Passage Nine(Holmes Knowledge) His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing. Upon my quoting Thomas Carlyle, he inquired in the naivest way who he... 【阅读全文】

Passage Eight(The Development of Cities) Mass transportation revised the social and economic fabric of the American city in three fundamental ways. It catalyzed physical expansion, it sorted out people and land uses, and it accelerated the... 【阅读全文】

Passage seven(Stricter Traffic Law can Prevent Accidents) From the health point of view we are living in a marvelous age. We are immunized from birth against many of the most dangerous diseases. A large number of once fatal illnesses can n... 【阅读全文】

Passage six(Dropouts for Ph. D. s) Educators are seriously concerned about the high rate of dropouts among the doctor of philosophy candidates and the consequent loss of talent to a nation in need of Ph. D. s. Some have placed the dropouts... 【阅读全文】

Passage five(Meditation in Indonesian Business) It looked like a typical business meeting. Six men, neatly dressed in white shirts and ties filed into the boardroom of a small Jakarta company and sat down at a long table. But instead of co... 【阅读全文】

Passage four(preface) Science is a dominant theme in our culture. Since it touches almost every facet of our life, educated people need at least some acquaintance with its structure and operation. They should also have an understanding of... 【阅读全文】

Passage three(Advertisers Perform a Useful Service to the Community) Advertisers tend to think big and perhaps this is why theyre always coming in for criticism. Their critics seem to resent them because they have a flair for self-promotio... 【阅读全文】

Passage two (Vicious and Dangerous Sports Should be Banned by Law) When you think of the tremendous technological progress we have made, its amazing how little we have developed in other respects. We may speak contemptuously of the poor ol... 【阅读全文】

Passage one（The only way to travel is on foot） The past ages of man have all been carefully labeled by anthropologists. Descriptions like Palaeolithic Man, Neolithic Man, etc., neatly sum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthrop... 【阅读全文】

如何进行成功的阅读？这是一个日积月累的过程。从材料的角度来说，难度要适当，主要是控制生词量。国外对母语为英语的读者的研究表明：对一个学生来说，阅读材料的生词平均不宜超过总词数的1%，即使学生阅读高于其三个年级的材料时，生词也保持在2%左右。那么... 【阅读全文】