引言 1
1.全国专业技术人员职称英语等级考试介绍 1
2.阅读理解能力的考核目标和常见的题型 4
3.词汇测试和阅读理解的其他题型 32
第一部分 词汇 44
1.词汇学习1 44
2.词汇学习2 46
3.词汇学习3 48
4.词汇学习4 50
5.词汇学习5 52
6.词汇学习6 54
7.词汇学习7 56
8.词汇学习8 58
9.词汇学习9 60
10.词汇学习10 62
第二部分 阅读理解 90
1.TV Shows and Long Bus Trips 90
2.TV Game Shows 93
3.A Society Without A Formal Authority 96
4.Modern Sun Worshippers 99
5.Volcanoes 102
6.New Foods and the New World 105
7.A Street Violinist 108
8.Snow Ranger 112
9.A Football Club 115
10.The Greatest Show on Earth 119
11.Emily Mason and George Peters 121
12.Taxes in the United States 125
13.Plants and Mankind 127
14.One-Room Schools 130
15.David Jones and His Salary 133
16.New York-The Melting Pot 135
17.Preserving Nature for Future 138
18.Smuggling 141
19.The Sea 144
20.Teaching Poetry 147
21.Life in the Universe 150
22.Problems of Old Age 153
23.Dining Custom 155
24.Electronic Teaching 157
25.The Cherokee Nation 161
26.A Ride in a Cable-car 164
27.Sleep 167
28.China's Mineral Deposits 169
29.Computers 172
30.What Makes a Soccer Player Great? 176
31.Martin Luther King Jr. 178
32.The Cold Places 182
33.Rockets in the Sky 186
34.Adaptation of Living Things 189
35.The Noanama 192
36.Early or Later Day Care 195
37.Questioned Educational Function of TV 198
38.The National Park Service 201
39.Genghis Khan 204
40.Tipping 207
41.American Sports 209
42.Why is the Native Language Learnt So Well? 211
43.A Thirsty World 215
44.How Men Face the Fat Problem 218
45.Looking to the Future 221
46.Common Problems,Common Solutions 224
47.Diseases of Agricultural Plants 227
48.Live with Computer 230
49.The Business of Weddings 234
50.Opinion Polls 237
51.Knitting 240
52.Powers of Self-suggestion 244
53.A Restaurant Critic 248
54.Great Escape 251
55.Prolonging Human Life 254
56.The Gene Industry 257
57.Too Polite for Words 260
58.Taxi Riding 264
59.The National Trust 267
60.Mom's Traffic Accidents 270
61.Mysterious Nazca Drawings 273
62.Kitchen Design 275
63.Health Care Reform 279
64.I'm Sorry,I Won't Apologize 282
65.Auction Sales 285
66.The First Settlement in North America 287
67.Spacing in Animals 290
68.An Observation and an Explanation 293
69.Some Things We Know about Language 295
70.How Animals Keep Warm 297
71.Whistle-Language 300
72.Bus Travel Now and Then 303
第三部分 完成句子 307
1.Television in the USA 307
2.Car Crime 309
3.Banking 311
4.The Open University in Britain 313
5.Recreation and Sports 314
6.Work and Careers 316
7.Schools and Education 317
8.Radio and Television 318
9.Three Attitudes to Life 320
10.Stinking Buses 321
第四部分 概括大意 324
1.Singapore 324
2.Paris 326
3.Adult Education 328
4.Architecture 329
5.Hints for Reading Practice 331
6.How to Argue with Your Boss 333
7.Air Transportation 335
8.Earthquake 336
9.Transport and Trade 338
10.Local Newspapers in Britain 340
第五部分 选择填空 343
1.The Great Newspaper War 343
2.The Invention of the Telephone 346
3.Newspaper Reports 349
4.Cultural Differences 352
5.The White House 355
6.Water 358
7.Racial Prejudice 361
8.Public and Private Schools in the United States 364
9.The American Family 367
10.Shopping for Clothes 369
第六部分 完形填空 373
1.Teamwork in Tourism 373
2.Death Control 374
3.For Love or Money 375
4.The Importance of Agriculture in China 377
5.Marriage and Children 378
6.Tests Show Women Suited for Space Travel 379
7.Don't Mind if I Smoke 380
8.Wives'Low-fat Diets Help Husbands,Too 382
9.Development in Newspaper Organization 383
10.The Building of the Pyramids 384