与考研命题人的思路一样，编者着眼于《经济学家》、《新闻周刊》、《时代周刊》、《纽约时报》、《泰晤士报》、《英国卫报》这六本国外的优秀杂志，从近几年刊载的文章中各精选出五十篇。根据考开真题的题材类型将这些文章分为社会类、文教类、经济类、科技类和健康类五部分。本书为其中的新闻周刊分册。

社会类

Passage One Deserving of Respect

Passage Two A Case of Gender Blues

Passage Three Poor Among Plenty

Passage Four The Insurance Climate Change

Passage Five Financial Planning: Wills and Other Ways

Passage Six Making Your Grass Greener

Passage Seven Real Food for Thought

Passage Eight Smile! You're an Unwitting Net Star

Passage Nine Get Ready to Rumble

Passage Ten As Kids Grow, So Do Risks

文教类

Passage One Movies: Who's That Guy with Harry Potter?

Passage Two Girls Going Mild(er)

Passage Three The Men of Summer

Passage Four Fourth-Grade Slump

Passage Five The Low Cost of Guitar Heroism

Passage Six Making a New Buzz

Passage Seven The Rev. John Foley

Passage Eight Common

Passage Nine There's Something about Mary

Passage Ten Extreme Makeovers

经济类

Passage One The Economic Mega-Worry

Passage Two Escape From the Money Pit

Passage Three Europe's Apple Attack

Passage Four Easy Money, a Click Away

Passage Five Putting Detroit in the Shop

Passage Six Life in the Slow Lane

Passage Seven The Color of Money

Passage Eight How to Count Eyeballs

Passage Nine Rogue Offspring

Passage Ten Rebalancing the Economy

科技类

Passage One Perfecting Pinot

Passage Two Honey, iBricked the New Mobile Phone!

Passage Three Who's the Smart Sibling?

Passage Four Know Thyself-Man, Rat or Bot?

Passage Five Prick Up Your Rabbit Ears

Passage Six Technology: Valley of the Gadgets

Passage Seven Making the Skies Green

Passage Eight Targeting Needless Breast Biopsies

Passage Nine New Flights of Fancy

Passage Ten Plotting Pluto's Comeback

健康类

Passage One A Passionate Advocate for Addicts of All kinds, She's Determined to Find a Cure

Passage Two The Dieter's Dilemma

Passage Three Vitamin D in the Spotlight

Passage Four Old Bugs Learn Some New Tricks

Passage Five Minds and Magnets

Passage SIX Health: I Screen, You Screen

Passage Seven Cancer and Staying Fit

Passage Eight Can We Slow Aging?

Passage Nine A Terrible Mystery.

Passage Ten Rivers of Doubt