《上海外语口译证书培训与考试系列丛书：英语**口译证书考试**阅读教程（第4版）》是为培养和提高学生的英语报刊阅读能力并进而加强和巩固英语口译能力而编写的。第四版的编写原则和体例与前三版基本相同，替换的文章占全书的五分之二，多为近两年发表在英美报刊杂志上的文章，选材的渠道有所拓展，主题也更为广泛了。读者应具有中级以上英语水平，在经过一个阶段的学习后，一般应能达到或基本达到“英语**口译证书考试大纲”对英语报刊阅读能力的要求。

Part One Society Lesson 1 Reading A The Great Awakening Reading B The Next American Century Lesson 2 Reading A Life Behind the Prison Looking Glass Reading B The Twilight of the Elites Lesson 3 Reading A Social Security: Is There Really a Crisis? Reading B Must Try Harder Lesson 4 Reading A Who Says A Woman Can't Be Einstein? Reading B Taming Wild Girls Lesson 5 Reading A Stop Thinking That All Religions Are Essentially theSame Reading B Putting God Back into American History Reading C Politicians Should Serve You, Not WealthyContributorsPart Two Science & Technology Lesson 6 Reading A Blingtronics Reading B The Power of Us Lesson 7 Reading A Grand Theft Identity Reading B Toy Soldiers Lesson 8 Reading A The Maverick God of Small Things Reading B Buzz off, Harry -- Britain Needs Reinventing Reading C Changing Channels Lesson 9 Reading A Nature Is the Model Factory Reading B Quantum Money: Note PerfectPart Three Adolescence & Education Lesson 10 Reading A To Get Good Teachers and Doctors, Measure ThemBetter Reading B Cook the Books Lesson 11 Reading A The Importance of Resilience Reading B You Don't Scare Me, 007 -- I'm a Killer Too Reading C How a Jury of Teens May Put a New Spin on JuvenileJusticePart Four Mind & Health Lesson 12 Reading A Ignorance Is Bliss Reading B Choice Words on Having Too Much Choice Lesson 13 Reading A Eat Less, Live Longer? Reading B When I Stopped Thinking, I Wrote Illness out of My Life Lesson 14 Reading A Who Has Designs on Your Students' Minds? Reading B Water, Air, Fire, Earth: the Original Fab FourPart Five Business & Economy Lesson 15 Reading A US Red Ink = America's Global Weakness Reading B The First World Debt Crisis Only Serves to Hastenthe Shift of Power to the East Reading C A Biotech Battle Royal: Rivals Laying Siege toAmgen's Near Monopoly in Anemia Drugs Lesson 16 Reading A Tagged, and Ready for Bed Reading B Upstart StatesPart Six Reading Tests 英语**口译考试阅读测试概要 英语**口译考试阅读测试题 Test One Section 2 Section 5 Test Two Section 2 Section 5 Test Three Section 2 Section 5 Test Four Section 2 Section 5 英语**口译考试阅读测试题参考答案