《阅读专题特训+高频词汇快速突破》作者根据历年雅思阅读考题，对出题的范围进行了总结，把涉及的题材大体分为十二大类别：(1)自然现象，(2)人类历史上的重大事件，(3)交通运输，(4)语言，(5)环境保护，(6)动物，(7)建筑，(8)社会问题，(9)**卫生，(10)农、工、商，(11)教育，(12)科学技术。《阅读专题特训+高频词汇快速突破》的阅读训练部分就是按照这十二个专题分单元编写的，每个单元包括五篇由短到长的文章，每个单元的练习都覆盖各种常见题型。这样的编写让考生对每个专题都能得到充分的阅读训练，从而熟悉这一专题可能涉及的词汇、表达方式和出题方式。这样，在真正的考试中，就不会因为对题材感到生疏而影响阅读速度。

Introduction雅思阅读考试简介
一、雅思阅读考试简介
二、如何提高雅思阅读能力
三、雅思阅读考试解题技巧

IELTS Reading Activities
Unit One Natural Phenomena (自然现象)
Reading Passage 1: Earthquakes in History
Reading Passage 2: E1 Nino's
Reading Passage 3: Storms
Reading Passage 4: Coasts in Crisis
Reading Passage 5: Mount Saint Helens

Unit Two Important Events in Human History (人类历史上的重大事件)
Reading Passage 1: The History of Coins
Reading Passage 2: The Olympic Games
Reading Passage 3: The Story of Aviation
Reading Passage 4: History of the Wheel
Reading Passage 5: The Mystery of Time

Unit Three Transportation (交通运输)
Reading Passage 1: Rally for a Car-free Prospect Park
Reading Passage 2: Capacity Problems of Public Transportation System
Reading Passage 3: Teen Driving Safety: A National Priority
Reading Passage 4: Chicago Area Is Not Alone in Transit Woes, Survey Says
Reading Passage 5: When Public Transit Ceases to Be Public

Unit Four Language (语言)
Reading Passage 1: Language, Culture, and Health Care Delivery
Reading Passage 2: Critical Period
Reading Passage 3: Languages of the World
Reading Passage 4: Babbling
Reading Passage 5: Baby Talk

Unit Five Environmental Protection (环境保护)
Reading Passage 1: A Growing Coral Crisis
Reading Passage 2: Acid Rain: What's the Solution?
Reading Passage 3: Paper Recycling Process Benefits Environment and Profits
Reading Passage 4: Handle with Care
Reading Passage 5: Is the World Really Coming to an End?

Unit Six Animals (动物)
Reading Passage 1: The Animal Kingdom
Reading Passage 2: Life in the Water
Reading Passage 3: Bandit Birds: Crows
Reading Passage 4: Bees
Reading Passage 5: The ABC's of Adaptation: Staying Alive

Unit Seven Architecture (建筑)
Reading Passage 1: A New Expansion Plan of the Whitney Museum of American Art
Reading Passage 2: Forgotten Designers: Homes Built by Women
Reading Passage 3: Students Master the Art of Building
Reading Passage 4: Heads up! Roofs in Traditional Chinese Architecture
Reading Passage 5: A Brief Introduction to Traditional Chinese Architecture

Unit Eight Social Issues (社会问题)
Reading Passage 1: Rising Fuel Prices
Reading Passage 2: What Goes Wrong with Our Math Education?
Reading Passage 3: University Teachers Became Jobless
Reading Passage 4: Rising Food Prices
Reading Passage 5: World Bank's Poverty Estimates Revised

Unit Nine Medical Science (**卫生)
Reading Passage 1: Smoking and Cancer
Reading Passage 2: A Map for Smart Eating
Reading Passage 3: AIDS: the Nation's Worst Public-health Problem
Reading Passage 4: Identical Twins
Reading Passage 5: Genes

Unit Ten Agriculture, Industry and Commerce (农、工、商)
Reading Passage 1: Paper and Its Uses
Reading Passage 2: Personnel Recruiting
Reading Passage 3: Business Ethics
Reading Passage 4: Scientists Make Plants Grow Faster
Reading Passage 5: Glass

Unit Eleven Education (教育)
Reading Passage 1: Teacher-pupil Relations in the Digital Age
Reading Passage 2: Melbourne University Private
Reading Passage 3: Computers Change Learning
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