基本信息出版社：上海交通大学出版社
页码：352 页
出版日期：2006年11月
ISBN：9787313034656
条形码：9787313034656
版本：第3版
装帧：平装
开本：32
正文语种：英语

内容简介 《英语专业四级阅读200篇》是根据《高等学校英语专业基础阶段教学大纲》和《高校英语专业四级考试大纲》（2004年新版），专门为参加英语专业四级考试的考生编写的复习应试书，内容为符合英语专业四级考试要求的阅读理解200篇，旨在帮助考生迅速提高英语阅读水平和应试能力。
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序言 《英语专业四级阅读200篇》根据《高等学校英语专业基础阶段教学大纲》和《高校英语专业四级考试大纲》编写，旨在帮助英语专业学生迅速提高英语阅读水平，达到《大纲》的要求，顺利通过英语专业四级考试。
本书内容为符合英语专业四级考试要求的阅读理解（Reading Comprehension）200篇，分为40个单元，每个单元5篇材料，共20题。本书选材主要来自近几年英语国家主流报纸杂志以及国内外出版的其他相关阅读材料，在体裁和题材、长度与难度方面与英语专业四级考试大纲的要求相符合。文章包括叙述文、说明文、议论文等体裁，涉及英语国家的社会、科技、文化、经济、日常知识等各方面，文章的语言难度以最新修订的《高等学校英语专业四级考试大纲》的规定为准。 本书可供参加英语专业四级考试的考生作平时的阅读材料或考前强化训练之用，也适用于其他难度相当的英语考试的阅读理解训练。
文摘 It is a fallacy to suppose that all men are equal and that society will be leveled out if you provide everybody with the same educational opportunities. （It is debatable whether you can ever provide everyone with the same educational opportunities, hut that is another question.） The fact is that nature dispenses brains and ability with a total disregard for the principle of equality. The old rules of the it mage, "survival of the fit test ,and "might is right" are still with us. The spread of education has destroyed the old class system and created a new one. Rewards are based on merit, for "aristocracy" read "meritocracy in other respects, society remains unaltered: the class system is rigidly maintained.
Genuine ability, animal cunning, skill, the knack of seizing opportunities, all bring material rewards. And what is the first thing people do when they become rich？ They use their wealth to secure the best possible opportunities for their children, to give them a good start in life .For all the lip service we pay to the idea of equality, we do not consider this wrong in the western world. Private schools which offer unfair advantages over state schools are not banned because one of the principles in a democracy is that people should be free to choose how they will educate their children In this way, the new meritocracy can perpetuate itself to a certain extent: an able child from a wealthy home can succeed far more rapidly than his poorer counterpart. Wealth is also used indiscriminately to further political ends. It would be almost impossible to become the leader of a democracy without massive financial hacking. Money is as powerful a weapon as ever it was.