新编高中英语阅读强化训练

出版时间：2000-5  出版社：上海译文出版社  作者：陈锡麟，王珽 著  页数：175  

前言

　　上海市教委制定的《面向21世纪上海市中小学外语学科教育改革行动纲领》明确要求高中毕业生要做到一门外语能力基本过关。为真正提高学生听、说、读、写的能力，高中外语词汇量要求达到5千单词，阅读量达到60万个单词。　　要达到这样的目标，依靠课堂内阅读有限的课文材料显然是远远不够的。学生只有通过足够的阅读训练，才能获得较为理想的语言能力。　　阅读能力的强弱相当程度上反映出学生语言运用能力的优劣。因而在各种水平的英语考试中，阅读理解的测试都是一个非常重要的部分。加强阅读方面的训练，有利于英语水平的提高，自然也是备考工作中不可或缺的一环了。　　有鉴于此，我们选编了这一本《新编高中英语阅读强化训练》供学生课外阅读。本书内容分为社会与文化、科学与技术以及趣味故事等三大类别。前两个部分的阅读主要是以获取信息为目的，后一部分的阅读则更多是为了提高兴趣。对于提高阅读能力来说，各种材料的阅读都是必要的。通过阅读各种类型的材料，可以巩固和扩大词汇量，提高理解力和阅读速度。但从考试角度来看，则宜将重点较多地集中在知识性的材料。为此，我们在选材的比例上较多地偏向于前两个部分：在所选的材料中社会文化和科技知识类共占72.5％，而故事类则只占27.5％。根据通用的测试习惯，每篇材料后都设计了五道测试理解能力的选择题。书后附有全部答案。　　希望本书对高中学生英语学习会有所帮助。书中凡有疏漏不妥之处，谨请读者指正为感。

内容概要

　　《新编高中英语阅读强化训练》内容分为社会与文化、科学与技术以及趣味故事等三大类别。前两个部分的阅读主要是以获取信息为目的，后一部分的阅读则更多是为了提高兴趣。对于提高阅读能力来说，各种材料的阅读都是必要的。通过阅读各种类型的材料，可以巩固和扩大词汇量，提高理解力和阅读速度。但从考试角度来看，则宜将重点较多地集中在知识性的材料。为此，我们在选材的比例上较多地偏向于前两个部分：在所选的材料中社会文化和科技知识类共占72.5％，而故事类则只占27.5％。根据通用的测试习惯，每篇材料后都设计了五道测试理解能力的选择题。书后附有全部答案。

书籍目录

怎样提高英语阅读理解能力第一部分 社会与文化知识第二部分 科技知识第三部分 趣味故事Key to Exercises（练习答案）

章节摘录

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