《雅思阅读》收录了雅思阅读考试涉及的核心话题，结合考试流程进行讲解，详细介绍了阅读考试各部分的回答策略和技巧。
　　全书共有20个单元，全面覆盖雅思考试阅读部分的各种题型。收录雅思考试阅读部分的常见话题，每个单元中还归纳了相关词汇，详解答题技巧。不仅提供了多样的练习及技巧点拨，帮助考生高效备考；还提供精准的答案，帮助考生自学自测，有效提高阅读水平。

《雅思阅读》汇集了新东方雅思培训经验的精华，新东方及国际知名雅思专家强强联手，倾力打造符合中国雅思考生学习特点的培训教材。由资深国际语言专家Rod Ellis亲自作序，并担任总顾问，对教材编写予以指导；新东方教育科技集团雅思研究院院长周成刚亲自审订。　　本书根据雅思考试趋势，全面覆盖雅思考试阅读部分各种题型，提供多样练习形式及技巧点拨，供考生短时高效备考。既可以作为课堂培训使用，也可以作为考生自学使用，配合剑桥雅思真题学习，效果更佳。　　◆根据雅思考试趋势，全面覆盖雅思考试阅读部分的各种题型。　　◆收录雅思考试阅读部分的常见话题，归纳相关词汇，详解答题技巧。　　◆提供多样练习及技巧点拨，帮助考生高效备考。　　◆提供精准的答案，帮助考生自学自测，有效提高听力水平。

　　新东方教育科技集团雅思研究院：由众多新东方雅思名师组成，致力于雅思考试的研究工作，著有《雅思写作》、《雅思听力》、《雅思阅读》、《雅思口语》等多本畅销图书。

Unit 1 Education 2
Unit 2 Food 10
Unit 3 Health 18
Unit 4 Media 26
Unit 5 Practice 1 34
Unit 6 Advertising 40
Unit 7 Learning to Speak 48
Unit 8 The Environment 56
Unit 9 Sponsorship 64
Unit 10 Practice 2 70
Unit 11 Transport 76
Unit 12 Travel 84
Unit 13 Technology 92
Unit 14 Money 100
Unit 15 Practice 3 108
Unit 16 Commodities 114
Unit 17 Social Issues 122
Unit 18 Drugs and Sport 130
Unit 19 Communication 138
Unit 20 Practice 4 146
Answer key 153

　　前 言

　　Overview （概论）

　　This book covers the following points:

　　Reading Topics and Styles
　　Topics which are often seen in the IELTS reading test. For example:
　　technology, the environment, psychology, human biology, science, history, sport, medicine, the media, advertising

　　Common styles of IELTS reading passages
　　Narrative, description and argument styles. Articles are written in newspaper, journal and/or magazine style and are mostly at a level for an educated, general audience.

　　Vocabulary
　　Exercises to help you to recognise and learn useful vocabulary for the reading texts. Strategies for dealing with unknown vocabulary in the reading texts.

　　Strategies and Practice for Answering the IELTS Reading Question Types
　　All of the IELTS reading question types are covered in this book. The book provides:
　　Practice exercises for each question type
　　Helpful hints for approaching each question type

　　Practice Activities for Reading Quickly to Understand the Main Idea
　　This is a KEY skill for success in the IELTS reading test. Each unit provides activities to help you to understand the main ideas BEFORE you begin the IELTS style reading questions.

　　Practice Units
　　Units 5, 10, 15 and 20 of this book are practice units. In these units you will practise reading and answering questions.

　　There are two reading passages in each Practice Unit, and each passage has about 25 questions. In the real IELTS test, there are three reading passages and each one has about 15 questions. The total number of questions in a real IELTS test is approximately 40.

　　Extension activities
　　These activities are designed to provide further vocabulary practice, or to help you to understand the organisation of the passage more clearly.

　　We hope you will enjoy using this book, and that you will learn useful language and skills to help you to pass the IELTS reading test.
　　序一：
　　Dear Student，

　　Welcome to this IELTS preparation course and the Reading Book in particular.

　　IELTS, the International English Language Testing System, is one of the world’s most popular English language tests for entry into university or higher education where English is the language of communication. In other words, it is your academic passport!

　　The most difficult challenge you will face in the Academic Reading Test is the enormous amount of unknown vocabulary. In this book you will learn a lot of frequently used academic words but, more importantly, you will learn strategies for managing unknown vocabulary. Each unit has extensive activities to help you develop your English vocabulary because a wide vocabulary base is one of the keys to success in the reading exam.

　　The exercises in this book have been created to give you practice in all the essential reading skills as well as the strategies you will need to answer the different kinds of questions in the test.

　　Topics in this book have been chosen because they are interesting, appropriate and typical. You will also study the common writing styles (narrative, description, argument) which are presented in reading passage materials in the IELTS exam.

　　Congratulations on choosing to study IELTS with New Oriental.

　　Ready? Let’s go!

　　Rod Ellis
　　第二语言教学之父
　　Task Base教学法创始人
　　序二：
　　Dear Student,

　　Thank you for choosing to study for the IELTS with New Oriental.

　　This book is the long anticipated result of a close cooperation between New Oriental and international IELTS experts to develop our own IELTS training materials. We believe it offers a different approach, with the following features:

　　First of all, the language used is likely what you will encounter in a real classroom or work setting while living abroad. The setting of each dialogue is also consistent with how you might encounter English as used by native speakers in their own country.

　　Also, under the guidance of renowned professor Rod Ellis, our partner international research team has delivered a proven methodology for ensuring the intended acquisition of needed skills for IELTS test takers in speaking, listening, reading and writing.

　　And most importantly, this book incorporates ten years of IELTS training experience by the very best teachers at New Oriental, and therefore has been customized to suit the needs of Chinese students.

　　I sincerely hope that together with these materials New Oriental teachers can make your IELTS classroom fruitful and rewarding. Enjoy your learning time with New Oriental!

　　周成刚
　　新东方教育科技集团