阅读理解题型分析 1
Part Ⅰ 16
Passage 1 Hijacking Olympics 亵渎奥运会 16
Passage 2 Brits' Craze for Soaps 英国的肥皂剧热 20
Passage 3 Are Women Satisfied with Their Bodies? 女人满意自己的身材吗? 24
Passage 4 Watson for Researchers 科研人员的“华生” 29
Passage 5 Birdstrike 鸟撞飞机 33
Passage 6 The Employment Situation in America 美国的就业状况 37
Passage 7 Sex Selection 性别选择 42
Passage 8 Sleep and Growth 睡眠与发育 46
Passage 9 Americans Attitudes to ward Foreign Fiction 美国人对外国文学作品的态度 50
Passage 10 The Fate of Negative Studies 不成功实验的命运 54
Passage 11 Cars in the 21st Century 21世纪的汽车 57
Passage 12 Drugs for Altheimer's 治疗老年痴呆症的药物 62
Passage 13 Cure for Ageing 防止衰老的途径 65
Passage 14 Vacation in America 度假在美国 68
Passage 15 Monogamy vs. Polygamy “一夫一妻”还是“一夫多妻” 72
Passage 16 How Do We Go Bald? 脱发的原理 78
Test One 83
Part Ⅱ 92
Passage 17 Pretty Is as Pretty Does 以貌取人 92
Passage 18 Modes of Sleep 睡眠的方式 97
Passage 19 The Subconscious Stroke of Painters 画家的神来之笔 100
Passage 20 Females'One-night Stand 雌性动物的“一夜情” 104
Passage 21 Wireless Technology 无线通讯技术 108
Passage 22 Plagiarism on the Internet 网上文章剽窃 112
Passage 23 Who's the Winner in the House? 赌场上谁是赢家? 116
Passage 24 Will America Be Attacked by Biological Weapons? 美国会遭受生物武器的袭击吗? 120
Passage 25 Changing Gender Composition in Universities 大学生性别比例的变化 126
Passage 26 Where Do Hollywood Women Stand? 好莱坞女人的地位 130
Passage 27 The Defense Mechanism of Diseases 疾病的免疫机制 135
Passage 28 Spider Silk 蜘蛛丝 140
Passage 29 Boeing's Tough Competitors 波音公司的竞争对手 143
Passage 30 Lady Liberty 象征自由的妇女形象 148
Passage 31 South Africa's Tourist Industry 南非的旅游业 153
Passage 32 Too Many College Graduates 美国大学生供大于求 157
Test Two 163
Part Ⅲ 172
Passage 33 The Decline of North Africa 北非的衰败 172
Passage 34 Jules Veme 凡尔纳 176
Passage 35 How to Get Enough Proteins 怎样摄取足够的蛋白 179
Passage 36 Why Do Women Craze for Chocolate? 女人为什么喜欢巧克力? 183
Passage 37 Why Do We Hiccup? 人为什么打嗝? 187
Passage 38 The Institution of Marriage 婚姻习俗 191
Passage 39 Detroit Catches up 美国汽车后来居上 195
Passage 40 Why Are Dinosaurs Clumsy? 恐龙为何笨拙? 198
Passage 41 Car Safety Technology 汽车的安全技术 202
Passage 42 IQ 智商 205
Passage 43 Putting the Plane Radar to Another Use 飞机雷达的新用途 208
Passage 44 Copying Error 讹传 213
Passage 45 Designer Babies 定制婴儿 216
Passage 46 Foreign Dollar Holdings 美元在国外的流通 220
Passage 47 Syntactic Communication 句法与交流 224
Passage 48 What Caused Australia's Interior to Go Dry? 澳洲内陆为何变得干燥? 228
Test Three 232
Part Ⅳ 241
Passage 49 Trimethylaminuria 狐臭 241
Passage 50 What Makes Forecasting Earthquake Difficult? 预测地震难在哪? 246
Passage 51 A Solution to Air Congestion 缓解航空拥挤的方案 249
Passage 52 Men's Commitments 男人的义务 252
Passage 53 Do Animals Have No Feelings? 动物没有情感吗? 256
Passage 54 Health Capital 健康资本 261
Passage 55 Single-Sex Or Coed Schools? 分而教之还是男女生同校? 264
Passage 56 Why Do We Laugh? 人们为什么笑? 270
Passage 57 Modem Motherhood 现代母性 274
Passage 58 Size in Medicine 药物的大小 278
Passage 59 Digital Library vs. Conventional Library 电子图书会取代传统图书吗? 281
Passage 60 Dinosaur and Bird 恐龙与鸟 287
Passage 61 Men's Positions 男人的地位 290
Passage 62 On the Walkman 漫话“随声听” 296
Passage 63 Challenging an Old Wisdom 早睡早起身体好吗? 300
Passage 64 Photography vs Painting 摄影与绘画 306
Test Four 310
Key to Comprehension Questions 319
Explanations to Comprehension Questions 322