内容提要
本册是大学英语三级阅读课本，包括10个单元，2个阶段复习。每单元分3部
分：PARTA为精读，课文前有思考题，课文后有第一、第二次读后阅读理解题，其他
习题包括词汇与语法结构、完形填空、翻译、口语与写作等项；PARTB为泛读，用来
扩大阅读量和训练阅读流利程度；PARTC是提高阅读理解能力和扩大词汇量的技
巧、实例和练习。

CONTENTS
UNIT 1
Part A Books
I On Buying Books
II How To Find Time To Read?
III International Students and the American Library
Skimming to Identify the Topic
The Green Banana
I "BigJohn"
II Who Is Really Better at Math?
III "A Symphony in Concrete"
Skimming to Identify the Author's Point of View and Style
Working Women - East and West
I "Mother's Day"
II Women in Japan Today
III Family Values in America
Skimming to Identify Major Points
The American Ideal of a Great Leader
1 Lessons from Jefferson
1 NightWatch
1 The Hero of Lime Rock Lighthouse
Skimming to Identify Main Ideas (1)
The Handsome and Deformed Leg
1 The Service Imperative
1 Never Trust Appearances
B How Can the Government Help People Protect Their
Health?
PART C Skimming to Identify Main Ideas (2)
REVIEW 1
I . Reading Comprehension
II . Vocabulary and Structure
III Cloze
UNIT 6
PARTA
PARTB
PARTC
The Emerging Global University
1 An Italian View of the U. S Campus
1 Job Prospects for Graduates in Britain
1 Making Transitions
Reading for Details
UNIT 7
PARTA
PARTB
PARTC
The Interview
1 Black Is Beautiful
1 Singapore - the Green City
1 Health and Fitness
Drawing Logical Inferences (1)
UNIT 8
PARTA
PARTB
PARTC
Edmond Halley
1 Smoking and Cancer
1 Fifth-generation Computers
B The Scientist and the Sensitive Snake
Drawing Logical Inferences (2)
UNIT 9
PARTA
PARTB
School and Life
I Leadership in the New Era
II Thanksgiving Day
1 Taxes in America
PARTC Restatements
UNIT 10
PART A
PARTB
A Robot About the House
1 Meglev: the New Generation of Railroad
1 The Second Information Revolution
B Imitation
REVIEW 2
I . Reading Comprehension
II . Vocabulary and Structure
III. Cloze
VOCABULARY
PHRASES