Unit One PEOPLE

Reading A The Wisdom of Queens

Reading B Steve Jobs（1955-2011）

Reading C How to Keep Your Marriage Happy

Use of English

Topics for Discussion and Writing：Alfred Nobel：A Man of Peace

阅读技能系列讲座（1）：What Is Reading Comprehension?

Unit Two FOOD

Reading A The New Food Fight

Reading B The Pleasures of Eating

Reading C Food Preservation

Use of English

Topics for Discussion and Writing：A Healthy Diet for Everyone

阅读技能系列讲座（2）：Classroom Procedures

Unit Three HOUSE

Reading A Building a House

Reading B A Roof over Our Heads

Reading C Living Alone

Use of English

Topics for Discussion and Writing:5 Biggest Home Repair Rip-Offs

阅读技能系列讲座（3）：Surveying the Chapter or Article

Unit Four SHOPPING

Reading A An English Christmas

Reading B Cents and Sensibility

Reading C Six Insurance Policies

Use of English

Topics for Discussion and Writing：New Ways to Make a Bundle

阅读技能系列讲座（4）：What Are Some of the Organization Patterns That Authors Use?

Unit Five TRANSPORT

Reading A Just Plane Dangerous?

Reading B We Lost the Cabin

Reading C Transportation

Use of English

Topics for Discussion and Writing：Motoring Offences

阅读技能系列讲座（5）：How Do Authors Connect Sentences and Relate Ideas?

Unit Six ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Reading A Droughtbusters

Reading B Disappearing Lakes

Reading C The Changing Face of the Arctic

Use of English

Topics for Discussion and Writing:Ancient Artifacts and Ancient Air

阅读技能系列讲座（6）：What You Need to Do to Make Inferences

Unit Seven THE NATURAL WORLD

Reading A Call of the Wild

Reading B The Whale

Reading C Wild at Heart

Use of English

Topics for Discussion and Writing：Mars：Our Neighbor in Space

阅读技能系列讲座（7）：What You Need to Do to Make References

Unit Eight WEATHER AND CLIMATE

Reading A Air and Wind

Reading B What Makes the Weather

Reading C A Climate Cure's Dark Side

Use of English

Topics for Discussion and Writing：Saving Lives with Weather Forecasting

阅读技能系列讲座（8）：What You Need to Do to Discover Persuasive Purpose,Controversy,and Point of View

Unit Nine ADMINISTRATION

Reading A The British Prime Minister

Reading B The Federal System of Government

Reading C The Art of Problem Solving

Use of English

Topics for Discussion and Writing：Maps：The Keys to Our World

阅读技能系列讲座（9）：What You Need to Do to Analyze and Evaluate the Persuasive Techniques and Methods of Reasoning

Unit Ten THE MEDIA

Reading A Reuter

Reading B Informing the World

Reading C Ghosts on the Telly

Use of English

Topics for Discussion and Writing：Lessons from Billy Graham

阅读技能系列讲座（10）：What You Need to Do to Improve Predicting,Previewing and Anticipation（1）

UNIT Eleven CRIME

Reading A London's Streets of Rage

Reading B An Accident or a Crime?

Reading C Cyber Thieves!

Use of English

Topics for Discussion and Writing：Solving Crimes with Modern Technology

阅读技能系列讲座（11）：What You Need to Do to Improve Predicting,Previewing and Anticipation（2）

Unit Twelve SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Reading A American Icon

Reading B Digital Divide

Reading C Safeguarding Your Secrets Online

Use of English

Topics for Discussion and Writing：The World Expo

阅读技能系列讲座（12）：What You Need to Do to Improve Skimming and Scanning

Unit Thirteen ENTERTAINMENT

Reading A Biggest Season

Reading B Magic

Reading C 10 Worst Travel Scams

Use of English

Topics for Discussion and Writing：The Ancient Olympic Games

阅读技能系列讲座（13）：What You Need to Do to Improve Reading Speed and Flexibility（1）

Unit Fourteen ECONOMY

Reading A 14 Ways to Put America Back to Work

Reading B The End of Europe

Reading C Saving Money

Use of English

Topics for Discussion and Writing：The Paradox of Happiness

阅读技能系列讲座（14）：What You Need to Do to Improve Reading Speed and Flexibility（2）

Unit Fiftteen HEALTH

Reading A Stress Busters That Can Save Your Life

Reading B How Nice to Be Clean

Reading C The By-the-Clock Guide to Better Health

Use of English

Topics for Discussion and Writing：Has Stress Pushed You into the Danger Zone?

阅读技能系列讲座（15）：Types of Reading Question

Unit Sixteen EDUCATION

Reading A Degrees of Prudence

Reading B 10 Things Every Parent Should Know about College

Reading C Why Can't the U.S.Learn?

Use of English

Topics for Discussion and Writing:A Cultural Difference：Being On Time

阅读技能系列讲座（16）：What You Need to Do to Take Tests

Key to Exercise

附录

阅读理解自测题（1）

阅读理解自测题（2）

阅读理解自测题（3）

自测题参考答案

主要参考书目