PART 1 选词填空
01 A Cube That Can Walk…………………………………………………………………………………………………2
02 Memory Appears Susceptible to Eradication of Fear Responses ………………………………………………………5
03 Online Privacy: How to Disappear……………………………………………………………………………………...9
04 Light Pollution May Cause Early Spring in Cities…………………………………………………………………….14
05 Solar Power Could Serve All of the World’s Energy Needs …………………………………………………………..17
06 It’s No Better to Put Your Child Into a Gifted Program……………………………………………………………….21
07 Information Superhighway…………………………………………………………………………………………….25
08 How to Live Longer: Find Your Purpose in Life………………………………………………………………………29
09 Does Greeness Affect Health?........................................................................................................................................32
10 Poverty Will Never Die in American Society?...............................................................................................................36
11 Various Recreation Tastes……………………………………………………………………………………………...40
12 Eating in Antarctica……………………………………………………………………………………………………44
13 Einstein and Hilbert……………………………………………………………………………………………………48
14 Does Creative Intelligence Matter?................................................................................................................................52
15 Physicians Integrate Yoga Into Medical Practice………………………………………………………………………56
16 A New Study Shows Benefit of Playing Video Games for Kids………………………………………………………59
17 Texting Makes You Stupid……………………………………………………………………………………………..63
18 Smoking: Weight Watchers…………………………………………………………………………………………….67
19 Big in Norway: Slow TV………………………………………………………………………………………………71
20 Replacing Food: An Engineer’s Approach to Body Fuel………………………………………………………………74
PART 2 长篇阅读
01 The Amazon Mystery………………………………………………………………………………………………….80
02 Too Much Healthcare………………………………………………………………………………………………….88
03 The Health Risks of Small Apartments ………………………………………………………………………………..96
04 Should Medical School Be Shortened to Three Years?................................................................................................104
05 Raising the Minimum Wage Reduces Poverty……………………………………………………………………….112
06 Why Do You Go to College?........................................................................................................................................120
07 Sardines Will Abandon You……………………………………………………………………………………….….128
08 What America Won in the “War on Poverty”?..............................................................................................................136
09 The Secret of Obesity…………………………………………………………………………………………………143
10 Food Doesn’t Have to Wear Makeup…………………………………………………………………………………150
11 Don’t Worry, Be Happy…………………………………………………………………………………………….…158
12 Are Modern Kids Coddled? …………………………………………………………………………………….……166
13 The Morality Test…………………………………………………………………………………………………..…173
14 Eating Our Young………………………………………………………………………………………………..……182
15 The Drugs Don’t Work……………………………………………………………………………………..…………190
16 Save the Post Office From Extinction…………………………………………………………………………...……199
17 What Dreams Are Made of? ……………………………………………………………………………………….…207
18 Into the Unknown……………………………………………………………………………………………………..215
19 Flexible Study for the Future Universities……………………………………………………………………………222
20 What Do the Humanities Teach Us? …………………………………………………………………………………230
PART 3 仔细阅读
01 Delivery by Drone? …………………………………………………………………………………………………..238
02 Why You Have the Illusion That Your Phone Is Vibrating? ………………………………………………………… 242
03 Is Sustainable Always Better? ……………………………………………………………………………………. …246
04 Tobacco Control Has Saved 8 Million Lives…………………………………………………………………………250
05 The Art Market: Fairly Popular…………………………………………………………………………………….…254
06 Millennials Dream About Travel and Self-employment………………………………………………………………258
07 Know Yourself: How Mindfulness Can Improve Self-knowledge……………………………………………………262
08 Will the Leaning Tower of Pisa Ever Fall? ……………………………………………………………………..….…266
09 More Time Is Needed to Pay Off the Mortgage…………………………………………………………………....…269
10 Sorry, Marriage Is a “Luxury Good” ………………………………………………………………………...……….273
11 Are Selective Schools the Only School? …………………………………………………………………………..…276
12 The Myth of Blind Conformity…………………………………………………………………………………….…280
13 America’s Clash of Generations Is Inevitable………………………………………………………………….…..…285
14 You Have Never Actually Used a Styrofoam Product……………………………………………………………..…289
15 It’s Better to Be Right Than Happy………………………………………………………………………………..…293
16 Form Good Habits Instead of Enhancing Self-control Ability…………………………………………………….…297
17 Are People Really Staring at You? ………………………………………………………………………………...…301
18 What If There Were No Gravity on Earth? ………………………………………………………………………..…305
19 Is Einstein 2.0 Possible Today? ………………………………………………………………………………………309
20 Is an Expensive Watch Any Better at Telling Time? …………………………………………………………………313
21 The Brains of Men and Women Really Are Different……………………………………………………………..…317
22 Walt Disney………………………………………………………………………………………………………...…321
23 AIDS in India: The Cost of Living……………………………………………………………………………………325
24 GM Maize and Health…………………………………………………………………………………………………329
25 Intelligence……………………………………………………………………………………………………………333
26 Bigger Weddings Lead to Happier Marriages……………………………………………………………………...…337
27 A Decline of the Traditional Work-moral Values………………………………………………………………..……342
28 Conceptions of the World Is Relative to the Language One Learns? …………………………………………..….…346
29 The Spice of Language……………………………………………………………………………………………..…351
30 The Extinction of the Whales……………………………………………………………………………..………..…356
31 Too Much Choice Leads to Riskier Decisions…………………………………………………………………..……361
32 Ostracism Cuts Both Ways……………………………………………………………………………………………365
33 What Effect Does Extreme Cold Have on the Human Body? ………………………………………………….……369
34 Turtles in Danger…………………………………………………………………………………………………..…372
35 Growing Up Poor and Stressed Impacts Brain Function……………………………………………………….……376
36 Electricity From Waste Heat With More Efficient Materials. ………………………………………………………380
37 What You Should Ask Before Opting for Elective Surgery…………………………………………………………384
38 Why Are There So Many Tunnels Under London? …………………………………………………………………388
39 Our History Is Under Attack. ……………………………………………………………………………………..…392
40 Scientists Discover Freshwater Under the Ocean……………………………………………………………………396