中学英语拓展阅读丛书

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1 A Flightless Birds

1 B Wildlife Photography

2 A Dressing for the Season

2 B Protection from the Sun

3 A Home Entertainment

3 B Home Audio. From Tinfoil to Compact Discs

4 A Research on the Internet

4 B Writing a Science Research Paper

5 A Oceanographers at Work

5 B The JASON Project

6 A Muscles and Their Functions

6 B Training to Be a Runner

7 A The Science of Musical Instruments

7 B What Determines Perfect Pitch?

8 A Energy in Its Many Forms

8 B Geothermal Energy. A Renewable Resource

9 A How a Tornado Forms

9 B Making a Tornado Safety Plan

10 A Dinosaur Parents and Their Young

10 B Discovering Dinosaur Eggs

11 A The Usefulness of Mud

11 B Preparing Adobe Bricks

12 A The Origin of Seashells

12 B Common Shellfish

13 A The Roles of Fruits and Seeds

13 B Using Plants to Make Natural Dyes

14 A Computers Playing Chess and Solving Problems

14 B Are Computers Intelligent?

15 A The Rocket. A Powerful Engine

15 B Ultraviolet Images of Space

16 A George Washington Carver

16 B The Health Value of Nuts

17 A A Monarch Butterflys Life

17 B A Tour of the Butterfly Farm

18 A The Importance of a Balanced Diet

18 B The Need for Exercise

19 A The Importance of Trees

19 B The Problem of Deforestation

20 A Large Dams= Benefits or Burdens?

20 B Sharing Water from the Hoover Dam

21 A How Magnets Work

21 B A Compass Treasure Hunt

22 A Plant Adaptations

22 B Challenges Facing Coastal Plants

23 A A History of Mountaineering

23 B Learning to Rock Climb

24 A Earths Rotation

24 B Observing the Sun

25 A Animal Communication

25 B Can Animals Communicate with People?

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