《英语阅读教程 3》

Unit I Texts 1--41

IA Reading for Comprehension and Speed1

1.Johnny Shiloh1

2.True Tales of Pirate Treasure6

3.A Hole-in-the-ground Hobby11

4.My Bank Account16

IB Learning about Skills and Words21

IC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed25

5.The Career of Horace Greeley27

ⅡA Reading for Comprehension and Speed27

Unit Ⅱ Texts 5--827

6.High up in the Tropics32

7.The Black Man in the Picture37

8.Tame Vocanoes42

ⅡB Learning about Skills and Words47

ⅡC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed51

Unit Ⅲ Texts 9--1253

ⅢA Reading for Comprehension and Speed53

9.Danger in Space53

10.The Seven Gifts58

11.The Beau Catcher63

12.The Voices of Time68

ⅢB Learning about Skills and Words73

ⅢC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed77

Unit Ⅳ Texts 13--1679

ⅣA Reading for Comprehension and Speed79

13.All Aboard for Europe79

14.The First Man on the Moon84

15.The Late Mr.Adams89

16.Tiger Treasure94

ⅣB Learning about Skills and Words100

ⅣC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed104

Unit Ⅴ Texts 17--20106

ⅤA Reading for Comprehension and Speed106

17.Rain Is Born106

18.The Warning Shot111

19.North of the Arctic Circle116

20.The Telephone and Its Inventor121

ⅤB Learning about Skills and Words126

ⅤC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed130

21.Marlin Perkins World132

Unit Ⅵ Texts 21--24132

ⅥA Reading for Comprehension and Speed132

22.New York s Big Ditch137

23.The Day the Big Top Burned142

24.Forest Fires:A Major Disaster147

ⅥB Learning about Skills and Words152

ⅥC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed156

Unit Ⅶ Texts 25--28158

ⅦA Reading for Comprehension and Speed158

25.Stuck on Stamps158

26.The Two-year Apple164

27.The Star of the Magi169

28.Horatius174

ⅦB Learning about Skills and Words180

ⅦC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed186

Unit Ⅷ Texts 29--32188

ⅧA Reading for Comprehension and Speed188

29.In Seven Minutes188

30.She Signed Dollar Bills193

31.Needed:Colonists for Space198

32.A Separate Peace203

ⅧB Learning about Skills and Words210

ⅧC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed213

Unit Ⅸ Texts 33--36215

ⅨA Reading for Comprehension and Speed215

33.Lost over the Atlantic215

34.Two Loaves of Bread220

35.Zenobia--Queen of the East225

36.Three Days to See230

ⅨB Learning about Skills and Words235

ⅨC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed239

Unit Ⅹ Texts 37-40241

ⅩA Reading for Comprehension and Speed241

37.The Time Nightshirt241

38.A Triumph yet to Be Won:V-day in the Polio War247

39.Man in a Hostile Land253

40.The Big Switch258

ⅩB Learning about Skills and Words264

ⅩC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed269

Key to Exercises271