本书为中级英语水平的学习者设计，包含50篇文章。内容向人文、历史、艺术、环境、科技等领域扩展，选文的长度、语言的难度和内容的深度都更上一个台阶。在巩固前面所学的阅读技能的基础上，更加突出训练以下阅读技能：掌握主旨大意，熟悉文本结构安排，理清语境中的逻辑关系，根据语境猜测词义以及运用词汇的同义与反义来获取词义，从而更加全面、系统地帮助学习者提升英语阅读能力。

How Do I Use This Book?
Unit 1 Why Do We Read?
Part 1 Information
1.It's"Samming,"in a Wore
2.Puppy Food
3.Natural Remediesfor Deling with Depressior
4.Geting a Good Nights sleep
Part 2 Enjoyment
5.Grafti:From Grafiato to Hip Hop
6.The Culture of the Wedding Ceremony
Unit 2 Reading for Understanding
Part 1 Key Points
7.Eclipses:Nature's Drama
8.Fascinating and True:The Story of Sam Walton and Walmart
Part 2 Details
9.Glaciers
10.Mercury
Part 3 Getting the Whole Picture
11.Near-Earth Asteroids-A Globally Unifying Event
12.Paul Gauguin
13.Teletubbies
Part 4 Summarizing
14.Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis: Our Glorious Nighttime Lights
15.Oktoberfest
16.Health Food for a Healthy,Vibrant Life
Part 5 Inference
17.The Liberty Bell,a Very Significant Symbol
Part 6 Critical Thinking
18.Stonehenge:A Thought-Provoking Connection
19.Can Vegetation Slow Down Global Warming?
Part 7 Analyzing Questions and Answers
20.Dear Diary
21.7-Eleven:A Name Synonymous with Convenience
Part 8 Review Test
22.Mad Cow Disease(BSE)
23.Cord Blood
24.Crop Circles
Unit 3 Vocabulary
Part 1 Homonyms,Synonyms,Antonyms,and Homophones
25.How to Survive a Plane Crash
26.The Gender of Your Brain
27.Bicycle Fever
Part 2 Words in Context and Words Derived from Other Words
28.Biofuels
29.The History of the Zipper
30.Morphological Derivation,a Highly Efective Process
Part 3 Review Test
31.The Steppe Mammoth
32.Technology Aids Amputees
33.Internet Fraud
Unit 4 Finding Out for Yourself
Using Reference Materials
34.Using a Dictionary: The slang Dictonary
35.Music-An Appreciation: Using the Table of Contents and Index
36.Using an Encyclopedia: Encyclopedia Brianmica Eleventn Editon
Unit 5 Maps,Graphs, and Tables
Using Maps,Graphs,and Tables
37.Using a Road Map:The Geneva Park District
38.Using a Spe Purpose Map:Saint Leo University Campus
39.Scheduling with a Complex Bar Graph:The Gantt Charts
40.Using a Line Graph: Tracing Weight Training Progress
41.Reading a Line Graph:The Keeling Curve
42.Reading Tables & Graphs:Acceleration Due to Gravity
Unit 6 Final Review Test
43.Will E-Books Replace Traditional Books?
44.Ancient Greek Tragedy
45.Science Fiction
46.Cotton-The World's Fabric
47.Agraphia and Computer-Induced Agraphia
48.Environmentally Friendly Innovations
49.How the Cactus Survives in the Desert
50.Radio Frequency ldentification