《中级英语教材 2》

CONTENTS1

Revision Exercises of Book One1

BOOK2

UNIT ONE19

Text:Glass Goes Modern19

Grammar:Noun Clauses24

Reading Materials:36

1．Memory36

2．Two Important Tests39

3．A Sense of Direction42

A Proverb47

UNIT TWO48

Text:Albert Einstein48

Grammar:Direct Speech and Indirect Speech55

Reading Materials:68

1．In Memory of Thomas Alva Edison68

2．Beethoven71

3．Pele—Superstar76

A Proverb80

UNIT THREE81

Text:A Great Gift to the World81

Grammar:The Subjunctive Mood（Ⅰ）87

Reading Materials:98

1．More about Alexander Graham Bell98

2．Radio-telephones101

3．Speaking on the Telephone104

A Proverb107

UNIT FOUR108

Text:Surprise Attack on Pearl Harbor108

Grammar:The Subjunctive Mood（Ⅱ）114

Reading Materials:126

1．The Trojan Horse（Ⅰ）126

2．The Trojan Horse（Ⅱ）131

3．The Sinking of the Titanic137

A Proverb141

UNIT FIVE142

Text:Computers142

Grammar:Modal Verbs（Ⅰ）148

Reading Materials:159

1．Push-Button English159

2．Computers in the Future163

3．Computers in Our Daily Lives167

A Proverb172

UNIT SIX173

Text:How to Use Scientific Methods173

Grammar:Modal Verbs（Ⅱ）181

Reading Materials:191

1．How to Enlarge Your Vocabularies191

2．How to Take Tests197

3．How to Study201

A Proverb206

UNIT SEVEN208

Text:The Conquest of Air and Space208

Grammar:Emphatic and Inversion215

Reading Materials:225

1．Oil on Venus?225

2．In How Many Places is Life Possible?229

3．Why Explore the Moon?233

A Proverb238

UNIT EIGHT239

Text:The Nobel Prize239

Grammar:Ellipsis245

Reading Materials:256

1．Alfred Nobel—a Man of Contrasts256

2．The United Nations:The World in One Building261

3．The Olympic Games267

A Proverb274