大学体验英语快速阅读教程

Introduction to Important Reading Strategies and Skills

Unit 1 Learning

Text A Learning and the Brain

Text B Teenage Brains

Unit 2 Employer and Employee Satisfaction

Text A Telecommuting

Text B Stupid Jobs Are Good to Relax with

Unit 3 Social Problems.

Text A Workplace Violence Is a Source of and Reaction to Stress

Text B To Arm or Not to Arm

Unit 4 Strategies

Text A Language Learning Strategies

Text B How to Make Math Class Interesting?

Unit 5 Traffic and Transportation

Text A Seat Belt Usage

Text B Smarter Cities Program

Unit 6 National and International Politics

Text A Politics of Australia

Text B Political Apologies

Unit 7 New Technologies

Text A New Technologies Create New Problems

Text B How to Use Your Laptop to Locate an Earthquake

Unit 8 Competition

Text A Knowledge-based Competition

Text B Why Competition Is Good

Unit 9 Energy

Text A Energy Sources and Uses

Text B What Breakthroughs Do Biofuels Need?

Unit 10 Health

Text A Should Dentists Offer Health Screenings?

Text B Five Ways to Keep Your Fitness Resolutions Alive

Unit 11 Forest and Nature

Text A Dry， Hot and Windy

Text B Drug Trafficking Poses Surprising Threats to Rain Forests

Unit 12 Ecosystem

Text A Can Ecosystems Be Eestored?

Text B Warmer， Werrwe and Better

Unit 13 Deserts

Text A Deserts

Text B Sahara

Unit 14 Tourist Attractions

Text A Grand Canyon National Park

Text B Athens City Break Guide

Unit 15 Matters of Public Concern

Text A Privacy， Neither Absolute nor Highly Valued

Text B Reasons for Extramarital Affairs

Unit 16 Invention

Text A About Crittercam

Text B Steven Jobs

Unit 17 Environment

Text A European Youth Face Environmental Hazards

Text B What Killed the Great Beasts of North America?

Unit 18 Living Species

Text A Warming to Extinction

Text B The Secret of Dolphins' Speed Is Not Skin-deep

Answer Key

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