New English Reading and Writing Skills for College Students

CONTENTS
BOOK ONE FACTUAL READING
Unit One Reading and Writing Skills
1.1 Word Study：Synonym Context Clues
1.2 Word Study：Verb Suffixes：-ify，-ize，-en，-ate
1.3 Word Study：Negative Prefixes：un-，non-，dis-，in-，a-
1.4 Word Study：Roots：-acu-，-acr-；-am-；-annu-，-enni-
1.5 Sentence Study：Expanding Sentences
1.6 Paragraph Study：Title，Topic and Details
1.7 Two Reading Passages：（sports and leisure）
1.7.1 Text 1 Sports Around the World
1.7.2 Text 2 Youth Hostels in Great Britain
Unit Two More Practice Passages（sports and leisure）
2.1 Reading Comprehension
2.1.1 Text 1 Enjoying the Great Outdoors
2.1.2 Text 2 Sports in the UK
2.1.3 Text 3 Money
2.1.4 Text 4 Underdeveloped People
2.2 Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure
2.3 Cloze Test
2.4 Guided Writing
Unit Three Reading and Writing Skills
3.1 Word Study：Antonym Context Clues
3.2 Word Study：Adverb Suffixes：-ly，-ward（s），-wise
3.3 Word Study：Pejorative Prefixes：mis-mal-，pseudo-
3.4 Word Study：Roots：-anim-；-arche（o）-；-archi-；-archy-
3.5 Sentence Study：Combination Patterns：Coordination and Subordination
3.6 Paragraph Study：Level of Generality：Unity and Main Idea
3.7 Two Reading Passages （people at work）
3.7.1 Text 1 Women’s Work？
3.7.2 Text 2 Job Availability Cited
Unit Four More Practice Passages （people at work）
4.1 Reading Comprehension
4.1.1 Text 1 Making a Film
4.1.2 Text 2 Flextime
4.1.3 Text 3 Anna Douglas
4.1.4 Text 4 The National Center of the Trade Union Movement
4.2 Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure
4.3 Cioze Test
4.4 Guided Writing
Unit Five Reading and Writing Skills
5.1 Word Study：HyponymContext Clues
5.2 Word Study：Noun→Adjective Suffixes（1）：-ful，-less，-ly，-y，-like，-ish，esque
5.3 Word Study；Prefixes of Attitude：co-，counter-，anti-，pro-
5.4 Word Study：Roots-audi（t）-；-aut（o）-；-bene-；-bio-
5.5 Sentence Study：Condensing Sentences（into clauses，phrases and words）
5.6 Paragraph Study：Five Positions of Topic Sentences
5.7 Two Read ing Passages（holidays and festivals）
5.7.1 Text 1 Christmas in Britain
5.7.2 Text 2 Other Festivals
Unit Six More Praetice Passages（holidays and festivals）
6.1 Reading Comprehension
6.1.1 Text 1 The Seaside
6.1.2 Text 2 Party Time
6.1.3 Text 3 Guy Fawkes Night
6.1.4 Text 4 How the Americans Talk English
6.2 Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure
6.3 Cloze Test
6.4 Guided Writing
Unit Seven Reading and Writing Skills
7.1 Word Study：Homonym Context Clues
7.2 Word Study：More Noun→Adjective Suffixes（2）：-al；-ic；-ive-ous；-ed
7.3 Word Study：Prefixes of Time and Order：fore-，pre-，post-，ex-，re-，
7.4 Word Study：Roots-cad-，-cid-，-cas-；-cap（t）-，-cept-，-ceive-
7.5 Sentence Study：Function of Sentences
7.6 Paragraph Study：Details：Point of View，Types and Organizations
7.7 Two Reading Passages（mass media：radio，TV，news-papers，and magazines）
7.7.1 Text 1 The Daily Newspapers
7.7.2 Text 2 TV
Unit Eight More Practice Passages（mass media）
8.1 Reading Comprehension
8.1.1 Text 1 Ask Ann Landers
8.1.2 Text 2 Radio：The Magic Medium
8.1.3 Text 3 Public TV
8.1.4 Text 4 Editors and Readers：A New Social Contract
8.2 Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure
8.3 Cloze Test
8.4 Guided Writing
Unit Nine Reading and Writing Skills
9.1 Word Study：Repetition Context Clues
9.2 Word Study：More Adjective Suffixes（3）：（v→adj）；-able（-ible），（adj→adj）-ish（n→adj）-ed）
9.3 Word Study：Number Prefixes：uni-（mono-），bi-（di-），tri-，multi-（poly-）
9.4 Word Study：Roots-calm-，-claim-；cre（sc）-，-cret-；-cur（s）-，-cours-
9.5 Sentence Study：Types of Sentences（introducer，de-
veloper，modulator，terminater）
9.6 Paragraph Study：1．Narration and Description 2．Transitions or Singnal Words
9.7 Two Reading Passages（short history and simple ge-ography of China，America，and Britain）
9.7.1 Text 1 China’s Territory and Administrative Divi-sions
9.7.2 Text 2 China’s Natural Resources
Unit Ten More Practice Passages（short history and simple geography）
10.1 Reading Comprehension
10.1.1 Text 1 The Early History of China
10.1.2 Text 2 Lincoln：Man and Myth
10.1.3 Text 3 Geography of North America
10.1.4 Text 4 The Mixture Which Is British
10.2 Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure
10.3 Cloze Test
10.4 Guided Writing
BOOK TWO IN FERENTIAL READING
Unit One Reading and Writing Skills
1.1 Word Study：Example Context ClueS
1.2 Word Study：State or Quality Noun Suffixes：-acy，-age，-ance（-ence），-ancy（-ency），-dom，-hood，-ment，-mony，-ness，-ry，-ship，-th，-tude，-（i）ty，-ure，-y
1.3 Word Study：Locative Prefixes：super-，sub-，inter-，trans-
1.4 Word Study：Roots：-dic（t）-，-doc（t）-；due-（t）-；-equ-
1.5 Paragraph Study：Types of Paragraphs（opening，transtional and concluding parar-graphs）
1.6 Paragraph Study：Common Patterns of Development
1.7 Paragraph Study：1．Listing and Illustration
2．Transitions or Signal Words
1.8 Drawing a Conclusion
1.9 Two Reading Passages：（popular science（1）
1.9.1 Text 1 Invisible Waves
1.9.2 Text 2 Curiosity and Science
Unit Two More Practice Passages （popular science（1））
2.1 Reading Comprehension
2.1.1 Text 1 Choosing a Place for a New Town
2.1.2 Text 2 Animal Education
2.1.3 Text 3 Languages Are Similar and Different
2.1.4 Text 4 Babies Yesterday and Today
2.2 Vocabulary and GrammaticaI Structure
2.3 Cloze Test
2.4 Guided Writing
Unit Three Reading and Writing Skills
3.1 Word Study：Definition Context Clues
3.2 Word Study：Agent Noun Suffixes（1）：-er，-or，-ar，-an，-ard，-ant（-ent）
3.3 Word Study：Conversion Prefixes：be-，en-，a-
3.4 Word Study：Roots：-fac（t）-，-fect-，-fie-；-fer-；-firm-
3.5 Sentence Study：The Meaning of Sentences（loose，periodic，parrallelism；long，short）
3.6 Paragraph Study：1．Definition and Classification
2．Transitions or Signal Words
3.7 Study Skills：Outlining：Point of View．Types and El-ements
3.8 Making a Judgement
3.9 Two Reading Passages（popular science（2）；British and American government）
3.9.1 Text 1 Arthritis
3.9.2 Text 2 Switches and Fuses
Unit Four More Practice Passages（popular science（2）；governments）………
4.1 Reading Comprehension
4.1.1 Text 1 The Nine Planets
4.1.2 Text 2 Magnets
4.1.3 Text 3 The Organization of American Government
4.1.4 Text 4 The Houses of Parliament
4.2 Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure
4.3 Cloze Test
4.4 Guided Writing
Unit Five Reading and Writing Skills
5.1 Word Study：Words Association Context Clues（or Sense-of-the-Sentence Context Clues）
5.2 Word Study：Diminutive Suffixes：let-，-ette，-ling，-kin
5.3 Word Study：Prefixes of Degree and Size：arch-，super-out-
5.4 Word Study：Roots：-gam-；-gen（it）-；-geo-
5.5 Sentence Study：1．Analysis；Process Analysis
2．Transitions or Signal Words
5.6 Study Skills：Underlining：Importance，Methods．
5.7 Making an Inference（1）
5.8 Two Reading Passages（education，humors and jokes）
5.8.1 Text 1 The Educational Ladder
5.8.2 Text 2 The W．C．Story
Unit Six More Practice Passages（education，humors and jokes）
6.1 Reading Comprehension
6.1.1 Text 1 Keeping Your Distance
6.1.2 Text 2 The Various Skills and Responsihilitiesof Executive Secretaries
6.1.3 Text 3 Two Jokes
6.1.4 Text 4 Opinion：Margaret Mead on Youth
6.2 Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure
6.3 Cloze Test
6.4 Guided Writing
Unit Seven Reading and Writing Skills
7.1 Word Study：Restatement Context Clues
7.2 Word Study：Female Suffixes：-enne，-ess，-ress，-ette，-ine
7.3 Word Study：Prefixes of Degree and Size：sub-，sur-，over-，under-
7.4 Word Study：Roots-loquo（t）-，-locid-；-mit-，-miss-，-mon（it）-
7.5 Paragraph Study：1．Cause-effect Relationship
2．Transitions or Signal Words
7.6 Study Skills：Taking Notes
7.7 Figure of Speech（1）：Simile，Personification
7.8 Making an Inference（2）
7.9 Two Reading Passages（religion，fable）
7.9.1 Text 1 The Fisherman and the Gold Fish
7.9.2 Text 2 The Decline of Religion
Unit Eight More Practice Passages（religion，fable）
8.1 Reading Comprehension
8.1.1 Text 1 Aesop’s Fables
8.1.2 Text 2 The Christian Church in Britain
8.1.3 Text 3 Three Men
8.1.4 Text 4 The Secluded Life
8.2 Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure
8.3 Cloze Test
8.4 Guided Writing
Unit Nine Reading and Writing Skills
9.1 Word Study：Prefixes of Degree and Size：hyper-，ultera-，mini-
9.2 Word Study：Roots：-port-：-scrib-；-script-；-fract-
9.3 Word Study：1．Comparison and Contrast
2．Transitions or Signal Words
9.4 Word Skills：Summerizing：Point of View，Method，Length
9.5 Figure of Speech（2）：Metaphor，Symbol
9.6 Making an Inference（3）
9.7 Two Reading Passages（business English，anecdotes，myths）
9.7.1 Text 1 Export Market Research
9.7.2 Text 2 Competition
Unit Ten More Practice Passages
（Basiness English，anecdotes，and myths）
10.1 Reading Comprehension
10.1.1 Text 1 Nüwa Makes Man and Mends the Sky
10.1.2 Text 2 The Different Ages of Man（Roman Mych）
10.1.3 Text 3 The Trojan Horse
10.1.4 Text 4 Life Is Funny
10.2 Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure
10.3 Cloze Test
10.4 Guided Writing
Key to Exercises