Part One Basic Reading 1
General Introduction 1
Unit 1 Speed Reading ＆ Reading Speed 3
Unit 2 Techniques for Speed Reading 7
Unit 3 Reading Flexibility ＆ Efficiency 17
Unit 4 Prereading ＆ Predicting 27
Unit 5 Skimming ＆ Scanning 35
Unit 6 Word Guessing Semantic Context and Syntactic Context 46
Unit 7 Word Guessing—Immediate Context and Wider Context 60
Unit 8 Vocabulary Building—Word Formation(Ⅰ) 68
Unit 9 Vocabulary Building—Word Formation(Ⅱ) 77
Unit 10 Using the Dictionary 86
Part Two Effective Reading 94
General Introduction 94
Unit 1 Identifying Topics and Main Ideas 95
Unit 2 Recognizing Supporting Details 106
Unit 3 Recognizing Signal Words 113
Unit 4 Understanding Organizational Patterns(Ⅰ) 123
Unit 5 Understanding Organizational Patterns(Ⅱ) 133
Unit 6 Understanding Organizational Patterns(Ⅲ) 143
Unit 7 Creating Mind Maps 151
Part Three Critical Reading 164
General Introduction 164
Unit 1 Differentiating Facts from Opinions 166
Unit 2 Recognizing the Author's Purpose 171
Unit 3 Recognizing the Author's Tone 179
Unit 4 Reading Ideas as well as Words 192
Unit 5 Detecting Bias 201
Unit 6 Writing a Summary 211
Unit 7 Writing a Book Report/Book Review 220
Unit 8 Marking-up a Text 227
Part Four Comprehensive Reading 238
General Introduction 238
Unit 1 Reading a Story 239
Unit 2 Reading a Textbook 251
Unit 3 Reading a Newspaper 260
Key to Exercises 268
Appendix 295
Reference 299