《考研英语阅读题源Ⅱ》系列结合读者对于前两版的反馈意见，以及近年考研英语阅读的命题实际，选取了符合大家阅读偏好，同时也是考研英语阅读理解文章最集中的题源The Economist《经济学家》、Newsweek《新闻周刊》、Time《时代周刊》、The New York Times《纽约时报》4份期刊杂志，从这些为考研命题者所青睐的优秀原版期刊杂志中分别精选出50篇与考研英语阅读命题趋势相贴近的最新文章，具有较强的时效性。

本册为其中的“经济学家分册”，分为经济类、文教类等五类。

社会类

Passage 1 State ofFear

Passage 2 Checking out the Chicks

Passage 3 The Not-so-great Outdoors

Passage 4 Floppy Discs

Passage 5 Something Rotten

Passage 6 The Decline ofthe Landline

Passage 7 Nothing New under the Sun

Passage 8 Left Behind

Passage 9 Computing Climate Change

Passage 10 Charge!

文教类

Passage 1 CareerAhead

Passage 2 APoet ofLight

Passage 3 Crossing to Safety

Passage 4 Work Hard，Be Nice

Passage 5 Raising Alabama

Passage 6 Brass in Pocket

Passage 7 Those Who Can

Passage 8 Kitchen-classroom Conservatives

Passage 9 Games Lessons

Passage 10 CheapandCheerful

经济类

Passage 1 No Country for Old Men

Passage 2 Helping Hand?

Passage 3 Banks Need More Capital

Passage 4 Company Woe

Passage 5 Slim Spring

Passage 6 Waist Banned

Passage 7 The Sun Also Rises

Passage 8 Trading Blows

Passage 9 Big Is Back

Passage 10 When Cheap Is Exclusive

科技类

Passage 1 Seeds ofHope

Passage 2 On inYour Coffee

Passage 3 A Capital Idea

Passage 4 Smart Bridges

Passage 5 Running onAir

Passage 6 Not Forgotten

Passage 7 Keeping a Grip

Passage 8 AHard Actto Follow

Passage 9 Blood Simple

Passage 10 The Next Blue Planet

健康类

Passage 1 Cancer Killers

Passage 2 Kiss and Kill

Passage 3 Resistance Is Useless

Passage 4 Have You Been Taking Your Medicine?

Passage 5 Breathe Easy

Passage 6 Toothache

Passage 7 The Truth Shall Make You Thin

Passage 8 Arrest That Plaque

Passage 9 On the Pill

Passage 10 Don’t Blame Your Genes