Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Social Studies·History and Geography
Unit 01 7
Early People and Civilizations
Early People
Unit 02 11
Rivers and Civilizations
The Fertile Crescent and the Kingdoms of Egypt
Unit 03 15
Asian Civilizations
The Indus Civilization
Unit 04 19
The Ancient World
Ancient Greece
Unit 05 23
The Ancient World
The Roman Empire
Unit 06 27
The Renaissance and the Reformation
From the Middle Ages to the Reformation
Unit 07 31
The Enlightenment: The Age of Reason
The Enlightenment and the French Revolution
Wrap-Up Test 1 35
Chapter 2 Science
Unit 08 39
The Characteristics of Living Things
Cells, Reproduction, and Heredity
Unit 09 43
The Earth’s Oceans
Oceans and Ocean Life
Unit 10 47
Fossils
What We Can Learn from Fossils
Unit 11 51
Force and Motion
Newton’s Laws
Unit 12 55
Light Energy
Light Energy
Unit 13 59
The Universe
Eclipses
Unit 14 63
The Human Body
Diseases and the Immune System
Wrap-Up Test 2 67
Chapter 3 Mathematics·Language·Visual Arts·Music
Unit 15 71
Numbers and Computation
Factors, Prime Numbers, and Exponents
Unit 16 75
Geometry
Dimensions
Unit 17 79
Stories, Myths, and Legends
Pygmalion
Unit 18 83
Grammar and Usage
Sentences
Unit 19 87
Art Movements
From Baroque Art to Pop Art
Unit 20 91
The Music of the Middle Ages
Gregorian Chants and
Polyphonic Music
Wrap-Up Test 3 95
·School Textbook 97
·Answers and Translations 139
·Word List 156
摘要
The Best Preparation for Building Academic Reading Skills and VocabularyAmerican School Textbook Reading KeyThe Reading Key series is designed to help students to understand American school textbooks and to develop background knowledge in a wide variety of academic topics. This series also provides learners with the opportunity to enhance their reading comprehension skills and vocabulary, which will assist them when they take various English exams.Features？ A wide variety of topics that cover American school subjects helps learners expand their knowledge of academic topics through interdisciplinary studies？ Intensive practice for reading skill development helps learners prepare for various English exams？ Building vocabulary by school subjects and themed texts helps learners expand their vocabulary and reading skills in each subject？ Graphic organizers for each passage show the structure of the passage and help to build summary skills？ Captivating pictures and illustrations related to the topics help learners gain a broader understanding of the topics and key concepts
