考研英语阅读题源Ⅱ：纽约时报

社会类
　Passage 1 California Seeks Thermostat Control
　Passage 2 As Jobs Vanish and Prices Rise，Food Stamp Use NearsRecord
　Passage 3 Study Gives High Marks to U．S． Internet
　Passage 4 Asian Food Crisis Has Political and CivilImplications
　Passage 5 P01arBearIs Made aProtected Species
　Passage 6 Sweden Turning Sewage into a Gasoline Substitute
　Passage 7 Frustration in the South as a Gasoline Shortage Dragson
　Passage 8 Transit Use Hit Five—Decade High in 2008 as Gas PricesRose
　Passage 9 Road Deaths Nationwide Fell Sharply in 2008
　Passage 10 Britain Responds to Criticism of Its Universal HealthSystem
文教类
　Passage 1 Applications to Colleges Are Breaking Records
　Passage 2 Online Schooling Grows，Setting Off a Debate
　Passage 3 East andWest：SeeingtheWorld through DifferentLenses
　Passage 4 Report Urges Changes in Teaching Math
　Passage 5 Top Colleges Dig Deeper in Wait Lists for Students
　Passage 6 Study Finds Little Benefit in New SAT
　Passage 7 New Vision for Schools Proposes Broad Role
　Passage 8 College May Become Unaffordable for Most in U．S．
　Passage 9 Arts Leaders Urge Role for Culture in EconomicRecovery
　Passage 10 Ina Digital Future，Textbooks Are History
经济类
　Passage 1 0il Hitsy 100 a Barrel for the First Time
　Passage 2 FedActs to Rescue Financial Markets
　Passage 3 Germany Debates Subsidies for Solar Industry
　Passage 4 Nissan Says Electric Cars Will Be QuicklyProfitable
　Passage 5 Greenspan Concedes Error on Regulation
　Passage 6 Fifty Herbert Hoovers
　Passage 7 In Asia，Hints of a Distant and Fragile Recovery
　Passage 8 China’S Economy Takes a Sharp Domestic Turn
　Passage 9 Airbus Warns Output Could Drop as Much as 25％in 2010 and2011
　Passage 10 For Asia，Data Shows a Slow Climb Out ofRecession
科技类
　Passage 1 Scientists Would Turn Greenhouse Gas into Gasoline
　Passage 2 New Ways to Store Solar Energy for Nighttime and CloudyDays
　Passage 3 Home Brew for the Car,Not the Beer Cup
　Passage 4 In a New Climate Model，Short Term Cooling in a WarmerWorld
　Passage 5 Country,the City Version：Farmsin the Sky Gain NewInterest
　Passage 6 TheMysteriousCough,CaughtonFilm
　Passage 7 Google Uses Searches to Track Flu’S Spread
　Passage 8 OnWeb andiPhone，aTooltoAid Careful Shopping
　Passage 9 Panels of Light，Not Just Points， Fascinate Designers andIndustry
　Passage 10 Pursuing a Baaery So Electric vehieles Can Go the ExtraMiles   
健康类
　Passage 1 The Claim：Identical Twins Have Identical DNA
　Passage 2 Yes，Running Can Make You High
　Passage 3 Life Expectancy Is Declining in Some Pockets oftheCountry
　Passage 4 Taste for Quick Boost Tied to Taste for Risk
　Passage 5 Panel Sees Role for Smoking in Breast Cancer
　Passage 6 G．O．P Senators Question Obama’s Health Reforms
　Passage 7 Discovery May Help Treat Obesity
　Passage 8 Stealing in Childhood Does Not a Criminal Make
　Passage 9 Survey Finds High Fees Commonin Medical Care
　Passage 10 Genes Tied to Gap in Treatment ofHepatitis C