快速阅读能力是创新型、开拓型人才必须具备的一种能力。这种能力不是与生俱来的，而是通过专业培训与合理练习获得的。也就是说，通过一定的语言能力积累、心理承受能力的训练，并辅以科学、适当的方法，是可以掌握快速阅读的技巧与方法的。学会快速阅读，对于扩大阅读范围、增加词汇数量、丰富语言知识、增强英语语感大有裨益。

Unit 1

Text A When Adventure Tourism Kills

Text B First Rule of the Ant Colony: No Hanky-Panky

Text C "Hotel for Dogs" Is Puppy Chow

Unit 2

Text A Is It Just Me? I.et's Stop Scaring Our Kids

Text B Reflections on the Surprises and Joys of Growing Older

Text C How a Sudden Storm Turned into a Struggle for Survival

Unit 3

Text A If Women Were More Like Men: Why Females Earn Less

Text B Michelle bama Interview. Her Father's Daughter

Text C Women, Ageing and Health

Unit 4

Text A Princess of Monaco--Grace Kelly

Text B The Trumans

Text C A I.ecture of a Lifetime

Unit 5

Text A Your Mother Is Moving in? That's Great

 Text B Your Nest Is Empty? Enjoy Each Other

 Text C "What I Want for You and Every Child in America"

Unit 6

 Text A An Adventurous Woman's Fight Against Cancer

 Text B The Mystery of Borderline Personality Disorder

 Text C Alternative Ways to Burn Calories and Build Strength

Unit 7

 Text A Should Students Be Paid for Good Grades?

 Text B Rhee Tackles Classroom Challenge

 Text C Employee Diversity Training Doesn't Work

Unit 8

 Text A Nepalese Porters May Be World's Most Efficient Haulers

 Text B A Walk Through New Zealand's Watery Wild

 Text C Melting Himalayan Glaciers May Doom Towns

Unit 9

 Text A A Look at China: City of Shadows

 Text B The Queen Makes Her 56th Christmas Broadcast to the

       Nations

 Text C Valentine's Day

Unit 10

 Text A Guaranteed Ways to Succeed at Resolutions

 Text B How to Set and Pursue Healthy Personal Goals

 Text C Meet My Boss

Unit 11

 Text A Occupational and Community Noise

 Text B Tech-ed up Teachers

 Text C Stem Cell Research "Dream Team" Now Complete

Unit 12

 Text A Davos--World Economic Forum

 Text B Quick Study: Dollar Doldrums

 Text C Barbie at 50: the Blonde Ambition Beneath the Hard

       Exterior

Unit 13

 Text A Fast Food Firms Taken to Task After Survey of Street

       Litter

 Text B Nutritional Insights on Saving Money

 Text C U.S. Introduces a Revised Food Pyramid

Unit 14

 Text A Learning to Be Good Enough

 Text B The Triumph of the Readers

 Text C When the Patient Is a Googler

Unit 15

Text A For Intimate Music, the Boldest of Designs

Text B The Great Library Jefferson Began, and How It Grew

Text C Oscar Academy Award

Unit 16

Text A Blood Safety and Donation

Text B East Brain, West Brain

Text C Minor Differences Mean a Lot

Key to Comprehension Exercises