本書與《高級英語》教材相配套，著力解決學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)過程中的詞匯問題。每課的詞匯練習(xí)設(shè)100個練習(xí)題，涵蓋名詞、動詞、形容詞和副詞、名詞詞組、動詞短語和其它短語；另外還專門設(shè)有一項根據(jù)每篇課文的詞匯特點(diǎn)編寫的詞匯小貼士（Vocabulary Tips），以及修辭小貼士（Rhetoric Tips）和人文常識（General Knowledge）等。

上冊
Lesson 1 Face to Face with Hurricane Camille
Lesson 2 Hiroshima——the "Liveliest" City in Japan
Lesson 3 Blackmail
Lesson 4 The Trial That Rocked the World
Lesson 5 The Libido for the Ugly
Lesson 6 Mark Twain——Mirror of America
Lesson 7 Everyday Use for Your Grandmama
Lesson 8 Three Cups of Tea
Lesson 9 A More Perfect Union (Part Ⅰ)
Lesson 10 A More Perfect Union (Part Ⅱ)
Lesson 11 The Way to Rainy Mountain
Lesson 12 Ships in the Desert
Lesson 13 No Signposts in the Sea
Lesson 14 Speech on Hitler's Invasion of the U.S.S.R.
Lesson 15 Argentia Bay
Model Test One
Model Test Two
Model Test Three
List of Vocabulary and Background Knowledge
Keys to Exercises
Keys to Model Tests


下冊
Lesson 1 Pub Talk and the King's English
Lesson 2 Marrakech
Lesson 3 Inaugural Address
Lesson 4 Love is a Fallacy
Lesson 5 The Sad Young Men
Lesson 6 Loving and Hating New York
Lesson 7 The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Lesson 8 The Future of the English
Lesson 9 The Loons
Lesson 10 The Discovery of What It Means to Be an American
Lesson 11 Four Laws of Ecology (Part Ⅰ)
Lesson 12 Four Laws of Ecology (Part Ⅱ)
Lesson 13 The Mansion: A Subprime Parable
Lesson 14 Faustian Economics
Lesson 15 Disappearing Through the Skylight
Model Test One
Model Test Two
Model Test Three
List of Vocabulary and Background Knowledge
List of Figures of Speech
Keys to Exercises
Keys to Model Tests