上海市英语中级口译岗位资格证书考试“中的英语阅读理解项目主要测试学员的阅读理解能力、综合概括能力与英语**政治、经济、文化等相关的知识面及词汇量等。根据上海市英中级口译岗位资格证书考试大纲以及《中级阅读教程》，我们编写了《中级阅读辅导教程》，旨在帮助学员更有效地学习《中级阅读教程》，进一步培养和提高学员的英语阅读理解能力。
本书的主要特点：1 本书是“上海市英语中级口译资格证书”应试培养**教材，中级阅读教程》的配套辅导教材，分为十六单元，每一单元的辅导内容均围绕该单元的主题展开。2 本书紧扣《中级阅读教程》，实用性、针对性强。学员可根据实际情况，选读有关辅导内容。3 本书由上海市英语口译岗位资格证书专家组审定，附阅读练习参考答案。

UNIT ONE PEOPLE
Reading A A Ma'am for All Seasons-the Queen Mother（1900-2002）
Reading B More People and More Products
Reading C Motherhood Is a No-Win Situation
Reading Practice
UNIT TWO FOOD
Reading A Graving the Crawlies
Reading B The Pleasures of Eating
Reading C Bakery Products
Reading Practice
UNIT THREE HOUSE
Reading A Building a House
Reading B A Roof over Our Heads
Reading C The Construction of and Independent City-State
Reading Practice
UNIT FOUR SHOPPING
Reading A An English Christmas
Reading B Junk Hunting
Reading C How to Be a Powerful Consumer?
Reading Practice
UNIT FIVE TRANSPORT
Reading A Just Plane Dangerous?
Reading B Artificial Waterways
Reading C Safety Instructions
Reading Practice
UNIT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Reading A Clean Ari, Dirty Fight
Reading B Homeless on the Range
Reading C The Changing Face of the Arctic
Reading Practice
UNIT THE NATURAL WORLD
Reading A The Forest
Reading B The Whale
Reading C The Elephant
Reading Practice
UNIT EIGHT WEATHER AND CLIMATE
Reading A Air and Wind
Reading B What Makes the Weather
Reading C Meteorology
Reading Practice
UNIT NINE COMMUNICATION
Reading A The Electric Telegraph
Reading B The Telephone and Its Inventor
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UNIT TEN THE MEDIA
UNIT ELEVEN CRIME
UNIT TWELVE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
UNIT THIRTEEN ENTERTAINMENT
UNIT FOURTEEN ECONOMY
UNIT FIFITEEN HEALTH
UNIT SIXTEEN EDUCATION
KEY to READING PRACTICE