CONTENTS 1
Unit One 1
Part Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 1
Text:Biological Clocks 1
Comprehension of the Text 5
Translation 6
Part Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWER 7
Vocabulary Practice 7
Word Building:en-;-ly 9
Phrasal Verbs:fit(into,in,on,out,to) 10
Inferences 11
Reading Skills:Drawing Logical Conclusions and Making 11
Part Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 11
Reading 1:New Evidence on Stopping the Aging Clock 13
Reading 2:Biorhythm Is Out of Synch 15
Part Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS 16
Writing Skills:Sentence Combination 16
Unit Two 20
Part Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 20
Text:The Laser 20
Comprehension of the Text 25
Cloze: 26
Vocabulary Practice 27
Translation 27
Part Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWED 27
Word Building:pre-;pro- 29
Phrasal Verbs:Throw(about,at,away,off,out,up) 30
Part Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 30
Reading 1:Lasers—Technology for the Future 30
Reading 2:Lasers—The Light Fantastic 32
Part Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS 36
Writing Skills:Correlative Conjunctions 36
Part Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 40
Text:Upsetting the Balance of Nature 40
Unit Three 40
Comprehension of the Text 45
Translation 47
Part Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWER 47
Vocabulary Practice 47
Word Building:dis-;un-;in- 48
Phrasal Verbs:work(at,on,out) 50
Part Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 50
Reading Skills:Making Inferences From a Paragraph(Ⅰ) 50
Reading 1:Wetlands Strife 52
Reading 2:Starfish Enterprise 54
Writing Skills:Subordination 55
Part Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS 55
Unit Four 61
Part Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 61
Text: TheGreatDay 61
Comprehension of the Text 67
Translation 68
Cloze: 68
Part Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWER 69
Vocabulary Practice 69
Word Building:-ish 71
Phrasal Verbs:hold(up,on,on to,out,back) 72
Reading 1:Helen Keller:A Light In the Datkness 73
Part Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 73
Reading 2:Lincoln s Autobiography 77
Part Ⅳ IMPROVE YOURWRITING SKILLS 79
Writing Skills:Subordinators Introducing Relative Clauses(1) 79
Unit Five 83
Part Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 83
Text:Liver Transplants—WhyAre They Big News? 83
Comprehension of the Text 88
Translation 89
Part Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORDPOWER 89
Vocabulary Practice 89
Word Building:trans-;non- 91
Phrasal Verbs:keep(from,on,back,down,off,up, 92
up with,away from) 92
Part Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 93
Reading Skills:MakingIn ferencesFrom a Passage(Ⅱ) 93
Reading 1:Current Situation of Organ Transplant 95
Reading 2:Man Gets Lungs and Heart at Johns Hopkins 96
Part Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS 100
Writing Skills:Subordinators Introducing Relative Clauses(2) 100
Unit Six 104
Part Ⅰ INTNESIVE READING 104
Text:The Handsome and Deformed Leg 104
Comprehension of the Text 110
Translation 111
Cloze 111
Part Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWER 112
Vocabulary Practice 112
Word Building:mis- 114
Phrasal Verbs:think（of,over,out） 115
Part Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 116
Reading 1:Sound and Noise 116
Reading 2:A．Noise 119
B．Patients Comments on Noise in Hospitals 120
Writing Skills:Other Adverbial Clauses Introduced by 121
Subordinators 121
Part Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS 121
Unit Seven 126
Part Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 126
Text:An Apple for the Doctor 126
Comprehension of the Text 131
Translation 132
Part Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWER 132
Vocabulary Practice 132
Word Building:hemi-,semi-,mono-,bi-,di-,tri-,poly- 135
Reading Skills:Distinguishing Fact From Theory 136
Part Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 136
Phrasal Verbs:look(at,after,for,forward to,on,up) 136
Reading 1:The Use of Force 138
Reading 2:The Discus Thrower 142
Part Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS 146
Writing Skills:Conditional Sentences 146
Unit Eight 150
Part Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 150
Text:A Good Life 150
Comprehension of the Text 155
Translation 157
Cloze: 157
Vocabulary Practice 158
Part Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWER 158
Word Building:over- 159
Phrasal Verbs:sit(by,up,for,in) 160
Part Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 161
Reading 1:Living a Long Life 161
Reading 2:Keys to a Healthier You 163
Part Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS 166
Writing Skills:Combining Sentences by Using Semicolons and 166
Sentence Connectors 166
Part Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 170
Text:Soundless Communication 170
Unit Nine 170
Comprehension of the Text 175
Translation 176
Part Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWER 176
Vocabulary Practice 176
Word Building: ify 178
Phrasal Verbs:look（back,down on,into,over, 179
through,up to） 179
Part Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 180
Reading Skills:Prediction:Thought Connectors 180
Reading 1:How to Read Body Language 183
Reading2:Gestures 187
Participles(V＋ing)and Past Participles(V＋ed) 189
Writing Skills:Combining Sentences by Using Present 189
Part Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS 189
Unit Ten 192
Part Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 192
Text:There s No Way to Go But Ahead 192
Comprehension of the Text 199
Translation 200
Cloze: 200
Part Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWER 201
Vocabulary Practice 201
Word Building:re- 203
Phrasal Verbs:hang（over,about,on,on to,up,back） 204
Reading 1:Ever Tried Talking to a Computor 205
Part Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 205
Reading 2:The Early Railways 207
Part Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS 209
Writing Skills:Contraction 209
Unit Eleven 214
Part Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 214
Text:The Healing Power of Belief 214
Comprehension of the Text 220
Translation 221
Part Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWER 221
Vocabulary Practice 221
Word Building:com-,col-,con-,cor-,co- 223
under,up,through,through with,with） 224
Phrasal Verb:go（after,by,in for,into,off,on,out,over, 224
Part Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 226
Reading Skills:Drawing Logical Inferences From a passage 226
Reading 1:Using the Mind Against Disease 228
Reading 2:Talk Returns to the Doctor s Office 231
Part Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS 233
Writing Skills:Parallelism 233
Unit Twelve 237
Part Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 237
Text:How Animals Weather Winter 237
Cloze 245
Comprehension of the Text…………………………………………………？Translation 245
Part Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWER 246
Vocabulary Practice 246
Word Building:anti-,hypo-,hyper,de-,a(n)- 248
Phrasal Verbs:(Review)…………………………………………………？ 254
Part Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 254
Reading 1:Adaptation to the Environment Promotes Survival: 254
The Barn Owl 254
Reading 2:The Cruel Winds 256
Part Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS 260
Writing Skills:（Review） 260