《新课标高中英语》紧扣高考，尤其紧扣近几年的高考命题趋势，全面系统地对高中阶段的英语知识进行了详尽的讲解，并使用了大量典型的例子以说明概念或规则；我们还尽量以一目了然的框架和简单明了的语言展现给读者清晰的语言结构；丛书各分册所选用试题典型、新颖，富有启发性。内容选择上既注意重点、难点、常考点，更注意英语知识的必要拓展、相互联系，密切关注新的命题特点，重视新的命题方向，充分体现高考英语学科能力测试与综合能力测试的要求。
THE BISON ON THE PLAINS OF AMERICA The first settlers on the plains of America were Native Americans. They arrived more than 30,000 years ago by crossing a land bridge from Asia to America. The Native Americans lived by gathering roots, nuts and wil...
THE TRAIL OF TEARS For thousands of years, Native Americans lived as hunters in North America. There were millions of people, with many different cultures, religions and languages. In 1492, Columbus arrived in America and soon after the first Europe...
DISABLES? NOT ME ! I know people are trying to help, but I wish they wouldn't treat me as if I were a child. Zhong Xiaowen is sixteen and a middle school student in Northern China. She is one of the best students in her class and she won an award fo...
THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS Every four years, mentally disabled athletes come together to take part in the Special Olympics. Just like the regular Olympic Games, it is surrounded by ceremony and competition is fierce, but there is also a strong sense of un...
EQUAL ACCESS Every member of society has the right to education, employment and a reasonable quality of life. As society develops, we have both the opportunity and responsibility to make sure that people with disabilities can live productive and mea...
WHAT WILL. YOU THINK OF NEXT? Throughout history, great thinkers have used their creativity and imagination to change the world . How do they come up with ideas for new inventions? Thinkers who have changed the world do not seem to have much in comm...
ALL IN THE MIND: SCIENTIFIC METAPHORS It is certainly true that computers, cellphones and digital cameras have become part of our everyday life. Anywhere we go, we can hear the ringing of a cell phone , the tapping of a keyboard or the clicking of a...
INVENTIONS Computers that use light instead of electricity, smart clothes that can make phone calls and play music, house paints that change colour with the seasons, e-paper and ads that speak to you -- the list of amazing new inventions that seem t...
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE(1) D: Duke S: Shylock B: Bassanio A: Antonio P: Portia D: Shylock, the world thinks -- and I think so too -- that you are playing a cruel game, but we all believe that you will give it up in the end. Have mercy on Antonio, Shy...
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (2) (Shylock advances towards Antonio and prepares to use his knife.) P: Wait! There is something else. Antonio has promised to give you a pound of his flesh. But he has not promised to give you any of his blood. If you let on...
Read the following situation and act out the dialogue. Before Bassanio and Portia got married, Portia gave him a ring and made him promise to keep it all his life. Losing it, selling it or giving it away would be the end of her love for him. After t...
SHAKESPEARES HEROINES One of the most famous young women from Shakespeare' s plays is Juliet, in Romeo and Juliet. A fight between their two families makes it impossible for Romeo and Juliet to get married. However, they marry each other in secret....
1 Work with your partner and practice the following dialogue . Student A talks about a topic he of she is interested in, while Student B gives suggestions. EXAMPLE: A: I'd like to know more about life as it was two hundred years ago. B: Well. You ca...
THE KING OF STONEHENGE On May 3, 2002, archaeologists in England found a grave of a man dating back to around 2300 BC. When he died, the man was about 40 years old. He was buried on his left side with his face to the north. The tests on his teeth sh...
ROOTS OF CHINESE CULTURE Jinsha Village near Chengdu, in southwest Sichuan province, became famous all over China in 2001. Construction workers from a local company were building roads there. On February 8, they found ivory and jade in the mud. Soon...
