《大学英语阅读精选 1》

Unit 1 Text A Galieo1

Text B Lessons form Overseas7

Text C9

Unit 2 Text A The Story of Money11

Text B Who Smokes?17

Text C19

Unit 3 Text A Etiquette Today21

Text B When to Arrive and Leave30

Text C32

Unit 4 Text A Africa: Way of Life35

Text B A Milion Lawyers41

Text C43

Unit 5 Text A Life in the Sahara Desert45

Text B Cowboys51

Text C53

Reading SkillⅠ Get Rid of Bad Reading Habits54

Unit 6 Text A Beat Cops Girls in Green59

Text B Ballet Dancers66

Text C67

Unit 7 Text A Mysteries of the Stones69

Text B Noise Pollution75

Text C77

Unit 8 Text A Nathaniel Hawtbornc79

Text B The Statue of Liberty86

Text C88

Unit 9 Text A Don Pain,Postman of the Year 199589

Text B I Rebel Against Being a Mexican94

Text C97

Unit 10 Text A The Youngest Paninter in the World98

Text B Relationships Between Parent and School104

Text C107

Reading Skill Ⅱ Skimming109

Unit 11 Text A Juvenile Crime115

Text B This Land Is Your Land121

Text C123

Unit 12 Text A Dogs and Man124

Text B An Empire Founed on a Mouse131

Text C134

Unit 13 Text A Dark Horse136

Text B The U.N142

Text C144

Unit 14 Text A The Life of a Hunter146

Text B An Interesting Test152

Text C153

Unit 15 Text A The Population of the United States155

Text B Robinson Crusoe161

Text C163

Reading Skill Ⅲ Scanning164

Unit 16 Text A The Colonel: A Modern Success Story171

Text B Hollywood179

Text C181

Unit 17 Text A Elizabeth 11183

Text B Looking at London192

Text C194

Unit 18 Text A The Rivers of the United States196

Text B British Society202

Text C204

Unit 19 Text A Rome——City and Empire206

Text B Honolulu212

Text C215

Unit 20 Text A Canbridge——the University Town216

Text B Summer Holiday223

Text C225

Reading Skill Ⅳ Words in Context226

Unit 21 Text A Lessons in History234

Text B The Hidden Passenger241

Text C245

Unit 22 Text A Inside Out247

Text B The Suntan254

Text C256

Unit 23 Text A Delicious Dumplings Just Like Grandma Makes258

Text B The Tallest Grass265

Text C268

Unit 24 Text A Come Rain or Shine270

Text B The Boy Who Comqoered a Horse277

Text C279

Unit 25 Text A Hard Life for Millionaires281

Text B Using the Ocean287

Text C291

Reading Skill Ⅴ Reading for Thorough Understanding293

Unit 26 Text A New Home297

Text B Learning form Stamps303

Text C305

Unit 27 Text A Miracles of the Flower Boxes306

Text B Kite312

Text C314

Unit 28 Text A Computers316

Text B The Industmal Revolution323

Text C326

Unit 29 Text A How Honest Are We?328

Text B Konw When to Change from Informal to Forrnal Standard Engish335

Text C338

Unit 30 Text A Your Speech Is Changing339

Text B Walking and Health347

Text C349

Key to the Exercises350