根据考开真题的题材类型将这些文章分为社会类、文教类、经济类、科技类和健康类五部分。

江涛，原北京外国语大学青年教师，英国、挪威、荷兰等多国家留学背景。从教我年，受中国各大省、市100多所知名高校之邀，演讲千余场，以其极具感染力的激情，一针见血的点评，坦诚务实的作风广受学员讚誉。主编《80天攻克雅思》、《70天攻克考研英语》、《40天攻克大学英语四级710分新题型》等系列丛书，出版英语教学类书籍上千万字，畅销大陆，远销台湾及东南亚地区。2003年同语言学家、美籍华人彭铁城教授创办华盛顿国际英语学校；2005年创办卓成教育，首开中国民营教育机构多元化研究与大学师资培训之先河。同年，受国家领导人全国人大常委会副委员长成思危接见。

社会类

Passage One Seeds of Hope

Passage Two The Truth about Recycling

Passage Three A Capital Idea

Passage Four Viral and Virtual

Passage Five A Bit Richer, But a Bit Sicker

Passage Six Pity the Young

Passage Seven Emerging Journalism

Passage Eight As the Waters Rise

Passage Nine Online Playgrounds

Passage Ten Playing a Strong Hand

文教类

Passage One Practically Irrelevant?

Passage Two The Father of the Man

Passage Three Schools Unchained

Passage Four Still Learning

Passage Five Adventures at the Blackboard

Passage Six Stay-at-home Students: Want MBA,Won't Travel

Passage Seven Bursting Bubbles

Passage Eight Capital of Culture

Passage Nine A Hard Road to Hoe.

Passage Ten Chasin' the Trane

经济类

Passage One There's Life in the Old Dog Yet

Passage Two Past Rites

Passage Three So Unfair

Passage Four Crunch Time

Passage Five The Bears' Lair

Passage Six The Outlook for Jobs in America

Passage Seven A Matter of Sovereignty

Passage Eight Vive la Velorution!

Passage Nine The Irish are Coming

Passage Ten A Turning Point for Detroit

科技类

Passage One Washing without Water.

Passage Two Seeing the Light

Passage Three Overdoing It?

Passage Four Zap! You're Not Dead..

Passage Five ANew Old Idea

Passage Six A Plane that Thinks It's a Boat

Passage Seven Everlasting Light

Passage Eight Turk and Rescue

Passage Nine Name, Rank and Serial Number

Passage Ten They Came from Outer Space

健康类

Passage One Mental Illness

Passage Two Lest We Forget or Lest We Remember?.

Passage Three Trial of Strength

Passage Four Fat and Getting Fatter

Passage Five Magnetic Personalities

Passage Six Food for Thought

Passage Seven Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young.

Passage Eight Win Some, Lose Some

Passage Nine How to Cheat without Cheating

Passage Ten The Nature of Nurture