新世纪新编大学英语快速阅读4

Unit 1

Text A When You Wish upon a Star: Disney Theme Park to Stage Own American Idol

Text B Distributor of Avant-Garde Films Threatened with Eviction

Text C Is There Such a Thing as Jewish Art?

Unit 2

Text A Happy Niu （New） Year

Text B Nobel Laureate Influenced by Chinese Literature

Text C Italian Unknowns, from $10 to $ 20

Unit 3

Text A Miami Schools Chief to Leave Amid Discord

Text B Education Is All in Your Mind

Text C The Tutoring Boom

Unit 4

Text A Digital Archivists, now in Demand

Text B More Employers Are Freezing Pay as Recession Deepens

Text C Unemployment Blues

Unit 5

Text A 2009 Grammy Awards

Text B This Doctor Makes "House" Calls Article

Text C A Peripatetic Pianist Feels at Home with Complexity

Unit 6

Text A Expecting a Stock Market Recovery

Text B No Crisis for the U.S. Dollar

Text C Not Two Countries, but One: Chimerica

Unit 7

Text A New SCHIP Law Gives Kids Mental Health Coverage

Text B A Clash of Science and Politics over PMS

Text C Veil About to Be Lifted on Octuplets Mystery Mom

Unit 8

Text A Artist Sues the A.P. over Obama Image

Text B New York Says Health Chief Abused Power

Text C Lloyds Faces Accusations of Tax Avoidance

Unit 9

Text A Inside a Bastion of Old-School Power Attire

Text B The Happiness Habit

Text C Could Fasting or Skipping Meals Help Me Lose Weight?

Unit 10

Text A Short on Cash? Invest in the Relationship

Text B Four Sisters, Four Weddings in One Year

Text C Renewing Affections Between Husband and Wife

Unit 11

Text A 2012 Olympic Host London Shoulders "Winners Curse" in Severe Economy

Text B Newsweek Plans Makeover to Fit a Smaller Audience

Text C Stimulus Package en Route to Obamas Desk

Unit 12

Text A Giant Dinosaur Find

Text B Space Crash Called "Catastrophic", Lots of Debris

Text C A Quantum of Technology

Unit 13

Text A A Class Act Matures in Size and Price

Text B At Newer Hotels, Luxury Goes on Sale

Text C Middle Seat: When the Airlines Make the Rules

Unit 14

Text A No Snickering: That Road Sign Means Something else

Text B A Bad Economy Is a Good Excuse

Text C For the Livelihood of Farmers

Unit 15

Text A Angels Announce 1-year. $ 5 Million Deal with Abreu

Text B Ice and Snow Gala

Text C Phelps Acknowledges Photo Using Pot Pipe

Unit 16

Text A A Little Company: Singles Enjoy Travelling in Groups

Text B Undiscovered Puglia Offers Authentic Italian Food, Life

Text C Driving Ausrahas New South Wales

Key to Comprehension Exercises