《大学英语 阅读 第2册》

I. Texts3

1. Hamlet3

2. Dr.Samuel Johnson10

3. The Telephone and its Inventor17

4.Walking in Space23

5.A Young Boy Saves the Declaration of Independence30

6.Toledo:A Problem of Menus36

7.The Father45

8.White—collar Girl53

9.The Language of Advertising58

10.Politeness in Britain64

11.Issac Asimov:Science Fiction Writer72

12.America on Wheels81

13.What Is a Great Book?87

14.Planned Cities95

15.Kino's SPlit Knuckles100

16.Learning Idioms107

17.The Piece of String115

18.The Night Kate Shelley Saved the EXPress124

19.The Gift of Understanding131

20.Colour Magazines139

Ⅱ.Home Reading147

1.Flying over the North Pole(I)147

2.Flying overNorth Pole(II)153

3.Telling the Time159

4.The Death of a City164

5.On the Crocodile's Back170

6.Going Home175

7.In a Whirlpool180

8.AWriter Who Understood Boys185

9.Benjamin Banneker:Surveyor190

10.John Steinbeck:Wrter198

11.Martin Luther King,Jr:Civil Rights Leader205

12.Prescriptions of a Small—Town Druggist213

13.The Fall of the House of Usher219

14.Christmas223

15.Religion and Beliefs230

16.Character and Manners240

17.Why an Amy?247

18.The Renaissance(I)256

19.The Renaissance(II)265

20.Noise278

Ⅲ.Reading Comprehension Exercise291

1.An Accident291

2.Mary and the GOat296

3.Rabies301

4.Underdeveloped People306

5.The Control of Population311

6.A Tall Story317

7.Movies322

8.Train Crash327

9.The Pros of Advertisement332

10.Flor de Mar337

11.Man and Insects342

12.Related Talents347

13.Quarantine352

14.Fear for Company357

15.Father and Son362

16.About 28g of Common Sense367

17.Why Don't We Teach European History?372

18.The Teenagers' Mother377

19.Two Kinds of Readers382

20.TO GO or Not to Go386