《英语阅读 第2册 Book two》

Unit1.1

TEXT: Trust1

PASSAGE: Darkness at Noon8

Unit2.12

TEXT: The Study of Biology12

PASSAGE: The American Family:Then and Now19

Unit3.23

TEXT: Managing for Progress23

PASSAGE: What Kind of Language Are Yor Using?29

Unit4.33

TEXT: Beach Walk33

PASSAGE: Mom,How Did You Meet Dad?40

TEXT: The Paleolithic Age43

Unit5.43

PASSAGE: Children and Television50

Unit6.55

TEXT: Sale of Kidney Prompt New Laws and Debate55

PASSAGE: Marriage in Iran and America62

Unit7.67

TEXT: It s Never Too Late for Success67

PASSAGE: Off the Edge75

Unit8.78

TEXT: On Friendship(Ⅰ)78

PASSAGE: Too Many Bosses Spoil the Job85

Unit9.89

TEXT: On Friendship(Ⅱ)89

PASSAGE: School vs Education96

TEXT: Rudolph s Reindeer Cousins100

Unit10.100

RASSAGE: I Want a Wife108

Unit11.111

TEXT: Going My Way111

PASSAGE: How to Keep Your Wallet Safe119

Unit12.123

TEXT: Women and Advertisement123

PASSAGE: Blue is the Sky131

Unit13.134

TEXT: Historic Extinctions134

PASSAGE: Overpopulation and Social Behavior141

Unit14.145

TEXT: Is Speed Reading Overrated?145

PASSAGE: Endangered Species: Birds153

TEXT: The Lobster157

Unit15.157

PASSAGE: The Wood Stove164

Unit16.168

TEXT: Storm Over a Deadly Downpour168

PASSAGE: What Keeps an Airplane up?176

Unit17.180

TEXT: The Variety of Conversations180

PASSAGE: The Mindset of Health188

Unit18.193

TEXT: The Anatomy of a Headache193

PASSAGE: Who Lives Longer201

Appendix206

Key to Exercises206