自然科学系列(第7册本册书适合外国语学校及外语特色学校高2学生使用)/中学英语拓展阅读丛书

你听说过环境建筑学吗？你知道转基因技术基于怎样的原理吗？我们每 天点击的互联网是在哪种巧合下诞生的？欧洲中世纪城堡中一天的生活是怎 样的？中国古代的造纸术分哪几个步骤？你一定想知道这些问题的答案吧。 翻开这套“中学英语拓展阅读丛书”，你就走进了一个五彩斑斓的奇妙世界 。 该丛书由外教社从美国著名出版机构麦格劳一希尔(McGraw Hill)公司 引进，语言地道，知识面广，信息量大，是一套既注重培养学生英语阅读能 力，又致力开阔他们视野的拓展型丛书。整套书编写理念先进，编排设计科 学，难度逐级递升，既适合外国语学校及外语特色学校初二至高三年级的学 生使用，也适合普通中学同等水平的学生使用。本书为该丛书之一《自然科 学系列(第7册)》。 我们期盼你在趣味盎然的阅读环境中培养阅读能力，遨游知识天地，学 习地道英语。

致学生 致老师 1 A Arctic and Alpine Tundra 1 B A Wilderness Encounter 2 A What Is Quicksand? 2 B Surviving Quicksand 3 A How We Hear 3 B Getting a Hearing Aid 4 A The Classification of Living Things 4 B Plants That Eat Insects 5 A How Sunlight Affects Health 5 B Cave Life 6 A Every Drop Counts 6 B Effects of the World' s Water Situation 7 A The Endless Struggle Between Predators and Their Prey 7 B Attack - and Counterattack! 8 A Simple and Complex Carbohydrates 8 B Sensible Dieting 9 A Heat Energy at Home 9 B A Hot Air Balloon 10 A The Life Cycle of a Frog 10 B It's a Frog! No, It's a Toad! 11 A Symbiosis 11 B An Alga, a Fungus, and Two Brothers 12 A Estuaries and Their Habitats 12 B A Protected Beach 13 A Snow Travel in the Arctic 13 B Learning to Snowshoe 14 A What Is the World Wide Web? 14 B The Inventor of the World Wide Web 15 A A Hall of Gems and Minerals 15 B Mining for Diamonds 16 A Microbes and Germs 16 B Growing Bread Mold 17 A The Many Faces of Primatologists 17 B Among the Gorillas 18 A The Physics of the Plastic Flying Disc 18 B Training a Dog to Catch a Flying Disc 19 A World Population Growth and Its Effects 19 B Megacities 20 A The Relationship of Mathematics to Astronomy and Physics 20 B The Scientific Method 21 A Weather Forecasting Tools 21 B Making a Hygrometer 22 A The Machine Age in the United States 22 B Machines in the Home 23 A The History of Space Exploration 23 B Tracking Space Missions 24 A The Invention of Television 24 B The Future of Television 25 A Learning About the Ocean 25 B The Future of the Ocean 附录 Answer Key Reading Rate Comprehension Score Comprehension Skills Profile