本书精选美国课堂教材“社会学科·历史与地理”“科学”“数学”“语言与文学”“观赏艺术”“音乐”中的材料，阅读主题丰富多彩，让英语学习变得更加轻松、有趣。每篇阅读材料都配有大量的练习。除了随堂练习外，还特别设置课后练习、学科综合练习，帮助学习者理解文章主旨，抓住阅读重点，逐步提升阅读能力。词汇是阅读的基础，本书专门制作了单词表，收录阅读中的重要单词，让学习者可以反复学习，直至掌握。本书收录的阅读材料都配有听力，扫描二维码即可收听地道英语，课后练习还专门设置了听写题，让学习者的阅读和听力水平同步提升。
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The Best Preparation for Building Academic Reading Skills and Vocabulary
American School Textbook Reading Key
The Reading Key series is designed to help students to understand American school textbooks and to develop background knowledge in a wide variety of academic topics. This series also provides learners with the opportunity to enhance their reading comprehension skills and vocabulary, which will assist them when they take various English exams.
Features
? A wide variety of topics that cover American school subjects helps learners expand their knowledge of academic topics through interdisciplinary studies
? Intensive practice for reading skill development helps learners prepare for various English exams
? Building vocabulary by school subjects and themed texts helps learners expand their vocabulary and reading skills in each subject
? Graphic organizers for each passage show the structure of the passage and help to build summary skills
? Captivating pictures and illustrations related to the topics help learners gain a broader understanding of the topics and key concepts
[美] 普特莱克，毕业于美国塔夫茨大学，获得英语文学学士和历史学硕士学位。他撰写的多部英语学习类畅销书被众多学子鼎力推荐。
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Social Studies ? History and Geography
Unit 01 ………………………………… 7
Early People and Civilizations
Early People
Unit 02 ………………………………… 11
Rivers and Civilizations
The Fertile Crescent and the Kingdoms of Egypt
Unit 03 ………………………………… 15
Asian Civilizations
The Indus Civilization
Unit 04 ………………………………… 19
The Ancient World
Ancient Greece
Unit 05 ………………………………… 23
The Ancient World
The Roman Empire
Unit 06 ………………………………… 27
The Renaissance and the Reformation
From the Middle Ages to the Reformation
Unit 07 ………………………………… 31
The Enlightenment: The Age of Reason
The Enlightenment and the French Revolution
Wrap-Up Test 1 ……………………… 35
Chapter 2 Science
Unit 08 ………………………………… 39
The Characteristics of Living Things
Cells, Reproduction, and Heredity
Unit 09 ………………………………… 43
The Earth’s Oceans
Oceans and Ocean Life
Unit 10 ………………………………… 47
Fossils
What We Can Learn from Fossils
Unit 11 ………………………………… 51
Force and Motion
Newton’s Laws
Unit 12 ………………………………… 55
Light Energy
Light Energy
Unit 13 ………………………………… 59
The Universe
Eclipses
Unit 14 ………………………………… 63
The Human Body
Diseases and the Immune System
Wrap-Up Test 2 ……………………… 67
Chapter 3 Mathematics ? Language ? Visual Arts ? Music
Unit 15 ………………………………… 71
Numbers and Computation
Factors, Prime Numbers, and Exponents
Unit 16 ………………………………… 75
Geometry
Dimensions
Unit 17 ………………………………… 79
Stories, Myths, and Legends
Pygmalion
Unit 18 ………………………………… 83
Grammar and Usage
Sentences
Unit 19 ………………………………… 87
Art Movements
From Baroque Art to Pop Art
Unit 20 ………………………………… 91
The Music of the Middle Ages
Gregorian Chants and
Polyphonic Music
Wrap-Up Test 3 ……………………… 95
? School Textbook 97
? Answers and Translations 139
? Word List 156
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