中学英语阶梯阅读

Part 1 Information

1 India

2 Braille

3 The Model T Ford

4 Lightning

5 So. How Many Stars Are There？

Part 2 Enioyment

1 Magicians

2 Running Marathons

3 The Word “Hello”

4 The World's Most Dangerous Creature

5 Lost in the Sahara Desert

Part 1 Key Points

1 The Printing Press

2 Owls

3 Thomas Edison's Inventions

4 How Safe Is Air Travel？

5 Jazz Music

Part 2 Details

1 Garfield the Cartoon Cat

2 World War I

3 The World's Fastest Train

4Tasmania

5 The Grand Canyon

Part 3 Getting the Whole Picture

1 Cats

2 The Nile River

3 The Mafia

4 Orangutans （Orangoutangs）

5 Bill Clinton

Part 4 Summarizing

1 Norse Mythology

2 Swaziland

3 Honey Badger

4 Universal Studios

S Where Do Numbers Come From？

Part 5 Inference

1 Julius Caesar

2 The Bushmen of the Kalahari

3 The Satellite Business

4 Old Wives Tales

S UFOs

Part 6 Critical Thinking

1 BASE Jumping

2 Hannibal

3 Colossal Squid

4The Rolling Stones

Part 7 Analyzing

Questions and

Answers

1 Glass

2 The Bedouin

3 Web 2.0

4 The Planet Venus

5 Tyrannosaurus Rex

Part 8 Review Test

1 Platinum

2 Green Houses

3 Dubai

4 Nightmares

Part 1 Synonyms and Antonyms

1 The Andes Mountain Range

2 Chanel

3 The London Underground

Part 2 Homophones

I Ubuntu

2 The Loch Ness Monster

3 The Nobel Peace Prize

4 The Crown Jewels

5 Spelunking

Part 3 Words in

Context

1 Insects

2 The Queen Mary Ⅱ

3 The Minotaur

4The Pencil

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