第一部分大学英语快速阅读综述与技巧
第二部分快速阅读的实践
Unit 1Science and Politics11
Passage 1Adobe Finally Kills Flash Dead11
Passage 2Analysis: Antibiotic Apocalypse13
Passage 3Last Rites for Aleppo17
Unit 2Engineering21
Passage 1Medical Mechanics: New Device Improves Tumor Removal21
Passage 2Using 3D Printing, Clinicians Repair Tracheal Damage25
Passage 3Inside Nasas Giant Rocket Factory28
Unit 3Social Issue32
Passage 1Everyday Racism32
Passage 2Safety of Genetically Engineered Food36
Passage 3Barack Obamas Life as a Cover Star39
Unit 4Change43
Passage 1Reshaping Innovation into the 21st Century43
Passage 2The Changing American Economy47
Passage 3J.F.K. Files, A Treasure Trove for Answer Seekers50
Unit 5Controversy54
Passage 1Should We Trust Economists?54
Passage 2The Greatest Mistranslations Ever57
Passage 3Life on the Edge60
Unit 6Public Concerns64
Passage 1Why Are Harvard Graduates in the Mail Room?64
Passage 2Leaving Facebookistan67
Passage 3Turn Off Your Push Notifications — All of Them70
Unit 72017年06月四级考试真题74
Passage 1The Blessing and Curse of the People Who Never Forget74
Passage 2From Accountant to Yogi: Making a Radical Career Change76
Passage 3Team Spirit79
Unit 82017年12月四级考试真题82
Passage 1DO INClass Exams Make Students Study Harder?82
Passage 2The Health Benefits of Knitting84
Passage 3Why arent you curious about what happened?87
Unit 92018年06月四级考试真题90
Passage 1Some College Students Are Angry That They Have to Pay to
Do Their Homework90
Passage 2As Tourists Crowd Out Locals, Venice Faces ‘Endangered’ List93
Passage 3New Jersey School District Eases Pressure on Students—Baring
an Ethnic Divide95
Unit 102018年12月四级考试真题99
Passage 1FoodasMedicine Movement Is Witnessing Progress99
Passage 2How a Poor, Abandoned Parisian Boy Became a Top Chef101
Passage 3Is it really ok to eat food thats fallen on the floor?104
Unit 112019年06月四级考试真题107
Passage 1How Work Will Change When Most of Us Live to 100107
Passage 2Living with parents edges out other living arrangements
for 18to 34yearolds109
Passage 3Make Stuff, Fail, And Learn While Youre At It112
Unit 122019年12月四级考试真题115
Passage 1The quiet heroism of mail delivery115
Passage 2Is Breakfast Really the Most Important Meal of the Day?117
Passage 3A south Korean city designed for the future takes on a life of
its own120
Unit 132020年07月四级考试真题123
Passage 1How to Eat Well123
Passage 2Doctors orders: Let children just play125
Passage 3Why are Asian Americans Missing from Our Textbooks128
Unit 142020年12月四级考试真题132
Passage 1The Place Where the Poor Once Thrived132
Passage 2Poverty is a story about us, not them134
Passage 3The History of the Lunch Box137
Unit 152021年06月四级考试真题140
Passa ge 1What happens when a language has no words for numbers140
Passage 2The start of high school doesnt have to be stressful142
Passage 3Science of setbacks: How failure can improve career prospects145