《大学英语 精读 第2册》

ContentsUnit OneText：Is There Life on Earth？1

Study Practice6

Reading PracticeSkill：Reading Attack Skill ⅡUsing Word Part Clues for Word Meanings12

Passage：Fresh Air Will Kill You13

Writing PracticeSkill：Coherence16

UnitTwoText：The Dinner Party17

Study Practice21

Reading Practice27

Skill：Reading Attack Skill Ⅱ（Follow-up）More Prefixes and Suffixes27

Passage：An Important Lesson28

Writing PracticeSkill：Combining Sentences with Coordinating Conjunctions and Conjunctive Adverbs30

Unit ThreeText：Lessons from Jefferson32

Study Practice38

Passage：The American Ideal of a Great Leader44

Reading PracticeSkill：Reviewing Work44

Writing PracticeSkill：Developing a Paragraph from the Topic Sentence47

Unit FourText：My First Job49

Study Practice53

Reading PracticeSkill：Reading Comprehension Skill ⅢMaking Inferences While Reading61

Passage：Black Boy61

Writing PracticeSkill：Combining Sentences with Subordinating Conjunctions or Relative Pro-nouns65

Unit FiveText：The Professor and the Yo-Yo66

Study Practice72

Reading PracticeSkill：Reading Beyond the Lines79

Passage：Alfred Nobel—A Man of Contrasts79

Writing PracticeSkill：Rearranging Sentences in Logical Order82

Test Yourself：Test Paper Ⅰ（for Unit 1—Unit 5）83

Unit SixText：The Making ofa Surgeon94

Study Practice98

Reading PracticeSkill：Reading for Implied Meanings104

Passage：A Doctor on Night-call105

Writing PracticeSkill：Parallelism107

Unit SevenText：There’s Only Luck109

Study Practice114

Reading PracticeSkill：Reading Comprehension Skill ⅣDrawing Conclusions While Reading120

Passage：38 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police121

Writing PracticeSkill：Writing from Personal Experience124

Unit EightText：Honesty：Is It Going out ofStyle？126

Study Practice132

Reading PracticeSkill：Review ofDrawing Conclusions While Reading140

Passage：A Question ofHonor140

Writing PracticeSkill：Transition Ⅰ144

Unit NineText：What Is Intelligence，Anyway？146

Study Practice150

Reading PracticeSkill：Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅴ Understanding Figurative Language157

Passage：Angels on a Pin158

Writing PracticeSkill：Transition Ⅱ161

UnitTenText：Profits ofPraise163

Study Practice169

Reading PracticeSkill：A General Review ofReading Skills176

Passage：My Wonderful Lousy Poem176

Writing PracticeSkill：Paragraph Development180

Test Yourself：Test Paper Ⅱ（for Unit 6—Unit 10）181

AppendixⅠ：Glossary192

Appendix Ⅱ Key to Test PaperⅠ226

Key to Test Paper Ⅱ227