《高级英语阅读教程》

UNIT ONE1

Passage AThomas Jefferson1

Passage B Helen Keller6

Passage C Martin Luther King,Jr.12

TEST 117

UNIT TWO21

Passage ANew York to France in a Rowboat21

Passage B Circling Earth From Pole to Pole25

TEST 231

UNIT THREE35

Passage AWhy Don't Girls Think Like Boys?35

Passage B How to Teach Your Child to Think37

TEST 344

UNIT FOUR48

Passage AFlight to theMoon48

Passage B Citizens of Space52

TEST 460

UNITFIVE64

Passage A Radioactivity:The New-Found Danger in Cigarettes64

Passage B Your Anger Can Kill You69

TEST 575

UNIT SIX79

Passage AThe World's Garbage Crisis:Is Recycling The Answer?79

Passage B The Current State of the World Environment84

TEST 689

UNIT SEVEN93

Passage AOne Computer,One World93

Passage B The Cash-free Society97

TEST 7102

UNITEIGHT106

Passage A Acid Rain:An Unwelcome Export106

Passage B What's Wrong With Our Weather109

TEST 8116

UNIT NINE120

Passage AThe Second Information Revolution120

Passage B The Information Age124

TEST 9128

UNIT TEN132

Passage AWorld Food And Natural Resources Outlook in 2000132

Passage B The Future of International Trade135

TEST10140

UNIT ELEVEN144

Passage AThe Coca Cola Company's First Hundred Years144

Passage B What Makes Sony Run149

TEST 11154

UNIT TWELVE158

Passage AA Vision of Workplace 2000158

Passage B Are You an Entrepreneur?162

TEST 12168

UNIT THIRTEEN172

Passage ABeat Those Career Blues172

Passage B How the West Looks for Jobs177

TEST13183

UNIT FOURTEEN188

Passage AMoney Mistakes Everyone Makes188

Passage B A Theory of the Panic193

TEST 14198

UNIT FIFTEEN203

Passage AThe American Dollar and the World Economy203

Passage B The Falling Dollar:Who Gains,Who Loses,Who cares,and Why208

TEST 15213

UNIT SIXTEEN218

Passage AGetting the Most out of Life218

Passage B Two Truths to Live By222

TEST16227

UNIT SEVENTEEN232

Passage AThe Woman Who Fell From the Sky232

Passage B "Pull Me Out"238

TEST17246

UNIT EIGHTEEN251

Passage AWhy Free Criminals to Kill?251

Passage B A Victim's Story258

TEST18264

KEY TO EXERCISES269

KEY TO TESTS278