《现代英语阅读教程》

Unit 11

Reading Selection:Americans Want to Work——But Need Leisure,Too1

Exercises4

Word Study:Context Clues8

Word Study:Stems and Affixes14

Paragraph Reading:Main Idea16

Unit 225

Reading Selection 1:Television in the Lives of Children and Their Families25

Exercises28

Reading Selection 2:Mind Your Manners!33

Exercises35

Reading Selection 3:Tides37

Exercise39

Word Study:Stems and Affixes41

Unit 344

Reading Selection:Black Holes44

Exercises47

Word Study:Context Clues50

Word Study:Stems and Affixes55

Skimming57

Unit 468

Reading Selection 1:Earthmen Bearing Gifts68

Exercises71

Reading Selection 2:Getting Out of Hot Water74

Exercise77

Reading Selection 3:Aztecs78

Exercise80

Word Study:Stems and Affixes81

Unit 584

Reading Selection:Bringing Corporate Know-how To Class84

Exercises88

Word Study:Context Clues93

Word Study:Stems and Affixes94

Scanning96

Unit 6109

Reading Selection 1:When Snow Melts,Where Does the White Go?109

Exercises113

Reading Selection 2:Venus——The Burning Question116

Exercise118

Reading Selection 3:Charles Ives119

Exercise122

Word Study:Stems and Affixes124

Unit 7127

Reading Selection:Career-long Learning:What Can Colleges Do?127

Exercises132

Word Study:Stems and Affixes137

Sentence Study:Restatement and Inference139

Paragraph Reading:Restatement and Inference143

Unit 8152

Reading Selection 1:The Art of the Stupid Question152

Exercises156

Reading Selection 2:The Japan That Can't Say No to Overtime160

Exercise164

Reading Selection 3:Don't Step on the Toys,Grandpa!166

Exercise170

Word Study:Stems and Affixes170

Unit 9173

Reading Selection:Why I Want to be a Chemist in the Twenty-First Century173

Exercises177

Word Study:Stems and Affixes180

Sentence Study:Restatement and Inference182

Sentence Study:Comprehension186

Unit 10193

Reading Selection 1:A Little About Patents193

Exercises196

Reading Selection 2:Sailing into the Millennium201

Exercise204

Reading Selection 3:Small Animals With Big Futures205

Exercise215

Word Study:Stemsand Affixes216

Unit 11219

Reading Selection:Jack Matson219

Exercises223

Word Study:Stems and Affixes227

Sentence Study:Comprehension229

Paragraph Reading:Reading for Full Understanding235

Unit 12246

Reading Selection 1:The Creative Scientific Genius246

Exercises249

Reading Selection 2:Are We Happy Yet?253

Exercise258

Reading Selection 3:Are We Happy Yet?259

Exercise265

Word Study:Stems and Affixes266

Unit 13268

Reading Selection 1:Edible Landscaping268

Exercises273

Reading Selection 2:Wild Metaphors Nature as Machine or Person?279

Exercises282

Unit 14284

Reading Selection 1:JohnDalton and Colour Confusion284

Exercises290

Reading Selection 2:A Time for Honesty297

Exercises302

Unit 15305

Reading Selection 1:Last Resort for the Mediterranean305

Exercises310

Reading Selection 2:A Solar Eclipse for Everyone316

Exercises321

Unit 16323

Reading Selection 1:Thomas Jefferson Pragmatist Or Visionary?323

Exercises329

Reading Selection 2:Of Love,Physics and Other Passions:The Letters of Albert and Mileva336

Exercises359

Appendix364

Answer Key376