《科技英语阅读与理解》

CONTENTS1

1．Light and Shadow1

2．Do You Like Insects?4

3．Are Sounds Useful or Harmful?7

4．Sweet Dreams11

5．The Spider15

6．Catnap18

7．What Does Man Do with His Big Brain?22

8．Right or Left?25

9．How Women Changed History28

10．Coal31

11．Acupuncture34

12．Water,Steam and Ice38

13．A Beautiful World41

14．The Sun44

15．The Sea47

16．The Movement of the Earth51

17．Robot55

18．Space Exploration58

19．Nobel Prize62

20．Oil in the Earth66

21．Population and Pollution69

22．Heredity73

23．Dislexia76

24．The Tree of Life80

25．Life Expectancy83

26．Temperature86

27．Change of State of Matter89

28．Animal Homes92

29．Animal Mimics95

30．The Butterfly99

31．Computers102

32．Shivering106

33．Bath and Bathing109

34．The Whale113

35．The Shark117

36．What Is Colour?121

37．Warm and Cool Colours125

38．Air128

39．A Look at the Future132

40．The Houses of the Future136

41．The Eye and the Camera140

42．Vitamins144

43．Meteor-psychology148

44．Development and Evolution152

45．The History of Roads156

46．Food160

47．Shelter for Man164

48．Clothing169

49．Sleep and Dream174

50．Problem and Solution178

51．Food Industry182

52．Is There Life on Other Planets?186

53．What Makes the Weather?190

54．Weather Forecasting195

55．How Well Do You See?200

56．A Source of Energy205

57．Heat Transfer210

58．Mean and Median215

59．Louis Braille220

60．Energy Transitions225

Science Riddles230

Answer Key to Comprehension Exercises235

Vocabulary242