本书专为准备参加国家公派留学人员英语统考阅读考试的考生而编写。通过本书的学习，考生可以了解和熟悉国家公派留学人员英语统考阅读考试的形式和内容，练习和掌握浏览、快读、细读等阅读策略和方法，加快阅读速度，为顺利通过考试奠定基础。三、章节安排

本书共分三章，第一章为学习篇，含三个单元；第二章为训练篇，含两个单元；第三章为测试篇，含6套测试题。书后提供练习和测试题的参考答案。

《国家公派留学人员英语统考教材》专为准备参加国家公派留学人员英语统考的考生编写，含听力、口语、阅读、写作四册。帮助考生熟悉考试形式和内容，提高英语听、说、读、写能力，掌握应试技巧，为顺利通过考试奠定基础。

《阅读》分册内容分为三大部分：

第一部分：学习篇。学习基础阅读策略，包括运用构词法猜测词义、运用上下文线索猜测词义、英语知识综合运用。

第二部分：训练篇。包括阅读考试题型分析和22篇文章的阅读训练。

第三部分：测试篇。含6套阅读模拟试题。

本书提供阅读训练及模拟试题的词汇和参考答案。

Part One Learning(学习篇)

 Chapter 1 Word Attack Skills(1)--Morphology(运用构词法猜测词义)

 Chapter 2 Word Attack Skills(2)--Context Clues(运用上下文线索猜测词义)

 Chapter 3 Use of English(综合运用)

 Sample Exercise

 Exercises

Part Two Practising(训练篇)

 Chapter 4 Looking for Answers(寻找答案)

 Sample Passage

 Types of Questions

 Chapter 5 Reading Practice(阅读训练)

 Shorter Passages

Passage 1：The Science of Consumer Behavior

Passage 2：Milk“EssentiaI in Pregnancy”

Passage 3：Switching CoIleges Is Common but Takes a Toll

Passage 4：Asian Tsunami Disaster

Passage 5：Insects CouId Save Lives

Passage 6：Target：London--Again

Passage 7：A Quick Solution On Sports Fields

Passage 8：A Market Doubles--Overnig ht

Passage 9：Live Poultry Banned in the Chinese CapitaI

Passage 10：Putting a Lock on CDs

Passage 11：You Are Not Getting Older，Just Your DNA 

 Longer Passages

Passage 12：Bridge Puts Recycled Plastic to UnusuaI Use

Passage 13：Preventive Parenting

Passage 14：News from the Schools

Passage 15：Altered States

Passage 16：Ambition--Why Some People Are More Likely to Succeed

Passage 17：The Transformation of Marriage

Passage 18：Surgery Might Be a Cure

Passage 19：Wild Fish Catch Hits Limit

Passage 20：Dogged Pursuit

Passage 21：Hurricanes

Passage 22：Cancer

 Vocabulary

Part Three Testi ng(测试篇)

 Chapter 6 Tests(测试题)

 Test 1

Passage 1：Baby Elephant

Passage 2：Cars and Motoring

Passage 3：Grass Makes Better Ethanol than Corn Does

Passage 4：Everyone Is a Journalist

 Test 2

Passage 1：Reservoirs of Water Found beneath Antarctic Ice

Passage 2：Amnesiacs Struggle to Imagine Future Events

Passage 3：Finally，the Free Lunch?

Passage 4：Prison Violence On

Test 3

Passage 1：Why a Lion Is Smaller than an Elephant

Passage 2：Older but Mellower

Passage 3：To Cleanse a Poisoned Land

Passage 4：First Alert

Test 4

Passage 1：Self-Healing Cars

Passage 2：The Politics of Playtime

Passage 3：A Human Butterfly

Passage 4：The Mystery of the Deep Sea

Test 5

Passage 1：Diamond--Not Just a Pretty Rock

Passage 2：Sweetness and Fight

Passage 3：More than Adoption

Passage 4：Are We Alone in the Universe?

 Test 6

Passage 1：Going to Extremes

Passage 2：Pacifier News Not Soothing

Passage 3：Screening for Terrorism

Passage 4：Love

 Vocabulary

 Key(答案)