《考研英语阅读题源Ⅱ》系列结合读者对于前两版的反馈意见,以及近年考研英语阅读的命题实际,选取了符合大家阅读偏好,同时也是考研英语阅读理解文章*集中的题源The Economist《经济学家》、Newsweek《新闻周刊》、Time《时代周刊》、The New York Times《纽约时报》4份期刊杂志,从这些为考研命题者所青睐的**原版期刊杂志中分别精选出50篇与考研英语阅读命题趋势相贴近的*新文章,具有较强的时效性。
本册为其中的“新闻周刊分册”,分为社会类、经济类?五类。

社会类
Passage 1 Havmg Kids Makes You Happy
Passage 2 Phones without Homes
Passage 3 On the Job Gaming
Passage 4 The Bad News about Your Job
Passage 5 Children ofthe System
Passage 6 ANanny's Diary
Passage 7 AThe Argument against Paid Family Leave
Passage 8 Negotiating a Credit-Card Crisis
Passage 9 Lonely Planet
Passage 10 Marriedwith Lies
文教类
Passage 1 How Much Did“Taxi to the Dark Side” Eam at the American Box Office?
Passage 2 Lessons from Locke
Passage 3 Struggling School-Age Boys
Passage 4 Armchaff Survivor
Passage 5 A New Look for Japan's Musicians
Passage 6 Shock Thempy
Passage 7 Taking the Longer Road
Passage 8 The Sound of One Hand Clicking
Passage 9 The Guitar Is the Hero in It Might Get Loud
Passage 10 Getting Schooled about Money
经济类
Passage 1 Yahooligans at the Window
Passage 2 The Wal-Mart Puzzle
Passage 3 Hold the Hysteria(For Now)
Passage 4 You Call This a Depression?
Passage 5 The Biggest Thing to Fear Is Fear
Passage 6 Can Anything Save Magazines?
Passage 7 McKinsey's Cracked Crystal Ball
Passage 8 The New Boom-Bust Cycle
Passage 9 Cash for Clunkers'Lasting Impac
Passage 10 What's Good for IBM
科技类
Passage 1 Living in the Clouds
Passage 2 Digital Hide and Seek
Passage 3 My Blackberry as a Bomb Sniffer?
Passage 4 Technology to Wear
Passage 5 Apple's New Weapon
Passage 6 Life's Complexities
Passage 7 A Truce in the Crop Wars
Passage 8 Plugging Into the Future
Passage 9 High Tech Pets
Passage 10 TV's Next Dimension
健康类
Passage 1 It's the Season of Temptation
Passage 2 More Good News about Vitamin D
Passage 3 The Power of Stations
Passage 4 Eat Less,Live Longer?
Passage 5 The Medicine ofUs and Them
Passage 6 Another Reason to Stay Married
Passage 7 Campus Contagion7
Passage 8 Training Faulty Brains to Work Better
Passage 9 Are Fat Friends Bad for Each Other?
Passage 10 Organic Food for Thought

江涛,原北京外国语大学青年教师,英国、挪威、荷兰等多国留学背景。从教多年。受中国各大省、市100多所知名高校之邀,演讲千余场,以其**感染力的激情,一针见血的点评,坦诚务实的作风广受学员赞誉。主编《80天攻克雅思》、《英语大赢家》、《四六级晨读经典》等系列丛书,出版英语教学类书籍上千万字,畅销大陆。远销台湾及东南亚地区。2003年同语言学家、美籍华人彭铁城教授创办华盛顿国际英语学校;2005年创办卓成教育,首开中国民营教育机构多元化研究与大学师资培训之先河。同年,受**领导人全国人大常委会副委员长成思危接见。