高中英语阅读与测试（第2册）

　　其实，历来英语教学大纲均有明确规定：中学英语教学目的是对学生进行听说读写的综合训练，培养他们在口头上和书面文字上运用英语的基本能力，其中十分侧重培养阅读能力。现行大纲也着重指出，提高学生英语阅读能力，单纯通过课文教学是不易达到的，必须指导学生在课外阅读相当数量的原文读物，而绝不是突击记忆大量单词能够毕其功于一役的。这充分表明，英语精读与泛读是相辅相成、不可偏废的，而且要保持适当的阅读量比例，并持之以恒。

　　陈渊，中国科普作家协会、上海翻译家协会、上海外文学会、美国奥尼尔学会会员，上海科普作家协会译委副主任。上海外国语大学副教授，曾受聘任国家教委优秀学术专著评审委员会审读组成员，上海市优秀科普作品奖评奖专家委员会委员。因突出贡献，曾由国家教委、国家新闻出版署，上海市人民政府和上海外国语大学授予荣誉证书、高等学校教材编辑特等奖和立大功奖励证书等。主要著作有：主编上海市紧缺人才培训工程证书教程中的《中级英语教程》和中小学英语精读、泛读和听力系列教材，以及《新编英语词汇用法手册》、《英语造句词典》、《英语必考词五用详解词典》等.译述作品有《尤金·奥尼尔传》、《医生之家》、《茫茫黑夜》和世界第一部科幻小说《弗兰肯斯坦》，以及《世界科幻小说精品丛书（三十卷）》等。

Unit One Food and Drink Passage 1 British Pub Culture Passage 2 The Story of Ice Cream Passage 3 Lunch in Urban District Passage 4 Fast Food and TV Dinners Passage 5 Healthy Eating Exercises for Unit One Uint Two Sports Passage 1 The Essence of Sport Passage 2 Racing in the Water Passage 3 The Sexes in Sport Passage 4 A Message of Friendship and Peace Exercises for Unit Two Unit Three Animals and Plants Passage 1 The Non-flying Birds Passage 2 The Mosquito Passage 3 Foxes and Farmers Passage 4 Human Beings Responsibility for Environment Passage 5 Energy Changes Make Things Happen Exercises for Unit Three Unit Four Buying and Seling Passage 1 Supermarkets Passage 2 The Big Department Store Passage 3 Why Banks Are Useful? Passage 4 The Role of Advertising Exercises for Unit Four Uint Five Libraries and Museums Passage 1 About Museums Passage 2 Shanghai Science and Techno|ogy Museum Passage 3 Shanghai Library Passage 4 School Libraries Passage 5 Public Libraries in Britain Exercises for Unit Five Uint Six Language Passage 1 Languages Passage 2 The Language Arts Passage 3 Are You Afraid of Speaking in Public? Passage 4 Words and Word Origin Exercises for Unit Six Uint Seven Friend Friendship Passage 1 On Making Friends Passage 2 True Friendship Passage 3 A friend and a Trial Passage 4 Perplexity Passage 5 The Colour of Friendship Exercises for Unit Seven Uint Eight Exploring Nature Passage 1 The Discoverer of X-rays Passage 2 Newtons Discovery Passage 3 Cosmic Radiation Passage 4 An Efficient Method Exercises for Unit Eight Unit Nine Literature Passage 1 A Lonely Mother Passage 2 Not Poor, Just Broke Passage 3 Finding a Happy Man Passage 4 William Sydney Porter Passage 5 An American Foremost Playwright Exercises for Unit Nine Unit Ten Adventures and Disasters Passage 1 Some Strange Journeys Passage 2 A Tragic Accident Passage 3 The Earthquake Passage d The Spirit of Adventure Exercises for Unit Ten Reference Answers