1 The Yellow Ribbon&Pete Hamill 417
2 Urban Legends&Beth Johnson 425
3 Shame&Dick Gregory 434
4 The Bystander Effect&Dorothy Barkin 443
5 The Real Story of Flight 93&Karen Breslau,Eleanor Clift,and Evan Thomas 453
6 Coping with Nervousness&Rudolph F.Verderber 464
7 Compliance Techniques:Getting People to Say Yes&Shelley E.Taylor,Letitia Anne Peplau,and David O.Sears 473
8 Lizzie Borden&James Kirby Martin and others 483
9 Nonverbal Communication&Anthony F.Grasha 493
10 Preindustrial Cities&Rodney Stark 501
PART Ⅲ FOR FURTHER STUDY 拓展学习 511
1 Combined-Skills Tests 综合技巧测试 513
2 Propaganda 宣传 540
Mastery Tests 553
3 More About Argument:Errors in Reasoning 论证写作补充：推理错误 565
4 Writing Assignments 写作练习 576
Acknowledgments 591
Index 593