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Reading aloudUnit 1It was a brilliant, hot day on the Seattle waterfront, with unspoilt views across the bay to outlying islands.Just beyond a stretch of grass where people lay with books and lovers, came the melody of live unaccompanied singing. It turned out to be four men outside a cafe singing a love song about Cupid, each with different voice ranges, and a deep, swaying crowd, clapping along.The Starbucks logo of the cafe struck me as a little old-fashioned until someone mentioned that this was the first Starbucks ever opened anywhere in the world.I had come to Seattle because of a recent survey by the Centre for Economic Performance in London, on how easy or difficult it was to get rich in different parts of the world or if not rich, at least move out of poverty.这是西雅图海边阳光明媚、赤日炎炎的一天，穿越海湾能一眼望见远处的岛屿，其自然美景没有受到任何破坏。人们躺在一片草坪上看书或和恋人相依，一阵充满活力的无伴奏的歌声从草坪 的另一端传了过来。原来是一家咖啡馆外面有4位男子正在唱着一首关于丘比特的情歌，每个人都有着不同的音域。围了几圈的人群正摇摆着身体合着节奏拍手。这家咖啡馆的星巴克徽标让我觉得有一点过时，直到有人提到这是世界上第一家开张的星巴克时我才恍然大悟。我是因为最近的一次调查来到西雅图的。这项调查是由位于伦敦的经济运转情况中心发起的，旨在了解在世界不同的地方发财致富究竟有多么容易或多么困难如果不是发财致富，至少也是摆脱贫困。Unit3This summer, American scientists will be charting the sea floor north of Alaska on a Coast Guard icebreaker. Chief scientist Larry Mayer says that hell always remember two sights from last years voyage, when the ice had shrunk so much that the ship was able to research at least 100 miles farther north than was previously possible. He was excited by the first sight: the sea bottom captured on his computer screen. The floor was pocked with 300-foot-wide holes, an occurrence that usually indicates escaping natural gas.The second sight occurred when Mayer was standing on deck. He spotted a lone polar bear drifting on a 30-foot-wide piece of ice. In the old days, the animal could have walked on solid ice back to land, but now it was bent and doomed. To Mayer, the two sights highlighted opportunity and tragedy in the least-mapped area of the world.这个夏天，美国科学家将乘坐海岸警卫队破冰船测绘阿拉斯加北边的海床。首席科学家拉里梅耶说，他将永远记得去年当冰层缩小使他们可以航行到超出以往最北处100多英里时看到的两个场景。第一个景象让他欢欣雀跃：电脑屏幕显示的海床上布满了300英尺宽的洞。它们往往意味着从海底溢出的天然气。而当梅耶站在甲板上时，第二个景象映入眼帘。他看到一只形单影只的北极熊在一块30英尺大小的冰上漂浮。以前，它可以从坚实的冰块上走回陆地，而现在，这头熊弓着身体，注定面对悲惨的结局。对梅耶来说，这两个场景凸显了这个地球上最不为人了解的地区正面临的机遇与不幸。Unit4First love, I thought, may register in the blood with dizzying effect, but the love that endures takes up residence in the soul. In this way, love becomes something far more powerful than bone and flesh. It completes us, gives us the wholeness we need to navigate safely through life.I could have watched my wife for hours as the waves broke and advanced toward her bare feet. In a world sometimes marred by hurt and anguish, I felt profoundly grateful that the sun had risen for me on such a love. I could feel it now flowing from me to her and back to me again, joined everywhere, complete, like the seas, and a harbor against all tempests.我想，令人目眩神速的初恋也许会融入血液中，但经得起考验的爱则永驻心头。从这个意义上说，爱比躯体更具活力。爱使我们变得完整，赋予我们平安度过一生所需的一切。我可以就这样数个小时一直端详着我的妻子。海浪不断迸溅开来，冲击着她光光的脚丫。这个世界有时因为伤害和痛苦而大煞风景，我却深深地感恩升起的旭日为我照亮了这样的真爱。此时此刻，我感到这般情感从我的心间流向了她的心头，然后又返回过来，把一切都连结了起来，这般地完整，就像面前的大海和港湾，能抵挡一切暴风雨。Unit8To begin with, education will start much earlier as the importance of preschool education is more widely recognized; then it will never end, for the signs are that the concept of lifelong education, already an ideal, is about to become a practical reality. Examinations, the bane of every students existence, may wither away, for they will be meaningless to people who are learning at their own pace.Above all, spirit and aims will change: the emphasis will be on learning, not teaching, and educations products will not be measured in terms of so much knowledge dispensed but of completely developed human beings.首先，由于学前教育的重要性得到更为广泛的认可，孩童的教育会起步更早，而且教育永远不会结束，因为种种迹象表明，“终身学习”这个概念现在已演化为一种理想，届时将成为现实。让每个学生都痛苦万分的考试行将消失，因为对于那些按自己的节奏学习的人来说，考试全无意义。尤为重要的是，教育的精神和目标也将改变：强调的将是“学”，而不是“教”，而且教育的成果将不按照传授多少知识来衡量，而是看有多少人因此得到全面发展。单项选择1.The economist warned that these policies could cause the economy to (collapse)2.His songs are always strong on (melody)3.The company serves 100 countries and is the only (global) IT4.It is a fashion that (is prevalent) among teenagers5.This is a/an (charity) dedicated to eliminating6.The state has established (harsh) penalties for drug dealers7.My father has been the familys (reliance) in times of trouble8.Happiness is always what everyone yearned (for)9.They are accused of trying to (shield) the official from10.They kept (swaying) backward and forward at an11.Actresses are (queuing up) for the role12.(In case) Im late,dont wait to start dinner13.Our marriage began to (go) wrong after my husband14.He took (up) the challenge of attemmpting to be15.The man asked me to sit down and then proceeded to read (out) the letter16.The two countries (disputed) for years over a small17.Many small companies (stand to ) lose financially.18.She searched through the pile of papers and found his letter (underneath)19.The communitys (prime) need is a new school20.(Descending) the mountain was even more ddangerous21.Ive just (spotted) Malcolm-hes over there22.Can I come and see you (sometime)?23.Parents enjoy (boasting) about their childrens24.Some people (thrive) on stress,but I hate it25.The money will (be divided up) among five different26.All the food added (up) to a total of 400 calories27.If inflation (heats up),interest rates could increase28.In fashion,she has always (led the way)29.I have not got as much money (as)you thought30.This tower is one and a half (times) the height of31.Some birds fly at night and (navigate) by the stars32.Whether you are experiencing physical pain,mental(anguish) or33.Mark needed a passport and a (residence) permit before he34.It usually takes several days for the pain to subside,although it can (linger)35.New Delhi,with its elegant wide (avenues) and immpressive36.Imagine yourself in a beautiful garden,dancing across the lawns in (sheer)37.After the first,each (subsequent) divorce becomes38.Perring out a few seconds later,Manville saw him turn and begin to (stroll)39.There are many (controllable) factors in sleep that can40.During the rest of that day there was no other adventure to (mar)41.In the hall the floorboards (creaked) and the walls 42.I found him (lazing) around in bed with a cup of coffee43.He (stammered) helplessly,unable to comprehend what was44.The Department of Health has published mine separate (volumes)45.The area of research is the automatic (recognition) of46.I want to buy a house which should be spacious.and (above all),low in price47.Seven years after they got married,their love was (withering) away48.Noisy and disobedient children are the (bane) of many mothers49.Their study reveals a (substantial) difference between male50.The report says that in practical (terms),this radiation level51.Many people thi