Passage Eight (The Improving Economic Situation In Greece)Greece, economically, is in the black. With very little to export other than such farm produ...
Vocabulary1.devoid没有，2.缺乏3.plaguen.瘟疫，4.惹人烦恼的人和事v.给造成麻烦，5.痛苦，6.困难7.faction派别8.comic stereotype可笑/滑稽的模式9.commentator（集注）作者，10.评论员，11.解说员12.tinklen.一连串的...
Passage Seven (The Most Important of All Human Qualities is a Sense of Humor)Biologically, there is only one quality which distinguishes us from anima...
Vocabulary1.discredit损害，2.破坏，3.败坏（某人的名4.声），5.不6.可信7.monarch国王，8.女皇，9.君主政体10.millennium千年the millennium 千僖年11.bear out证实12.level out（升跌之后）呈平稳状态13.merit...
Passage Six (Equality of opportunity in the twentieth Century Has Not Destroyed the Class System)These days we hear a lot of nonsense about the &lsquo...
24. apocalypse （基督教）启事（录）《圣经新约》25. be susceptible 易受人影响26. ravage 蹂躏，27. 劫掠28. fatalism 宿命论29. apocalyptic 预警的30. icon （东正教）圣像31. doomsday 世界末日32. Jer...
Passage Five (Killing in the Name of God Ugandan Deaths Spotlight Rise of Cults) How could faith beget such evil? After hundreds of members of a Ugand...
Vocabulary1. pernicious 有害的，2. 恶性的，3. 破坏性的4. knack 窍门，5. 诀窍6. embark 乘船，7. 登记8. write off 勾销，9. 注销。确认某食物已损失或无效10. syllabus 教学大纲11. cram 塞入，12. 把某物塞进，1...
Passage Four (Examinations Exert a Pernicious Influence on Education) We might marvel at the progress made in every field of study, but the methods of...
Vocabulary1. prerogative 权力，2. （尤指3. ）特权4. chauffeur 受雇开车人，5. （尤指6. 富人、要人的）司机7. entourage 随行人员，8. 伴随者，9. 近侍；建筑物周围10. astronomical 庞大的，11. 天文的12. adula...