《高中英语阅读 第2册》

Contents1

Lesson One1

Text HOW A CASSETTE RECORDER WORKS1

Fast Reading Passage Bamboo5

Reading Skills Guessing the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word from Its Formation(Ⅰ)6

Lessin Two8

Text CAMPING HOLIDAYS8

Fast Reading Passage The Man from the Government11

Lesson Three13

Text THE REDWOODS OF CALIFORNIA13

Fast Reading Passage The Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay15

Reading Skills Guessing the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word from Its Formation(Ⅱ)16

Lesson Four19

Text THE MOON SHINES ON19

Fast Reading Passage Meeting the Boss on the First Day21

Lesson Five23

Text THE ANIMAL KINGDOM23

Fast Reading Passage The Koala25

Reading Skills Guessing the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word from Its Synonym26

Lesson Six28

Text CITY LIFE AND COUNTRY LIFE28

Fast Reading Passage(No title)30

Lesson Seven32

Text TELLING TIME32

Fast Reading Passage Telling Time by Shadows35

Reading Skills Guessing the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word from Its Antonym36

Lesson Eight37

Text INDEPENDENCE DAY37

Fast Reading Passage The Support of Thomas Nast in Lincoln s Re-election39

Lesson Nine41

Text SYDNEY41

Fast Reading Passage Winter at the South Pole43

Reading Skills Guessing the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word from Its Appositive44

Lesson Ten46

Text OKAY46

Fast Reading Passage A King and a Queen48

Lesson Eleven50

Text NOTICES50

Fast Reading Passage The Lucky Customer53

Reading Skills Drawing a Conclusion from the Facts55

Lesson Twelve57

Text THE FIRST WHITE SETTLERS IN AUSTRALIA57

Fast Reading Passage Help in Time of Trouble59

Text KEEPING FOOD FRESH61

Lesson Thirteen61

Fast Reading Passage The Climate and Man s Mental Abilities63

Reading Skills Identifying the Main Idea in a Group of Sentences64

Lesson Fourteen66

Text TREES IN DANGER66

Fast Reading Passage Can Trees Communicate with Each Other?68

Lesson Fifteen70

Text CHRISTMAS DAY70

Fast Reading Passage(No title)73

Reading Skills Identifying the Topic Sentence in a Paragraph74

Text ADVERTISEMENTS76

Lesson Sixteen76

Fast Reading Passage(No title)79

Lesson Seventeen81

Text WHY IS FRIDAY THE 13TH CONSIDERED UNLUCKY?81

Fast Reading Passage Different Nations,Different Cultures83

Reading Skills Identifying the Main Idea of a Paragraph84

Lesson Eighteen86

Text WHO PUBLISHED THE FIRST NEWSPAPER?86

Fast Reading Passage Three Short Newspaper Articles88

Text PEOPLE90

Lesson Nineteen90

Fast Reading Passage(No title)94

Reading Skills Inferring the Hidden Meaning in a Dialogue96

Lesson Twenty99

Text ELVIS PRESLEY99

Fast Reading Passage Marco Polo101

Lesson Twenty-one104

Text ENGLISH WORDS FROM OTHER LANGUAGES104

Fast Reading Passage(No title)107

Reading Skills Inferring the Hidden Meaning in a Single Sentence108

Text KIDS110

Lesson Twenty-two110

Fast Reading Passage What s So Funny?113

Lesson Twenty-three116

Text LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY116

Fast Reading Passage(No title)119

Reading Skills Inferring the Hidden Meaning in a Passage120

Lesson Twenty-four123

Text YOU AND THE PAPER123

Fast Reading Passage Felixstowe127

Key to Exercises129

Vocabulary146