本书练习均来自与“学习目标”对应的各种英语考试的真题及模拟题，在选取文章时既注意与对应课文的关联性，又注意语言的优雅、凝练和幽默，句型工整而又富于变化。本册重点在于理解语篇内句子之间内在的逻辑关系，使学习者认识到句型的精练、优美、实用与可模仿性，从而将其有机地运用于英语写作之中；并进一步扩充对所讲解词汇、短语及语法的实战运用，为考生顺利通过各种英语考试打下扎实的基础。

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Lesson 1 A puma at large
Lesson 2 Thirteen equals one
Lesson 3 An unknown goddess
Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs
Lesson 5 The facts
Lesson 6 Smash-and-grab
Lesson 7 Mutilated ladies
Lesson 8 A famous monastery
Lesson 9 Flying cats
Lesson 10 The loss of the Titanic
Lesson 11 Not guilty
Lesson 12 Life on a desert island
Lesson 13 "It's only me"
Lesson 14 A noble gangster
Lesson 15 Fifty pence worth of trouble
Lesson 16 Mary had a little lamb
Lesson 17 The longest suspension bridge in the world
Lesson 18 Electric currents in modern art
Lesson 19 A very dear cat
Lesson 20 Pioneer pilots
Lesson 21 Daniel Mendoza
Lesson 22 By heart
Lesson 23 One man's meat is another man's poison
Lesson 24 A skeleton in the cupboard
Lesson 25 The Cutty Sark
Lesson 26 Wanted: a large biscuit tin
Lesson 27 Nothing to sell and nothing to buy
Lesson 28 Five pounds too dear
Lesson 29 Funny or not?
Lesson 30 The death of a ghost
Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric
Lesson 32 A lost ship
Lesson 33 A day to remember
Lesson 34 A happy discovery
Lesson 35 Justice was done
Lesson 36 A chance in a million
Lesson 37 The Westhaven Express
Lesson 38 The first calendar
Lesson 39 Nothing to worry about
Lesson 40 Who's who
Lesson 41 Illusions of pastoral peace?
Lesson 42 Modern Cavemen
Lesson 43 Fully insured
Lesson 44 Speed and comfort
Lesson 45 The power of the press
Lesson 46 Do it yourself
Lesson 47 Too high a price?
Lesson 48 The silent village
Lesson 49 The ideal servant
Lesson 50 New Year resolutions
Lesson 51 Predicting the future
Lesson 52 Mud is mud
Lesson 53 In the public interest
Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness?
Lesson 55 From the earth: Greetings
Lesson 56 Our neighbour, the river
Lesson 57 Back in the old country
Lesson 58 A spot of bother
Lesson 59 Collecting
Lesson 60 Too early and too late