为了帮助广大学生全面提高英语阅读理解能力，系统了解并掌握四、六级考试中阅读理解、简答、翻译等方面的内容和技能，我们在结结长期教学经验与教训、广泛研究现行各版本大学英语教材的基础上，精心策划、编写了这套《大学英语提升阅读》（1-4册）。目的是为广大读者提供一套既符合读者认知特点，又有助于培养读者驾驭语言能力，增强四、六级考试信心和实力的阅读理解教材。
该套书选材广泛，内容新颖，体裁多样，既注重知识性、信息性、又不失趣味性与实用性。内容涵括科普知识、科幻小品、网络知识、生物趣闻、世界奇迹、名人轶事、异域文化、社会热点、历史事件等方方面面。全套书共选编短文320篇，每册80单元。每单元由（1）文章正文；（2）旁注；（3）背景知识；（4）练习题；（5）练习题答案；（6）谚语、诗歌、幽默故事等六部分组成。本册词汇量为2000～2500词。全书按循序渐进、梯度提升的方式进行编排，书中材料互有联系，语汇复现率高，便于读者联想和记忆。为提高学习效率，建议广大读者独立完成练习后再查阅答案。羽套书可作为高校本科生的阅读教材，教学需72学时，供2学年使用，也可作为广大英语爱好者的自学用书。

Passage 1 mermaids
Passage 2 Sun Stones
Passage 3 Eye Contact
Passage 4 Father's Summer School
Passage 5 Coral
Passage 6 Preservation of Wildlife
Passage 7 Instant Friendships
Passage 8 Heroes in History
Passage 9 Early Sports
Passage 10 The Independence Ceremony of fhe British Colony
Passage 11 Driving Force
Passage 12 The Process of Making Peppermint Oil
Passage 13 The Inventiom of Icebox
Passage 14 One Means of Sales Promotion
Passage 15 Shofts in American Family Structure
Passage 16 Educational Systems in the West and the Orient
Passage 17 How to Learn Languages
Passage 18 Cmputer Crime
Passage 19 The Development of Advertisement
Passage 20 The Mysterious Missing Shoes
Passage 21 Why People Wear Differently?
Passage 22 A Story of Lightning
Passage 23 Influenza
Passage 24 Early Autumn
Passage 25 Jane Addams
Passage 26 Earth People on Mars
Passage 27 A Handwriting Forger
Passage 28 A Tour in Boston
Passage 29 The Role of Nursing Staff
Passage 30 Agony Columns
Passage 31 Emotional Expression
Passage 32 Marketing
Passage 33 The Live Specimen
Passage 34 The Importance of Ecosystems
Passage 35 The New Theory of Triassic Extinctioms
Passage 36 Tiredness Bred by Failure
Passage 37 Principes of Scientific Explanation
Passage 38 Effects of Excessive Alcohol Consumption
Passage 39 The Revival of Mythology
Passage 40 Employment Interview
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