《大学英语阅读理解 第1册》

CONTENTS1

Passage 1．The Gift of Language1

Passage 3．Earthquake 11

Passage 2．The Thousand and One Nights6

Passage 4．Hunters of Big Game16

Passage 5．She Painted Her Memory(Ⅰ)21

Passage 6．She Painted Her Memory(Ⅱ)26

Passage 7．From the Heart of a Stranger31

Passage 8．Life in Denmark37

Passage 9．First Aid42

Passage 10．The Lady with the Lamp48

Passage 11．Androcles and the Lion(Ⅰ)53

Passage 12．Androcles and the Lion(Ⅱ)58

Passage 13 The Floating Tomb63

Passage 14．The Day the World Blew Up69

Passage 15．Some Strange Joumeys74

Passage 16．The Mustard Seed80

Passage 17．Self-service and the Supermarket85

Passage 18．Attitudes towards Work90

Passage 19．Mass Media and Traditional Culture95

Passage 20．Blue Is the Sky101

Passage 21．“Wolf Ho!”106

Passage 22．The Secret of Sleep111

Passage 23．Climates of the World(Ⅰ)118

Passage 24．Climates of the World(Ⅱ)124

Passage 25．Man and the Killers129

Passage 26 Killing Pain(Ⅰ)135

Passage 27．Killing Pain(Ⅱ)141

Passage 28．What s New147

Passage 29．Watching TV(Ⅰ)153

Passage 30．Watching TV(Ⅱ)158

Passage 31．How Stanley Found Livingstone(Ⅰ)165

Passage 32．How Stanley Found Livingstone(Ⅱ)170

Passage 33．Soccer:The World Cup (Ⅰ)175

Passage 34．Soccer:The World Cup(Ⅱ)180

Passage 35．Tennis(Ⅰ)185

Passage 36．Tennis(Ⅱ)190

Passage 37．Reading(Ⅰ)196

Passage 38．Reading (Ⅱ)202

Passage 39．A Television Production207

Passage 40．How Hurricanes Get Their Names213

Key219