英语时文阅读

Passage 1 Basketball giant Yao Ming's farewell　to basketball

Passage 2 Osama bin Laden dead

Passage 3 Camel meat could become newest　Australian export

Passage 4 Tornadoes leave a trail of devastation

Passage 5 William is to marry his middle-class　girl

Passage 6 A fat tax for America

Passage 7 Sponsors & campus

Passage 8 Mixed marriage with more acceptance

Passage 9 Li Na makes history

Passage 10 Apple to launch iPhone 5

Passage 11 Obama complains about lack of privacy as President

Passage 12 BRICS： For a better united future

Passage 13 Anxious students gain on tests by　writing about fears

Passage 14 LOL,OMG, added to The Oxford English Dictionary

Passage 15 Shakenjapanlatches onto earthquake　wanung app

Passage 16 There's no smoke without fire

Passage 18 Old Boys enliven young dreams

Passage 19 Amazon tribe has no concept oftime

Passage 20 Seven daily sins

Passage 21 Seven daily Sins

Passage 22 Paying tech talents to drop out of　college

Passage 23 Are people who speak more than　one language smarter

Passage 24 Red carpet puts style on trial

Passage 25 How to stand up to rude co-workers

Passage 26 Nuclear age has led to millions of fewer baby girls

Passage 27 Newsmakers join pop stars on Time　100 list

Passage 28 Sleep might help you solve problems　better

Passage 29 Getting started with roses

Passage 30 Mysterious “Sweeping Old Lady”

Passage 31 Earth Day organizers call for “a billlion acts of green”

Passage 32 Pressure taking its toll on investors'health

Passage 33 Sony's “father of CDs” dies

Passage 34 Beckham returns to Man United for　Neville farewell

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