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大学英语快速阅读样章： 各位同学：我们所编的四本大学英语快速阅读是在上海外语音像出版社，上海外语电子出版社出版的《大学英语快速阅读》的基础上，针对大学三本学生重新编订的一套快速阅读教辅材料。其难度要略低于原来的一套教材。 本套教材共分四册，文章篇幅分别为：第一二册：300-400词，第三册：400-500词， 第四册：1200词。 一二三册每本共十个单元，每单元四篇文章，每篇文章后，有三种形式的快速阅读练习题，即根据文章判断正误，根据课文内容填空，选择最佳答案。练习题后为注解，将每篇的生词，背景知识加以注解。最后为keys to the exercises。 第四册为大学英语四级考试的篇幅和题型，分十个单元，每单元10道题，文章题型和长度完全按照四级新题型快速阅读模式。 最后每册均有两个测试，测试为四篇文章，与每单元的阅读形式及题型相同，但无注解。 文章题材可涵盖社会生活，文化教育，体育文艺，历史地理，风俗人情，科普知识等。 Sample one:? 第一册到第三册格式 How Much Sleep Do We Need? ????Sleep, as we know, is important to us because it helps restore tired organs and tissues in our body. But how much sleep do we actually need? ????For most of us, eight hours seems to be about the right amount. Yet we know that there are a great many people who get along perfectly with less sleep, and some who may even need more. A great deal depends on the way we live. But a good general rule to follow is to sleep as long as we have to in order to feel happy and be able to work at our best when we awaken. ????There are actually different levels of sleep. There is a deep sleep and a shallow sleep. In a shallow sleep, our body does not get the same kind of rest it gets in deep sleep, so that after eight hours of a shallow sleep we may still feel tired. But a short, deep sleep can be very restful. ????Alexander the Great was able to get a deep sleep whenever he needed it. Once, during the night before an important battle, he remained awake longer than anyone else. Then he wrapped himself in a cloak and lay down on the earth. He slept so deeply that his generals had to wake him three times to give the command to attack! ????Normally when we go to sleep, our “sleep centre” blocks off nerves so that both our brain and our body go to sleep. One prevents us from wanting to do anything, and the other makes our internal organs and limbs go to sleep. But sometimes only one goes to sleep and the other does not. A very tired soldier can sometimes fall asleep (brain sleep) and keep on marching, because his body