PART Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 1
Text:WHAT IS SCIENCE? 1
UNIT 1
UNIT 2
UNIT 3
Comprehension of the Text 3
UNIT 4
Grammatical and Structural Points 4
Cloze Test 5
UNIT 5
PART Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWER 6
Ⅰ．Vocabulary Practice 6
Translation 6
UNIT 6
UNIT 7
Ⅱ．Derivation 7
Ⅲ．Phrasal Verb:pass 8
PART Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 8
Reading with a Purpose 8
UNIT 8
UNIT 9
Reading Materials:(1)Happy Accidents 10
UNIT 10
UNIT 11
UNIT 12
(2)The Scientists Story 13
PART Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS 15
The Uses of the Tenses 15
Exercises 18
Text:THE PEANUT MAN 20
PART Ⅰ IINTENSIVE READING 20
Comprehension of the Text 24
Grammatical and Structural Points 24
Cloze Test 25
Ⅰ．Vocabulary Practice 26
PART Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWER 26
Translation 26
Ⅱ．Derivation:-ment 27
Ⅲ．Phrasal Verb:send leave 28
PART Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 29
Ⅳ．Compounding 29
Reading Materials:(1)The Farm Boy s Reading 29
(2)STORIES—Fact or Fiction 32
Problem with Nouns 34
PART Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS 34
Exercises 36
Text:SEE THROUGH OTHER EYES 38
PART Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 38
Comprehension of the Text 42
Grammatical and Structural Points 42
Cloze Test 43
Ⅰ．Vocabulary Practice 44
PART Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWER 44
Translation 44
Ⅱ．Derivation:-y 45
The Main Idea—First or Last? 46
Ⅲ．Multiple Mcanings 46
PART Ⅲ IMPROVE YOURREADING SKILLS 46
Reading Materials:(1)Hearing Magic 48
(2)Our Eyes 51
pART Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS 53
Position of Modifiers(1) 53
Exercises 54
Text:A LOOK AT THE FUTURE 56
PART Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 56
Comprehension of the Text 60
Grammatical and Structural Points 61
Cloze Test 62
Translation 63
PART Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD FOWER 63
Ⅰ．Vocabulary Practice 63
Ⅱ．Derivation 64
Ⅲ．Phrasal Vcrb:catch 65
Reading Materials:(1)Breathing below the Surface of the Sca 66
PART Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 66
Ⅳ．Nouns Functioning as Adjectives 66
(2)Mysteries of the Sea 68
Position of Modifiers(2) 71
PART Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS 71
Exercises 72
PART Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 74
Text:MALARIA 74
Comprehension of the Text 77
Translation 78
Cloze Test 78
Grammatical and Structural Points 78
PART Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWER 80
Ⅰ．Vocabulary practice 80
Ⅱ．Derivation 80
Ⅲ．Shift in the Part of Speech 81
Ⅳ．Phrasal Verb:cut 81
Main Idea in the Middle of the Paragraph 82
PART Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 82
Reading Materials:(1)A Story about Quinine 83
(2)The Female Mosquito 86
PART Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS 88
Position of Modifiers(3) 88
Exercises 89
Text:WEATHER CONTROL 91
PART Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 91
Comprehension of the Text 94
Grammatical and Structural Points 95
Cloze Test 95
Translation 96
Ⅱ．Derivation 97
Ⅰ．Vocabulary Practice 97
PART Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWER 97
Ⅲ．Compounding 98
PART Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 99
Ⅳ．Phrasal Verb:sct 99
Reading Materials:(1)The Bewildering ButtercuPs 99
(2)Controlling the Tennessee River 101
PART Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS 104
Position of Modifiers(4) 104
Exercises 107
PART Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 109
Text:PEBBLES IN THE PASSAGE 109
Comprehension of theText 114
Grammatical and Structural Points 114
Close Test 116
Translation 117
Ⅰ．Vocabulary Practice 117
PART Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWER 117
Ⅲ．Phrasal Verb:turn complain 118
Ⅱ．Derivation 118
PART Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 119
Adding Up to a Main Idea 119
Reading Materials:(1)Sphinx 120
(2)Androcles and the Lion 122
The Subjunctive Mood 125
PART Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS 125
Exercises 128
PART Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 131
Text:THE LADY WITH THE LAMP 131
Comprehension of the Text 137
Grammatical and Structural Points 137
Cloze Test 138
Translation 139
PART Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWER 139
Ⅰ．Vocabulary practice 139
Ⅱ．Derivation 140
Ⅲ．Compounding 140
Ⅳ．Phrasal Verb:bring 141
Reading Materials:(1)Florence Nightingale 142
PART Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 142
(2)Louis Pasteuf 144
Noun Substitutes 146
PART Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS 146
Exercises 149
PART Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 152
Text:SMOKING AND CANCER 152
Grammatical and Structural Points 158
Comprehension of the Text 158
Cloze Test 160
Translation 161
PART Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWER 161
Ⅰ．Vocabulary Practice 161
Ⅱ．Derivation 162
PART Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 163
Ⅲ．Phrasal Verb:make 163
Give It a Title 163
Reading Materials:(1)Questions and Answers about Smoking 165
(2)Tea 167
pART Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING 8KILIS 169
Appositives 169
Exercises 172
Text:GENETIC ENGINEERING 175
PART Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 175
Comprehension of the Text 181
Grammatical and Structural Points 181
Cloze Test 182
Translation 183
PART Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWER 183
Ⅰ．Vocabulary Practice 183
Ⅱ．Derivation 184
Ⅲ．Phrasal Verb:take 185
PART Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 185
Reading Materials:(1)Man and Biology 185
(2)Geneties Breakthrough 188
PART Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITINO SKILLS 190
Avoidance of Needless Repetition 190
Exercises 192
PART Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 194
Text: OPERATOR—OPERATOR! 194
Comprehension of the Text 199
Grammatical and Structural Points 199
Cloze Test 200
Translation 202
PART Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WCRD POWER 202
Ⅰ．Vocabulary Practice 202
Ⅱ．Derivation 203
Ⅲ．Compounding 203
Ⅳ．Phrasal Verb:go 204
Let Us Sum UP 205
PART Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 205
Reading Materials:(1)The Most Unforgettable Character I ve Met 207
(2)Coal Mining 210
PART Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS 212
Collocation of Words 212
Exercises 214
PART Ⅰ INTENSIVE READING 219
Text: BILLY STOLE IT! 219
Comprehension of the Text 228
Grammatical and Structural Points 229
Cloze Test 230
Translation 231
PART Ⅱ IMPROVE YOUR WORD POWER 232
Ⅰ．Vocabulary Practice 232
Ⅱ．Derivation 232
Ⅲ．Phrasal Verb:break 233
Ⅳ．Multiple Meanings 233
PART Ⅲ IMPROVE YOUR READING SKILLS 234
Reading Materials:(1)Wednesday Afternoon in the Reading Room 234
(2)What Is A Good Education? 238
PART Ⅳ IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS 239
Idioms 239
Exercises 243