高二上

出版时间：2010-8  出版社：宁夏人民教育出版社  作者：李朝东 编  页数：156  字数：155000  

内容概要

　　一、选材注重新颖性、趣味性和知识性。文章话题同步性、针对性强。
本书以教材的编写体系为主线，以单元话题为中心、相关话题为基本点去选择文章。所选文章都是围绕中心话题去展开，既帮助学生更好地去了解单元的话题内容，又拓宽了学生的视野。本书所选择的阅读材料大多数出自于近期出版的英文图书、杂志、报纸和一些知名英语网站。内容涉及名人趣事、文娱体育、旅游环境、科普知识、政治经济、历史地理、文学艺术、饮食文化等。选材新颖、英语地道、时代感强。
 二、题目设置注重多样性和实用性。
本书主要“着重提高学生用英语获取信息、处理信息、分析问题和解决问题的能力”。本书的阅读理解题主要以选择型题目和任务型题目为主。这是目前英语考试中最常见的两种阅读理解题型。相信同学们通过强化训练，能有效地提高阅读理解能力。
 三、难点注释，答案解析注重指导性。
对于学生不认识的新单词，本书采用文后注释的模式，以训练学生的词义猜测能力。答案解析既概括了文章大意又细致人微地剖析了同学们在做题时可能出现的误区，帮助同学们熟悉各种题型、总结学习方法，从而把握命题趋势，掌握解题技巧。

书籍目录

必修5
　Unit 1 Great scientists
　Unit 2 The 　United Kingdom
　Unit 3 Life in the future
　Unit 4 Making the news
　Unit 5 First aid
必修6
　Unit 1 Art
　Unit 2 Poems
　Unit 3 A healthy life
　Unit 4 Global warming
　Unit 5 The power of nature
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章节摘录

　　Most children，even the youngest of children，are delighted to be around cats and dogs．But these pets carry plenty of germs and allergens’，prompting researchers to ask：Are cats and dogs re ally safe for children?　　A study finds that，contrary to many parents’fears，owning cats or dogs does not increase a child’S risk of developing allergies，and in fact，may actually protect them．The study’s lead author，　　Dr．Dennis Own by of the Medical College of Georgia，says that even he was“very surprised by the results．Ownby and colleagues followed more than 470 children from birth to age 6 or 7 comparing those exposed to cats and dogs during their first year of life to those who were not．　　By using skin-prick tests for detecting common allergies，the researchers found that，contrary to what many doctors had been taught for years，children who had lived with a pet were not at greater risk．　　Even more remarkable，children who had two or more dogs or cats had an even greater reduce tion，up to 77 percent，in risk of allergies．Researchers suggest this protective effect may be the reosuh of early exposure to lots of bacteria that are carried by dogs and cats．Exposing young children to these bacteria helps“ exercise their immune systems early in life SO that theyre better able to resist allergic diseases later．　　“There’s something very important in that first year of life when the immune system is developing that we can retain it away from an allergic response，”said Dr．William Davis．　　And while researchers are not encouraging parents to buy dogs or cats just to reduce a childS allergy risk。they say if a family already has one or more animals，there’s no need to get rid of them．