內容簡介
本書由50篇閱讀理解和50篇完形填空組成。文章包羅萬象,地道流暢。每篇文章均有翻譯和辭彙、語法解析、題目解析(完形填空題)。辭彙部分附有常用短語搭配及其用法,讀者練習閱讀能力同時擴大辭彙量,掌握基礎辭彙的用法。本書適合高中等級程度英語學習者使用,適用於高考等相關英語考試。
圖書目錄
Unit 1 Try Our Mattress
試試我們的床墊........................................ 2
Unit 2 Poor Spoonbills
可憐的黑面琵鷺........................................ 5
Unit 3 Youth Hostels
青年旅館.............................................. 9
Unit 4 A Meeting Schedule
兒童健康會議議程表................................... 13
Unit 5 Left-handers
左撇子............................................... 17
Unit 6 Believe It or Not
信不信由你........................................... 22
Unit 7 Who’s the Best?
哪位太太是棒的?................................... 25
Unit 8 Brush Your Teeth
不刷牙就會滿嘴爛牙................................... 29
Unit 9 Genghis Khan
搜尋成吉思汗的遺體................................... 33
Unit 10 The Land of Mexico
墨西哥耕地面面觀..................................... 38
Unit 11 Life in Outer Space
外太空有生命嗎?..................................... 42
Unit 12 J. K. Rowling
《哈利•波特》的作者小傳............................. 47
Unit 13 A Trip to Mt. Ali
阿里山快樂行......................................... 52
Unit 14 A Clearance Sale
清倉大甩賣........................................... 57
Unit 15 Nepal
尼泊爾............................................... 60
Unit 16 First Aid
急救須知............................................. 64
Unit 17 Be Nice to Wowen
善待女人............................................. 68
Unit 18 Say “Thank You”
感謝的藝術........................................... 71
Unit 19 Try Our Food
客人,過來嘗嘗俺的菜嘛!............................. 75
Unit 20 Invention of Airplanes
飛機的發明........................................... 77
Unit 21 Stop Learning by Rote
別再死背書了......................................... 81
Unit 22 Moods & Weather
天氣影響心情......................................... 85
Unit 23 Jack’s Sandwiches
傑克三明治........................................... 89
Unit 24 Spiders’ Eating Habits
蜘蛛吃什麼?怎么吃?................................. 91
Unit 25 Dreams
夢的解析............................................. 95
Unit 26 The Little Mermaid
小美人魚............................................. 99
Unit 27 The Amazon
亞馬遜河的稀奇動物.................................. 103
Unit 28 Helen Keller
不屈不撓的海倫•凱勒................................ 107
Unit 29 Hollywood Movies
好萊塢電影商業掛帥.................................. 111
Unit 30 Resources in the Ocean
海洋資源............................................ 115
Unit 31 Alfred Nobel
博愛的諾貝爾........................................ 119
Unit 32 Women’s Day
三八婦女節.......................................... 123
Unit 33 Dolphins
永遠一副笑臉的海豚.................................. 127
Unit 34 White as a Sheet
嚇得臉色發白........................................ 131
Unit 35 Elephants
大象驚人的記憶力.................................... 135
Unit 36 Self-confidence
自信心.............................................. 139
Unit 37 Pioneer Women
美國拓荒時期的婦女.................................. 143
Unit 38 Overpopulation
人口過剩日趨嚴重.................................... 147
Unit 39 Levis Strauss
李維斯牛仔褲的由來.................................. 151
Unit 40 Scorpions
蠍子沒那么可怕...................................... 155
Unit 41 In Case of a Fire
防火須知............................................ 159
Unit 42 Please Don’t Come
希望別撞到地球...................................... 163
Unit 43 Stars in the Sky
天上星星何其多...................................... 167
Unit 44 Never Tell Lies
自尊與謊言.......................................... 171
Unit 45 Bat Conservation
蝙蝠的保護.......................................... 175
Unit 46 Respect Pedestrians
請尊重行人.......................................... 180
Unit 47 Natural Disasters
天災應對之道........................................ 184
Unit 48 Weather Reports
天氣預報............................................ 188
Unit 49 Life’s Full of Surprises
人生充滿驚奇........................................ 192
Unit 50 Coffee & Heart Attacks
咖啡與心臟病........................................ 195
Unit 51 Sri Lanka
斯里蘭卡............................................ 199
Unit 52 A Polite Man
做個有禮貌的人...................................... 202
Unit 53 Practice Makes Perfect
熟能生巧............................................ 205
Unit 54 Books
讀書之樂............................................ 208
Unit 55 Failure
失敗算什麼!........................................ 212
Unit 56 Is Music a Noise?
音樂是噪音嗎?...................................... 216
Unit 57 Enlarging Our Vocabulary
記單詞好處多多...................................... 220
Unit 58 Stay Fit for a Test
考前應注意健康...................................... 224
Unit 59 A High-tech World
世界科技日新月異.................................... 228
Unit 60 Ecology
生態學.............................................. 232
Unit 61 We Need Society
我們不能沒有社會.................................... 235
Unit 62 Louis Braille
盲人點字法發明人.................................... 239
Unit 63 Cameras in the Early Days
早期的相機.......................................... 243
Unit 64 Inflation
通貨膨脹............................................ 247
Unit 65 Fingerprints
指紋................................................ 251
Unit 66 Moods & Weather
心情隨天氣變化...................................... 254
Unit 67 Body Language
肢體語言............................................ 258
Unit 68 Working Mothers
在職媽媽............................................ 261
Unit 69 Independence Day
美國國慶節.......................................... 265
Unit 70 Bones & Smoking
抽菸與骨折.......................................... 269
Unit 71 We’re Chameleons
我們與變色龍沒兩樣.................................. 273
Unit 72 Surrogacy
借腹生子............................................ 276
Unit 73 Credit Cards
信用卡.............................................. 279
Unit 74 Which Way to Go?
大城市遊覽須知...................................... 282
Unit 75 The Drawing Room
Drawing Room (客廳)一詞的由來...................... 285
Unit 76 Success
成功................................................ 288
Unit 77 The Earth
你對地球知多少?.................................... 291
Unit 78 Just Do Our Best
凡事盡力而為........................................ 294
Unit 79 Dreams Mirror Life
夢反映現實生活...................................... 297
Unit 80 Abraham Lincoln
亞伯拉罕•林肯...................................... 301
Unit 81 Anasazi Pueblos
阿納薩齊的石屋城.................................... 305
Unit 82 The Olympics
奧運的由來.......................................... 310
Unit 83 Holes on the Moon
月球上坑洞的由來.................................... 313
Unit 84 The Panama Canal
巴拿馬運河.......................................... 317
Unit 85 The Sun
我們不能沒有太陽.................................... 320
Unit 86 An Expedition
一次有趣的探險...................................... 324
Unit 87 Wood
用不完的木材........................................ 328
Unit 88 Stars Are Moving
恆星是會動的........................................ 332
Unit 89 Pablo Picasso
畢卡索.............................................. 336
Unit 90 Thank You, Doggie!
謝謝你,狗狗!...................................... 340
Unit 91 A Great Cartoonist
創造史努比的漫畫家.................................. 344
Unit 92 It Runs in the Family
一人生病,全家遭殃.................................. 348
Unit 93 Avoid Catching a Cold
避免感冒............................................ 352
Unit 94 Superman
“超人”是誰創造的?................................ 355
Unit 95 Flight Safety
乘機安全須知........................................ 359
Unit 96 Figures
大人喜歡數據........................................ 363
Unit 97 AIDS
愛滋病.............................................. 367
Unit 98 Shoes
觀其鞋而知其人...................................... 371
Unit 99 Mars
火星................................................ 375
Unit 100 It’s a Library, Son!
小子,這是圖書館!.................................. 379
作者簡介
賴世雄教授是聞名海峽兩岸的英語教學專家,先後獲得美國明尼蘇達大學大眾傳播與英語教學雙學士學位,擔任托福專任講師 18 年,也是托福成績滿分記錄保持者之一。賴教授曾任上海復旦大學以及大連外國語大學客座教授,上海師範大學天華學院榮譽教授,現任常春藤解析英語雜誌社社長,著有英語升學、進修、生活英語、兒童英語、職場英語叢書兩百餘種,並擔任多家電台英語教學廣播主講。1993 年賴世雄教授開始擔任中央人民廣播電台英語教學節目主播,時間長達12年,教學方式風趣幽默、深入淺出、妙趣橫生。2003年賴教授被《中國圖書商報》評選為中國英語教學十大名師之一。2004年至今擔任北京市政府主辦英語活動之主講教授。2014年1月,賴世雄教授的“美語從頭學”節目在北京外語廣播台開播。