本丛书共两册,每册原有十个单元(Unit),引进出版时作了筛选,现有八个单元。每单元都是一套完整的测试,其中包含两个部分:阅读理解(READING COMPREHENSION)和语言体系(LANGUAGE SYSTEMS)。第一部分“阅读理解”旨在使学生对所给的文章内容有深层的理解。每单元都安排了不同体裁的阅读材料,有人文故事、传记、说明文、时事评论等。文后的习题用以测试学生对文章主题、细节和作者写作意图的理解程序。第二部分“语言体系”包括英语语言系统的结构、运用,以及对学生英语语言不同方面的测试。
Unit 1 Part 1 Reading Comprehension 1
Tackling(解决) Air Pollution 1
Part 2 Language Systems 3
Unit 2 Part 1 Reading Comprehension 13
Water Pollution: a Menace to Hong Kong 13
Part 2 Language Systems 16
Unit 3 Part 1 Reading Comprehension 24
Food Security and Population Growth 24
Part 2 Language Systems 27
Unit 4 Part 1 Reading Comprehension 35
Quest for Happiness 35
Part 2 Language Systems 38
Unit 5 Part 1 Reading Comprehension 47
PartTime Labour Craze among Students 47
Part 2 Language Systems 50
Unit 6 Part 1 Reading Comprehension 58
Pros and Cons of Capital Punishment(死刑) 58
Part 2 Language Systems 61
Unit 7 Part 1 Reading Comprehension 70
Fast Food Mania Invades Hong Kong 70
Part 2 Language Systems 72
Unit 8 Part 1 Reading Comprehension 81
Introducing: ‘White Knuckles’ 81
Part 2 Language Systems 84
Answers and Explanations 92