《大学英语阅读训练教程 知识、能力、思路、技巧、方法》

Unit One1

1．A Driving Test1

ContentS1

2．Three Wishes2

3．A University Town4

4．A Luckv Customer6

5．“Body Clocks”7

6．How Do Men And Women Go about Buying Clothes？9

7．The Nobel Prize10

8．Death of American Presidents12

Notes and Analyses13

Reading Guidance：大学生为什么必须具有较强的阅读外文书刊的能力？17

9．Radio20

Unit Two20

10．Smoking21

11．A Revised Schedule of Services22

12．The World Population24

13．Different Forms of Communication26

14．Finding a Needle in a Haystack27

15．The Story of“Titanic”29

16．A City at Sea30

Notes and Analyses32

Reading Guidance：大量阅读是提高阅读能力的必由之路35

Unit Three37

17．Public Goods37

18．The Attack on Illiteracy38

19．Blood Types of Human Beings40

20．Going up42

21．Televised Lessons43

22．The Lost Sea：45

23．Bike for a Better City47

24．The New Tork Public Library in Danger48

Notes And Analyses49

Reading Guidance：扩大词汇量是提高阅读能力突破口54

Unit Four57

25．About Living on the Moon57

26．Food and Health58

27．The Effects of Different Environments60

28．Zinc and Health62

29．Balance in Education64

30．Robots65

31.Change67

32.What Des an Artist Want to Do？68

Notes and Analyses71

Reading Guidance：提高阅读能力的过程和规律75

Unit Five77

33．An Atomic City77

34．An Argument about Population79

35．Doctor Sanders80

36．Pay Attention to Your Energy Cycle82

37．How Do the Students Study in America？84

38．A Successful Forger86

39．The Crime and the Month88

40．In a Bookshop90

Notes and Analyses92

Reading Guidance：阅读速度是阅读能力的重要标志之97

Unit Six100

41．Division of Labor100

42．Optician John Andrews102

43．Salt and Salary104

44．Electricity Failures in New York106

45．At American Restaurants108

46．Laser110

47．Changes in the Lives of Women112

48．The Argument over Oil in Norway114

Notes and Analyses116

Reading Guidance：整体阅读法121

Unit Seven123

49．Oil Refining123

50．Two Groups of Scientist124

51．Sah on the Ea rth126

52．The Victorian and Albert Museum128

53．Laziness130

54．Aquaculture：New Hope for Food132

55．The Tennessee Valley Authority134

56．A Story of an Old Fisherman136

Notes and Analyses139

Reading Guidance：论说文及记叙文的特点及阅读方法145

Unit Eight148

57．Paper148

58．The Roles of Men and Women in a Family150

59．The First Men on Venus153

60．Family155

61.Instant Coffee157

62．Earthquakes159

63．Albert Einstein162

64．Ahitude towards Work164

Notes and Analyses167

Reading Guidance：阅读理解题的类型172

65．Human Needs175

Unit Nine175

66．How New York Became America’s Largest City177

67．Changing Fashions179

68．Why Don’t Girls Think Like Boys？（1）181

69．Why Don’t Girls Think Like Boys？（2）183

70．Healthy Eating185

71．Visitors from Another World187

72．Newspapers189

Notes and Analyses191

Reading Guidance：阅读理解题的答题方法196

Unit Ten198

73．A Letter198

74．Hydroponics：Farming without Dirt200

75．Public Transportation202

76．Color204

77．A Matter of Life and Death206

78．Crime-busting Computers208

79．About Lefties210

80．Paper and its Uses212

Notes and Analyses215

Reading Guidance：时间型段220

Unit E1even223

81．Educating the Young223

82．Riddles225

83．A Ship of Ice227

84．Icebergs for Water229

85．Steinmetz：ElectricaI Genius231

86．How Electicity is Made233

87．Modern Examinations236

Nores and Analyses238

Reading Guidance：问答型段242

Unit Twelve244

88．Higher Education244

89．Technical Vocabulary246

90．Advertising249

91．The Advantages and Drawbacks of the Car251

92．Prophet Jules Verne253

93．Hints for Reading Practice（1）255

94．Hints for Reading Practice（2）257

Notes and Analyses261

Reading Guidance：分类型段266

Unit Thirteen269

95．Clocks through Time269

96．Why Does Food Cost So Much？271

97．Complaining Is Never Easy273

98．Electric Fish276

99．Chopsticks278

100．Canning Food281

101．Blue Is the Sky283

Notes and Analyses285

Reading Guidance：定义型段291

Unit Fourteen294

102．The Police Computer294

103．Post Office296

104．Learning for Life298

105．Gateway to the USA301

106．Bringing up Children（1）303

107．Bringing up Children（2）305

108．Do Animals Have Culture？308

Notes and Analyses311

Reading Guidance：例证型段314

Unit Fifteen316

109．The World Food Programme316

110．All Fool’s Day319

111．The Atlantic Ocean321

112．Be Smooth and Polite324

113．Bionics326

114．The Students from Africa in the USA329

115．Books331

Notes and Analyses334

Reading Guidance：列举型段340

Unit Sixteen343

116．What Makes the Weather so Hard to Forecast？343

117．Learning by Doing345

118．The Problems of Youth348

119．The New Awareness towards Energy Resources351

120．How Americans Eat and Drink353

121．The Essence of Good Writing356

122．The Loch Ness Monster359

Notes and Analyses362

Reading Guidance：比较－对比型段366

Unit Seventeen369

123．Has Man A Future？369

124．My Life as a Student372

125．A Mysterious Explosion in Central Siberia375

126．Overpopulation and Social Behavior378

127．Odd Jobs381

128．Education in the United States384

129．Thomas Jefferson389

Notes and Analyses392

Reading Guidance：综合型段397

130．Sports and Education400

Unit Eighteen400

131．Pockety Women Unite403

132．Men，Machines and Marvels406

133．Equality：Dream or Reality？409

134．The Effects of TV on Children412

135．The Midnight Visitor416

136．The Stranger418

Notes and Analyses422

Unit Nineteen426

137．Three Great UFOs426

138．Worlds within Worlds429

139．The Characteristics of English434

140．Disney World437

141．Money Makes the Mare Go440

142．How to Avoid Foolish Opinions444

143．Will the Resouree Sustain Life on the Earth？448

Notes and Analyses452

Unit Twenty458

144．An Observation and Explanation458

145．The Laws of Nature461

146．Japanese Style in Decision-making466

147．A Robot about the House471

148．Why We laugh475

149．Washington D．C．479

150．How Japan Does It483

Notes and Analyses488

Answers to the Comprehension Questions496