《普通高中英语课程标准》七级要求学生能就熟悉的话题交流信息，提出问题并陈述自己的意见和建议；能读懂供高中学生阅读的英文原著简写本及英语报刊；具有初步的实用写作能力，如事务通知、邀请信等。本书根据《普通高中英语课程标准》七级的要求，以英国语文、美国语文和加拿大语文的材料为主，辅以其他经典阅读材料和经过改编的时新英语素材，作为高中生课外英语读物和辅助英语教材，帮助学生达到以上能力要求。七级?上的选材以说明文为主。

　　聂成军，中国民主促进会会员，中学高级教师。现任北京市海淀区教委教研员、高中英语教研室主任。中央电教馆、教育部课程与教材发展中心特聘专家；北京教育考试院高考试题评价专家组成员、自主会考试题评价组组长；北京教育学院特聘英语骨干教师培训导师；海淀区教委名师工作站英语学科组导师。

1． Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
2． My Mother’s Grave
3． A Quick Race
4． That Dog of Mine
5． He Led a Useful Life
6． The Difference a Teacher Can Make
7． Death of a Gull
8． Elsa Kills a Buffalo
9． The Whistle Language of La Gomera
10． Rescue Under the Sea
11． School’s Out
12． A Miracle at Christmas
13． Anecdotes of Birds
14． The First Biologist
15． The Dragon That Did Not Die 1． Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
2． My Mother’s Grave
3． A Quick Race
4． That Dog of Mine
5． He Led a Useful Life
6． The Difference a Teacher Can Make
7． Death of a Gull
8． Elsa Kills a Buffalo
9． The Whistle Language of La Gomera
10． Rescue Under the Sea
11． School’s Out
12． A Miracle at Christmas
13． Anecdotes of Birds
14． The First Biologist
15． The Dragon That Did Not Die
16． Marlin Perkins’ World
17． Numbers on the Brain
18． Signals from Space
19． The Warning Shot
20． The Two-year Apple
21． Manners Here， Manners There
22． Lost over the Atlantic
23． Safeguarding Life
24． The Rainbow Pilgrimage
25． Insect Life in Winter
26． Brandywine Ford (1）
27． Brandywine Ford (2）
28． Swiss Watch School (1）
29． Swiss Watch School (2）
30． Making Tracks
31． Milk
32． The Great Migrator
33． School and Sports in Ancient Greece
34． The World of the Wanderer
35． The Scientist and the Sensitive Snake
36． Sounds Versus Symbols
37． Telltale Trees
38． Why Are You Laughing？
39． Conversation with a Chimpanzee
40． A Full-time School Called Life
41． Born to Win
42． Why Study Math？
43． Cleaner Ways of Travel
44． Success Stems from the Positive Habits
45． Co-operate with the Inevitable
46． The Black Man in the Picture
47． Superstitious? Here’s Why！
48． In Search of Silence
49． Sleepwalking—Fact or Fancy？
50． Bittersweet Companions
51． Twins， Genes， and Environment
52． Needed： An International Language
53． The Bright Side of Pessimism
54． The Struggle for Wisdom (1）
55． The Struggle for Wisdom (2）
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　　A mysterious sea monster attacks a ship. Three men are thrown from the deck. They find themselves on the back of the supposed whale. Amazed, they discover it is covered with steel plates. They are on top of a submarine!
　　Suddenly the submarine begins to sink. Will they be washed into the sea? Or will their cries be heard by the men—whoever they are—inside the strange vessel?
　　Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a fascinating tale of adventure with Captain Nemo (“no name”) in his submarine ship, the Nautilus. We find the story thrilling; readers of Jules Verne’s day must have found it much more exciting. Nobody at that time had made a practical submarine. The Nautilus was the product of the author’s imagination.
　　Jules Verne had been around ships and boats most of his life. But his trip to America in 1867 was his first ocean voyage.
　　The ship that carried Verne from his native France was the Great Eastern. She was the largest and most splendid passenger ship of the time. But Verne was not interested in her because of what she was in 1867; his interest was in what she had been the year before. Without her splendid fittings, she had been used to lay the first successful Atlantic cable linking England and America.
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