Unit1 Fresh start 1
Passage 1 Balancing college life and academics 2
Passage 2 Avoiding the dreaded college weight gain:the importance of exercise for college students 5
Passage 3 Adjusting to college 8
Unit 2 Loving parents,loving children 13
Passage 1 The importance of siblings 14
Passage 2 The impact of divorce on young children and adolescents 17
Passage 3 Sad dads in the empty nest 20
Unit 3 Digital campus:blessing or curse 23
Passage 1 A beginner’s guide to e-books 24
Passage 2 Online shopping 27
Passage 3 Seven ways big data could revolutionize our lives by 2020 30
Unit 4 Heroes of our time 35
Passage 1 Are you a hero or a bystander? 36
Passage 2 So,who is a hero anyway? 39
Passage 3 The hero and homeric culture 42
Unit 5 Winning is not everything 45
Passage 1 Benefiits of playing sports 46
Passage 2 Exercising to relax 49
Passage 3 Sideline rage:fiighting over child’s play 52
Unit 6 Earn as you learn 57
Passage 1 Why gaining work experience is more important than your education 58
Passage 2 College students:findding an internship 61
Passage 3 American university students work too much—at jobs,not school 64
Unit 7 Hoping for the better 67
Passage 1 An education in ethics 68
Passage 2 Academic integrity and student plagiarism 71
Passage 3 How being materialistic can actually make you happy 74
Unit 8 Friendship across gender and border 79
Passage 1 Saying goodbye,staying in touch 80
Passage 2 Friendship in different cultures 83
Passage 3 What are friends for?A longer life 86
2017年6月大学英语四级考试阅读理解真题(一) 90
2017年6月大学英语四级考试阅读理解真题(二) 96
Keys 103