《大学英语 精读 第2册》

CONTENTS1

Unit One1

Text：Is There Life on Earth？1

Study Practice7

Reading Activity14

Skill：Reading Attack Skill Ⅰ Using Word Part Clues for Word Meanings15

Passage：Fresh Air Will Kill You16

Guided Writing19

Part Ⅰ Skill：Coherence19

PartⅡParagraph Writing19

Text：The Dinner Party21

Unit Two21

Study Practice25

Reading Activity33

Skill：Reading Attack Skill Ⅱ（Follow-up） More Prefixes and Suffixes33

Passage：An Important Lesson34

Guided Writing36

Part Ⅰ Skill：Combining Sentences with Coordinating Conjunctions and36

Conjunctive Adverbs36

Part Ⅱ Paragraph Writing37

Unit Three38

Text：Lessons from Jefferson38

Study Practice44

Skill：（Reviewing Work）53

Passage：The American Ideal of a Great Leader53

Reading Activity53

Guided Writing58

Part Ⅰ Skill：Developing a Paragraph from the Topic Sentence58

Part Ⅱ Paragraph Writing58

Revision Exercises 159

Unit Four64

Text：My First Job64

Study Practice69

Reading Activity77

Skill：Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅲ Making Inferences While Reading78

Passage：Black Boy78

Relative Pronouns83

Part Ⅱ Paragraph Writing83

Part Ⅰ Skill：Combining Sentences with Subordinating Conjunctions or83

Guided Writing83

Unit Five84

Text：The Professor and the Yo-Yo84

Study Practice91

Reading Activity99

Skill：Reading Beyond the Lines99

Passage：Alfred Nobel—A Man of Contrasts99

Guided Writing103

Part Ⅰ Skill：Rearranging Sentences in Logical Order103

Part Ⅱ Paragraph Writing103

Test Yourself：Test Paper 1104

Text：The Making of a Surgeon117

Unit Six117

Study Practice122

Reading Activity130

Skill：Reading for Implied Meanings130

Passage：A Doctor on Night-call130

Guided Writing133

Part Ⅰ Skill：Parallelism133

Part Ⅱ Paragraph Writing134

Unit Seven135

Text：There's Only Luck135

Study Practice140

Skill：Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅳ Drawing Conclusions While Reading148

Reading Activity148

Passage：38 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police149

Guided Writing153

Paragraph Writing153

Unit Eight154

Text：Honesty：Is It Going out of Style？154

Study Practice161

Reading Activity171

Skill：Review of Drawing Conclusions While Reading171

Passage：A Question of Honor171

Guided Writing176

Part Ⅰ Skill：Transition Ⅰ176

Part Ⅱ Paragraph Writing177

Revision Exercises 2178

Text：What Is Intelligence，Anyway？183

Unit Nine183

Study Practice188

Reading Activity196

Skill：Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅴ Understanding Figurative Language196

Passage：Angels on a Pin197

Guided Writing201

Part Ⅰ Skill：Transition Ⅱ201

Part ⅡParagraph Writing202

Unit Ten203

Text：Profits of Praise203

Study Practice210

Skill：A General Review of Reading Skills219

Reading Activity219

Passage：My Wonderful Lousy Poem220

Guided Writing224

Paragraph Writing224

Test Yourself：Test Paper 2225

Supplementary Readings in Popular Science237

Appendix Ⅰ：Key to Revision Exercises 1246

Key to Revision Exercises 2248

AppendixⅡ：Key to Test Paper 1251

Key to Test Paper 2253

Appendix Ⅲ：Key to Exercises in Supplementary Readings255

Appendix Ⅳ：Glossary257