辞彙注解：列出文中需考生掌握的重点单词和超纲单词。重点单词部分列出文中出现的、考研大纲中所包含的辞彙，后面附有音标、文中释义和大纲全义，在原文中以蓝色加粗字型标出，帮助考生在阅读的同时更全面地掌握重点单词，并通过对单词的理解更好地进行阅读。超纲单词部分则列出文中出现的、不属于考研大纲考查範围的生词，在原文中以蓝色斜体标出，为考生排除阅读中的障碍，帮助扩展辞彙量。

重点段落译文：针对原文中的重点段落，提供精準的译文，为考生理解文章提供借鉴。

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社会类

Passage One Troubled Waters

Passage Two Thirsting for Knowledge

Passage Three Family Values

Passage Four Growing Up Green

Passage Five Hungry for Change

Passage Six Family Values and Food Sustainability.

Passage Seven What a Little Fertilizer Can Do

Passage Eight Wirecutters: State-Run Wi-fi

Passage Nine British Airways: No to Surfers

Passage Ten Fighting for the Right to Dry

文教类

Passage One Built for Speed

Passage Two The Natural

Passage Three Making Waves in Tuscany

Passage Four Fout Public Boarding Schools Teach Us

Passage Five Moon View

Passage Six Baseball in Belgium?

Passage Seven Head Start

Passage Eight In Slava's Shadow

Passage Nine Mystery Man

Passage Ten Into the Light

经济类

Passage One The Digital Camera Fights for Survival

Passage Two The Golden Years Rule

Passage Three Altitude Sickness

Passage Four Retail Stars of the Recession

Passage Five Word On the Street

Passage Six Volume Control

Passage Seven Reasons to Be Cheerful

Passage Eight Rock Bottom

Passage Nine Postcard: Ceske Budejovice

Passage Ten Rolling in Dough

科技类

Passage One Is Snuppy the Puppy for Real?

Passage Two Can Triple Play Pay?

Passage Three The New Wireless Tangle

Passage Four Does High Tech Require High Fiber?

Passage Five A Cheaper Chip

Passage Six The Slow-Motion Mission

Passage Seven Mapping Renewable Energy, Rooftop by Rooftop

Passage Eight Dino Conspiracy Theory

Passage Nine Great and Small

Passage Ten Wheel Genius

健康类

Passage One Do Calcium Pills Work?

Passage Two Not So Complementary

Passage Three Down for the Count

Passage Four Hollywood's Smoke Alarm

Passage Five The Disease Is the Remedy

Passage Six An End, and a Beginning, for the Media

Passage Seven Was Timothy Leary Right?

Passage Eight Rethinking Organics

Passage Nine Does Day Care Help At-Risk Kids?

Passage Ten Assessing a Failed AIDS Vaccine