大学英语快速阅读
2011-10
北京大学出版社
刘军显 编
206
《大学英语立体化网络化系列教材·普通高等教育“十一五”国家级规划教材：大学英语快速阅读（上）》具有以下四大特点：第一，注重能力培养：本着“管用，易懂，实用”的原则，归纳整理出常用快速阅读技巧，旨在帮助学生系统了解快速阅读的概念、要求和方法，以便在篇章阅读阶段中能够进行科学有效的自我快速阅读训练。 第二，选材丰富新颖：文章体现出较强的知识性、科学性、趣味性和时代性，使学生在获取信息、训练自我的同时，还可以开阔视野、增强跨文化意识、提高素质、激励人生。 第三，内容编排系统：本教程在编排上体现了循序渐进学习原则。篇章阅读部分的安排由浅入深、梯度合理，过渡适宜。练习设计也是先易后难。 第四，练习紧扣考试：本教材将平时训练与考试模拟相结合，紧扣近几年四级考试中快速阅读部分的题型变化和要求。
Unit 1Text A Christmas MorningText B Welcome to Our BankText C Advertisers Perform a Useful Service to the CommunityText D Stricter Traffic Law Can Prevent AccidentsUnit 2Text A What I Want for YouText B Twenty Thousand Leagues under the SeaText C Men Are Carrying on a Sex-fightText D The Cultural Mindset in Academic Writing in EnglishUnit 3Text A Choosing a Career over LoveText B A Coke and a SmileText C The Midsummer FestivalText D The Importance of a ComputerUnit 4Text A Eight Tips for Being a Perfect RoommateText B International MarriagesText C My Father's SonText D Money Is Not So ImportantUnit 5Text A The Jewish Influence in AmericaText B StressText C Don't Be Chicken about Speaking EnglishText D Chinese Students in the United StatesUnit 6Text A Why Failure Can Be Your FriendText B Contribution of Co-educationText C Dropouts for Ph.D.sText D The Other WomanUnit 7Text A Success and HabitsText B Meant to BeText C No Turning Back——Jewel KilcherText D Great Time of Growing——-Mrs. ThatcherUnit 8Text A Strictly Ban SmokingText B China' s Richest Woman: from Waste to WealthText C Life Is as a Game of Chess, Which Benefits from Win-winSituationText D Just as at Your Own HomeUnit 9Text A Don' t Destroy the Essential Catalyst of RiskText B Work with the "Now"Text C I Never Write RightText D The Unlucky NumberUnit 10Text A A Lesson from Switzerland's Multi-lingualismText BText C The Pleasure of ReadingText D Examinations Exert a Harmful Influence on EducationUnit 11Text A The Blending of the United StatesText B PenguinsText C PyramidsText D Speak English, Not ChinglishUnit 12Text A Inside Two MarriagesText B Parents Often Favor One Child Over AnotherText C A Boy with a MissionText D Cultivate Better Bonds with Neighbors and FriendsUnit 13Text A We're Raising Children, Not Flowers!Text B The In Crowd I and Social Cruelty——Among Kids, Competition to Belong Is FierceText C The History of the Olympic GamesText D FamilyUnit 14Text A Genetically Modified Foods——Feed the World?Text B InternetText C American Public Education SystemText D Dare to DreamUnit 15Text A The Composition of the American PopulationText B The Causes of PovertyText C In Our HandsText D The Car and the Environment练习答案
（1） I know that you've both had a lot of fun these last two years on the campaigntrail, going to picnics and parades and state fairs, eating all sorts of junk food your mother and I probably shouldn' t have let you have. But I also know that it hasn't always been easy for you and Morn, and that as excited as you both are about that new puppy, it doesn' t make up for all the time we' ve been apart. I know how much I've missed these past two years, and today I want to tell you a little more about why Idecided to take our family on this journey. （2） When I was a young man, I thought life was all about me——about how I'd make my way in the world, become successful, and get the things I want. But then the two of you came into my world with all your curiosity and mischiet and those smilesthat never fail to fill my heart and light up my day. And suddenly, all my big plans for myself didn' t seem so important anymore. I soon found that the greatest joy in my life.was the joy I saw in yours. And I realized that my own life wouldn' t count for much 2 unless I was able to ensure that you had every opportunity for happiness and fulfillmentin yours. In the end, girls, that' s why I ran for President: because of what I want for youand for every child in this nation. （3） I want all our children to go to schools worthy of their potential——schools thatchallenge them, inspire them, and instill 3 in them a sense of wonder about the world around them. I want them to have the chance to go to college——even if their parentsaren't rich. And I want them to get good jobs: jobs that pay well and give them benefitslike health care, jobs that let them spend time with their own kids and retire with dignity. ……
