人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高三UNIT2-1

Trade and curiosity have often formed the foundation for mankind's greatest endeavour. To people of early civilisations, the world map was a great puzzle. Marco Polo's stories inspired Christopher Columbus and other European explorers to search for s

人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高三UNIT16-4

In my experience as a human resources manager, many job applicants are unsuccessful because they fail to prepare for interviews. If you want to get that job, you must do your homework! First of all, learn as much as you can about the employer. It is

人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高三UNIT1-2

ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? Hey man, try that 360 again! It is Saturday afternoon and a group of teenagers are trying new tricks on the park's skating ramp. Every weekend, after finishing their homework, Lin Yong and about a dozen of his friends grab their

人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高三UNIT3-1

THE PORTRAZT OF A NATION Modem Australia is made up of six states and two territories: Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory. Australia is surrounded

人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高三UNIT3-3

Australia was discovered about 53,000 years ago. It is possible that the first people crossed into Australia from Asia on a great land bridge when the water level of the oceans was lower. The first Australians are often called Aborigines, which means

人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高三UNIT15-4

For a lot of teenagers, their Internet friendship with a woman known as Blue Sky and A Beautiful Mind proved a turning point in their lives. By chatting online they were able to talk honestly about their troubles and receive help in finding solutions

人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高三UNIT10-3

Miss Aur1ie lived alone on the farm all her life. She had never thought of marrying, and she had never been in love. At the age of twenty she was asked to marry somebody, but she did not accept, and at the age of fifty she had not yet lived to regret

人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高三UNIT10-2

At seven o'clock the coffee was made and the pan was on the back of the stove, hot and ready to cook dinner. Jim was never late. Della doubled the watch chain in her hand and sat on the comer of the table near the door. When she heard his steps on th

人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高三UNIT10-1

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one or two at a time by bargaining at the grocery, at the bakery and the butcher's until one's cheeks burnt. Three times Della counted it. One dollar

人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高三UNIT9-3

Fear had gripped the nation, indeed the whole world. An unknown deadly virus had infected thousands of people and was spreading quickly. There was no cure and the number of cases was rising every day. In the media, SARS seemed to be the topic of ever

人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高三UNIT9-2

Modem hospitals are clean and safe and doctors can cure many diseases. But it was not always so. For a long time, health care was often dangerous and risky. Treatments were neither scientific nor effective, and many patients suffered deadly infection

人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高三UNIT9-1

A Wang Lin is a carpenter who lives in eastern China with his wife and son. Two years ago, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. He was getting weaker and suffered from constant pain in his chest. The doctors told him that the treatment he needed would

人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高三UNIT8-1

Learning a language is obviously more than just memorising words, phrases and structures. When we learnt our mother tongue, we did not receive much formal instruction. Few parents give language lessons to their children! Instead we learnt or acquired

人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高三UNIT6-2

R: Our program today is about the eightieth, anniversary of the Anchorage-to-Nome dog sled race. Mr Parks, can you tell us something about the history of the race? P: The first race wasn't a competition, but it was a race against time. Eighty years a

人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高三UNIT6-1

In the spring of 1845, my father read a book about California. This account of the wonderful land beyond the Rocky Mountains gave him the idea to move there. Less than half a year later we packed all our things onto a wagon and left our farm. It was

人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高三UNIT8-3

On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as Shakespeare, wrote these words: Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. This good advice shows how it is possible to re

人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高三UNIT13-2

The case of the Moonstone was most unusual. I knew that the answer was in the smear of paint on Rachel Verinder's sitting room door, but I couldn't find the garment which made the mark. At the time Rachel was behaving very strangely, especially when

人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高三UNIT13-1

The novel The Moonstone is set in England in 1848, but the story really began 50 years earlier. The Moonstone is a huge yellow diamond that was once part of a statue of the moon god in India. An Englishman murdered three holy men, stole the diamond f

人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高三UNIT11-1

We are often asked to work in small groups, but why? Is it necessary to work with others? What if you feel comfortable doing a task by yourself? Especially at school, it sometimes feels as if we are being asked to work in teams for the sake of just t

人教全日制普通高中英语（必修）高三UNIT14-1

There are many different varieties of bee. Some live in large groups like the honey-bee, and make their nests in trees or holes in the rocks. Other species make their nests in holes in the ground. There are also varieties that do not live in groups a