《新编大学英语读写技巧 上》

BOOK ONE FACTUAL READING1

Unit One Reading and Writing Skills1

1.1 Word Study：Synonym Context Clues1

CONTENTS1

1.2 Word Study：Verb Suffixes：-ify，-ize，-en，-ate4

1.3 Word Study：Negative Prefixes：un-，non-，dis-，in-，a-8

1.4 Word Study：Roots：-acu-，-acr-；-am-；-annu-，-enni-11

1.5 Sentence Study：Expanding Sentences15

1.6 Paragraph Study：Title，Topic and Details17

1.7 Two Reading Passages：（sports and leisure）22

1.7.1 Text 1 Sports Around the World22

1.7.2 Text 2 Youth Hostels in Great Britain26

2.1.1 Text 1 Enjoying the Great Outdoors31

Unit Two More Practice Passages（sports and leisure）31

2.1 Reading Comprehension31

2.1.2 Text 2 Sports in the UK36

2.1.3 Text 3 Money40

2.1.4 Text 4 Underdeveloped People44

2.2 Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure48

2.3 Cloze Test52

2.4 Guided Writing55

Unit Three Reading and Writing Skills56

3.1 Word Study：Antonym Context Clues56

3.2 Word Study：Adverb Suffixes：-ly，-ward（s），-wise59

3.3 Word Study：Pejorative Prefixes：mis-mal-，pseudo-62

3.4 Word Study：Roots：-anim-；-arche（o）-；-archi-；-archy-65

3.5 Sentence Study：Combination Patterns：Coordination and Subordination68

3.6 Paragraph Study：Level of Generality：Unity and Main Idea70

3.7 Two Reading Passages （people at work）71

3.7.1 Text 1 Women’s Work？71

3.7.2 Text 2 Job Availability Cited75

Unit Four More Practice Passages （people at work）80

4.1 Reading Comprehension80

4.1.1 Text 1 Making a Film80

4.1.2 Text 2 Flextime82

4.1.3 Text 3 Anna Douglas84

4.1.4 Text 4 The National Center of the Trade Union Movement87

4.2 Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure91

4.3 Cioze Test95

4.4 Guided Writing98

Unit Five Reading and Writing Skills102

5.1 Word Study：HyponymContext Clues102

5.2 Word Study：Noun→Adjective Suffixes（1）：-ful，-less，-ly，-y，-like，-ish，esque106

5.3 Word Study；Prefixes of Attitude：co-，counter-，anti-，pro-111

5.4 Word Study：Roots-audi（t）-；-aut（o）-；-bene-；-bio-114

5.5 Sentence Study：Condensing Sentences（into clauses，phrases and words）116

5.6 Paragraph Study：Five Positions of Topic Sentences121

5.7 Two Read ing Passages（holidays and festivals）125

5.7.1 Text 1 Christmas in Britain125

5.7.2 Text 2 Other Festivals131

6.1.1 Text 1 The Seaside137

6.1 Reading Comprehension137

Unit Six More Praetice Passages（holidays and festivals）137

6.1.2 Text 2 Party Time142

6.1.3 Text 3 Guy Fawkes Night145

6.1.4 Text 4 How the Americans Talk English149

Unit Seven Reading and Writing Skills152

6.2 Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure154

6.3 Cloze Test158

6.4 Guided Writing161

7.1 Word Study：Homonym Context Clues162

7.2 Word Study：More Noun→Adjective Suffixes（2）：-al；-ic；-ive-ous；-ed165

7.3 Word Study：Prefixes of Time and Order：fore-，pre-，post-，ex-，re-，168

7.4 Word Study：Roots-cad-，-cid-，-cas-；-cap（t）-，-cept-，-ceive-172

7.5 Sentence Study：Function of Sentences176

7.6 Paragraph Study：Details：Point of View，Types and Organizations178

7.7 Two Reading Passages（mass media：radio，TV，news-papers，and magazines）181

7.7.1 Text 1 The Daily Newspapers181

7.7.2 Text 2 TV185

Unit Eight More Practice Passages（mass media）191

8.1 Reading Comprehension191

8.1.1 Text 1 Ask Ann Landers191

8.1.2 Text 2 Radio：The Magic Medium195

8.1.3 Text 3 Public TV200

8.1.4 Text 4 Editors and Readers：A New Social Contract206

8.2 Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure211

8.3 Cloze Test215

8.4 Guided Writing219

Unit Nine Reading and Writing Skills220

9.1 Word Study：Repetition Context Clues220

9.2 Word Study：More Adjective Suffixes（3）：（v→adj）；-able（-ible），（adj→adj）-ish（n→adj）-ed）224

9.3 Word Study：Number Prefixes：uni-（mono-），bi-（di-），tri-，multi-（poly-）228

9.4 Word Study：Roots-calm-，-claim-；cre（sc）-，-cret-；-cur（s）-，-cours-230

9.5 Sentence Study：Types of Sentences（introducer，de-234

veloper，modulator，terminater）234

9.6 Paragraph Study：1．Narration and Description 2．Transitions or Singnal Words235

9.7 Two Reading Passages（short history and simple ge-ography of China，America，and Britain）238

9.7.1 Text 1 China’s Territory and Administrative Divi-sions238

9.7.2 Text 2 China’s Natural Resources242

10.1.1 Text 1 The Early History of China249

10.1 Reading Comprehension249

Unit Ten More Practice Passages（short history and simple geography）249

10.1.2 Text 2 Lincoln：Man and Myth254

10.1.3 Text 3 Geography of North America259

10.1.4 Text 4 The Mixture Which Is British265

10.2 Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure269

10.3 Cloze Test274

10.4 Guided Writing277

BOOK TWO IN FERENTIAL READING279

Unit One Reading and Writing Skills279

1.1 Word Study：Example Context ClueS279

1.2 Word Study：State or Quality Noun Suffixes：-acy，-age，-ance（-ence），-ancy（-ency），-dom，-hood，-ment，-mony，-ness，-ry，-ship，-th，-tude，-（i）ty，-ure，-y282

1.3 Word Study：Locative Prefixes：super-，sub-，inter-，trans-285

1.4 Word Study：Roots：-dic（t）-，-doc（t）-；due-（t）-；-equ-288

1.5 Paragraph Study：Types of Paragraphs（opening，transtional and concluding parar-graphs）290

1.6 Paragraph Study：Common Patterns of Development294

1.7 Paragraph Study：1．Listing and Illustration296

2．Transitions or Signal Words296

1.8 Drawing a Conclusion298

1.9 Two Reading Passages：（popular science（1）301

1.9.1 Text 1 Invisible Waves301

1.9.2 Text 2 Curiosity and Science303

Unit Two More Practice Passages （popular science（1））307

2.1 Reading Comprehension307

2.1.1 Text 1 Choosing a Place for a New Town307

2.1.2 Text 2 Animal Education309

2.1.3 Text 3 Languages Are Similar and Different313

2.1.4 Text 4 Babies Yesterday and Today316

2.2 Vocabulary and GrammaticaI Structure321

2.3 Cloze Test325

2.4 Guided Writing328

Unit Three Reading and Writing Skills329

3.1 Word Study：Definition Context Clues329

3.2 Word Study：Agent Noun Suffixes（1）：-er，-or，-ar，-an，-ard，-ant（-ent）333

3.3 Word Study：Conversion Prefixes：be-，en-，a-337

3.4 Word Study：Roots：-fac（t）-，-fect-，-fie-；-fer-；-firm-339

3.5 Sentence Study：The Meaning of Sentences（loose，periodic，parrallelism；long，short）342

3.6 Paragraph Study：1．Definition and Classification347

2．Transitions or Signal Words347

3.7 Study Skills：Outlining：Point of View．Types and El-ements351

3.8 Making a Judgement356

3.9 Two Reading Passages（popular science（2）；British and American government）357

3.9.1 Text 1 Arthritis357

3.9.2 Text 2 Switches and Fuses362

Unit Four More Practice Passages（popular science（2）；governments）………367

4.1 Reading Comprehension367

4.1.1 Text 1 The Nine Planets367

4.1.2 Text 2 Magnets371

4.1.3 Text 3 The Organization of American Government375

4.1.4 Text 4 The Houses of Parliament379

4.2 Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure384

4.3 Cloze Test388

4.4 Guided Writing391

Unit Five Reading and Writing Skills392

5.1 Word Study：Words Association Context Clues（or Sense-of-the-Sentence Context Clues）392

5.2 Word Study：Diminutive Suffixes：let-，-ette，-ling，-kin396

5.3 Word Study：Prefixes of Degree and Size：arch-，super-out-399

5.4 Word Study：Roots：-gam-；-gen（it）-；-geo-402

5.5 Sentence Study：1．Analysis；Process Analysis404

2．Transitions or Signal Words404

5.6 Study Skills：Underlining：Importance，Methods．408

5.7 Making an Inference（1）409

5.8 Two Reading Passages（education，humors and jokes）414

5.8.1 Text 1 The Educational Ladder414

5.8.2 Text 2 The W．C．Story419

6.1.1 Text 1 Keeping Your Distance425

Unit Six More Practice Passages（education，humors and jokes）425

6.1 Reading Comprehension425

6.1.2 Text 2 The Various Skills and Responsihilitiesof Executive Secretaries430

6.1.3 Text 3 Two Jokes434

6.1.4 Text 4 Opinion：Margaret Mead on Youth439

6.2 Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure445

6.3 Cloze Test449

6.4 Guided Writing455

Unit Seven Reading and Writing Skills456

7.1 Word Study：Restatement Context Clues456

7.2 Word Study：Female Suffixes：-enne，-ess，-ress，-ette，-ine461

7.3 Word Study：Prefixes of Degree and Size：sub-，sur-，over-，under-463

7.4 Word Study：Roots-loquo（t）-，-locid-；-mit-，-miss-，-mon（it）-466

2．Transitions or Signal Words469

7.5 Paragraph Study：1．Cause-effect Relationship469

7.6 Study Skills：Taking Notes473

7.7 Figure of Speech（1）：Simile，Personification475

7.8 Making an Inference（2）478

7.9 Two Reading Passages（religion，fable）479

7.9.1 Text 1 The Fisherman and the Gold Fish479

7.9.2 Text 2 The Decline of Religion485

Unit Eight More Practice Passages（religion，fable）491

8.1 Reading Comprehension491

8.1.1 Text 1 Aesop’s Fables491

8.1.2 Text 2 The Christian Church in Britain495

8.1.3 Text 3 Three Men502

8.1.4 Text 4 The Secluded Life508

8.2 Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure514

8.3 Cloze Test518

8.4 Guided Writing522

Unit Nine Reading and Writing Skills523

9.1 Word Study：Prefixes of Degree and Size：hyper-，ultera-，mini-523

9.2 Word Study：Roots：-port-：-scrib-；-script-；-fract-526

9.3 Word Study：1．Comparison and Contrast529

2．Transitions or Signal Words529

9.4 Word Skills：Summerizing：Point of View，Method，Length532

9.5 Figure of Speech（2）：Metaphor，Symbol536

9.6 Making an Inference（3）539

9.7.1 Text 1 Export Market Research547

9.7 Two Reading Passages（business English，anecdotes，myths）547

9.7.2 Text 2 Competition553

Unit Ten More Practice Passages558

（Basiness English，anecdotes，and myths）558

10.1 Reading Comprehension558

10.1.1 Text 1 Nüwa Makes Man and Mends the Sky558

10.1.2 Text 2 The Different Ages of Man（Roman Mych）562

10.1.3 Text 3 The Trojan Horse568

10.1.4 Text 4 Life Is Funny574

10.2 Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure579

10.3 Cloze Test584

10.4 Guided Writing586

Key to Exercises587