《新托福考试阅读技能与考点精练》系列教材分为三个级别,旨在提高考生的阅读能力,帮助考生逐步掌握应对新托福阅读测试所需的多种阅读技能。本书为该系列教材中的**,适合有较高英语水平的考生学习使用。
本书所收录的文章均根据新括福考试阅读文章的特点精心挑选而成,其主题涵盖了人文、历史、科学、社会、天文、地理等领域,题材广泛,具有国际性,可有效帮助考生拓宽知识面。书中的英语语言技巧和文章内容者为力实用、有趣。希望所有使用这本书的考生和老师者能从中获得乐趣并受益,在备考新托福考试的同时领略到丰富多元、相互依存的世界文化。
书中不仅根据新托福考试阅读文章的题材、题型、考点等专门设置了测试题目,还提供听、说、写方面的练习,完全符合新托福考试听、说、读、写四方面并重的考查特点,为学习者备考其他三项测试打下良好的基础。

1 the world of world music
reading skill:summarizing
2 oases in space
reading skill:understanding literal and figurative meanings
3 j-ball
reading skill:understanding chronological order
4 urban legends
reading skill:scanning
5 the name came
reading skill:understanding examples and essay development
6 mastering the law of gravity
reading skill:making lnferences
7 smart cars lntelligent highways
reading skill:understanding the author s viewpoint and tone
8 the ups and downs of yo-yos
reading skill:understanding reference words
9 did the chinese disccsccver america
reading skill:charting ldeas
10 globalization and antiglobalization
reading skill:understanding conasting ldeas
11 vanishing languages
reading skill:understanding quotations
12 internet milestones
reading skill:understanding and writing paraphrases
13 angkor wat
reading skill:scanning2
14 what happened at roswell?
reading skill:vocabulary from context
vocabulary lndex
reading skills chart
answer keys,audio scripts,and puzzle solutions:units 1-14
quizzes:units 1-14
answer key:quizzes