本书练习均来自与“学习目标”对应的各种英语考试的真题及模拟题，在选取文章时既注意与对应课文的关联性，又注意语言的优雅、凝练和幽默，句型工整而又富于变化。本册重点在于对前两册所学知识的巩固和提高，同时加强了阅读和写作能力的培养。它使学习者从一个会说日常英语的人，提高成为一个能动笔进行基本写作的人。培养学生听、说、读、写的综合能力，扩充词汇，总揽语法，结合实践，听说兼修。在掌握第一册基本语法的基础上，由浅入深，分析讲解关键句型及短语的基本用法，使学习者能真正在听说读写中运用语言，为顺利通过各种考试打下扎实的基础。

语法查询索引
Lesson 1 A private conversation
Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch?
Lesson 3 Please send me a card
Lesson 4 An exciting trip
Lesson 5 No wrong numbers
Lesson 6 Percy Buttons
Lesson 7 Too late
Lesson 8 The best and the worst
Lesson 9 A cold welcome
Lesson 10 Not for jazz
Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another
Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck
Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys
Lesson 14 Do you speak English?
Lesson 15 Good news
Lesson 16 A polite request
Lesson 17 Always young
Lesson 18 He often does this!
Lesson 19 Sold out
Lesson 20 One man in a boat
Lesson 21 Mad or not?
Lesson 22 A glass envelope
Lesson 23 A new house
Lesson 24 It could be worse
Lesson 25 Do the English speak English?
Lesson 26 The best art critics
Lesson 27 A wet night
Lesson 28 No parking
Lesson 29 Taxi!
Lesson 30 Football or polo?
Lesson 31 Success story
Lesson 32 Shopping made easy
Lesson 33 Out of the darkness
Lesson 34 Quick work
Lesson 35 Stop thief!
Lesson 36 Across the Channel …
Lesson 37 The Olympic Games
Lesson 38 Everything except the weather
Lesson 39 Am I all right?
Lesson 40 Food and talk
Lesson 41 Do you call that a hat?
Lesson 42 Not very musical
Lesson 43 Over the South Pole
Lesson 44 Through the forest
Lesson 45 A clear conscience
Lesson 46 Expensive and uncomfortable
Lesson 47 A thirsty ghost
Lesson 48 Did you want to tell me something?
Lesson 49 The end of a dream
Lesson 50 Taken for a ride
Lesson 51 Reward for virtue
Lesson 52 A pretty carpet
Lesson 53 Hot snake
Lesson 54 Sticky fingers
Lesson 55 Not a gold mine
Lesson 56 Faster than sound!
Lesson 57 Can I help you, madam?
Lesson 58 A blessing in disguise?
Lesson 59 In or out?
Lesson 60 The future
Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble
Lesson 62 After the fire
Lesson 63 She was not amused
Lesson 64 The Channel Tunnel
Lesson 65 Jumbo versus the police
Lesson 66 Sweet as honey!
Lesson 67 Volcanoes
Lesson 68 Persistent
Lesson 69 But not murder!
Lesson 70 Red for danger
Lesson 71 A famous clock
Lesson 72 A car called Bluebird
Lesson 73 The record-holder
Lesson 74 Out of the limelight
Lesson 75 SOS
Lesson 76 April Fools' Day
Lesson 77 A successful operation
Lesson 78 The last one?
Lesson 79 By air·
Lesson 80 The Crystal Palace
Lesson 81 Escape
Lesson 82 Monster or fish?
Lesson 83 After the elections
Lesson 84 On strike
Lesson 85 Never too old to learn
Lesson 86 Out of control
Lesson 87 A perfect alibi
Lesson 88 Trapped in a mine
Lesson 89 A slip of the tongue
Lesson 90 What's for supper?
Lesson 91 Three men in a basket
Lesson 92 Asking for trouble
Lesson 93 A noble gift
Lesson 94 Future champions
Lesson 95 A fantasy
Lesson 96 The dead return