本套书分为“文科，理科，艺术类”三本，旨在帮助学生在大学英语选修阶段进一步扩大英语阅读量和相应的知识面。每册书都分为16个单元，一共48篇文章，使学生在大量英语文章阅读的同时，掌握相关的阅读技巧以及文化背景知识。本书提供了详细的单词表和课后练习答案，也非常适合学生自主阅读使用。

前辅文
第一部分 技巧导航
  一? 学习阅读的方法
   1. 阅读的双重目的
   2. 阅读理解的标准
   3. 如何掌握默读技能
   4. 如何选择课外阅读材料
   5. 如何阅读课外读物
  二? 阅读理解测试题型分析
   1. 细节型
   2. 是非型
   3. 语义型
   4. 推断型
   5. 主旨归纳型
   6. 语篇型
  三? 相关资料
   1. 阅读的性质
   2. 20世纪60年代以前的阅读研究
   3. 阅读的三种模式
第二部分 篇章阅读
  UNIT 1
   Text A J. K. Rowling
   Text BChina's Modern Art Zone — Song Zhuang Artist Village
   Text CTranslation Tools
  UNIT 2
   Text AThe Rush Hour of Jackie Chan
   Text BWrestling with Television
   Text CMy Greatest Olympic Prize
  UNIT 3
   Text ACompetitive Sports Build Character
   Text BDo We Need Art
   Text COur Cultural Artifacts “Going Global”
  UNIT 4
   Text AAll About Money
   Text BExercise Myths
   Text CCheating in Sports
  UNIT 5
   Text AThe Story of Jazz
   Text BFeel Blue? Go Green
   Text CMore Attention on Man's Health Care
  UNIT 6
   Text AA Romantic City — Paris
   Text BPerspective on Human Behavior
   Text CIs the Earth Getting Hotter?
  UNIT 7
   Text ATraveling Light
   Text BFaster
   Text CTrue Blues
  UNIT 8
   Text AThe Art of Abundant Living
   Text BThe Age of Dissonance: Season to Taste
   Text CDepression Study Finds Hope in Different Treatments, at Least for Some People
  UNIT 9
   Text AFrederic Francois Chopin
   Text BClean Energy
   Text CAmerican Music
  UNIT 10
   Text ASARS Virus No Longer Such a Mystery
   Text BLudwig Van Beethoven
   Text CNatural Genius and Bad Luck — An Introduction to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  UNIT 11
   Text AZidane, France Admires and Loves You — Chirac
   Text BWhy IOC Picks Beijing?
   Text CThe Stories Behind the NBA's Team Names — The Names of the Eastern Conferences of NBA
  UNIT 12
   Text AThe Louvre
   Text BJorn Utzon — Architect of the Sydney Opera House
   Text CLeonardo Da Vinci
  UNIT 13
   Text AStudy Says BreastCancer Treatments Increase Survival Rates
   Text BThe Inanimate Environment
   Text CQualities of an Effective Coach
  UNIT 14
   Text AThe Art of Animation
   Text BThe Thinker Vandalized
   Text CAnimals “Speak” Many Strange Languages
  UNIT 15
   Text ATaj Mahal
   Text BThe Dead Sea
   Text CTrip to Dubai
  UNIT 16
   Text AJohn Denver
   Text BBeijing Opera
   Text CWhat Happens to Bees in Winter?
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