江濤、肖敏主編的《考研英語閱讀題源(Ⅲ)》在選文上做到了去粗取精，緊跟考研英語閱讀命題的趨勢，主要著眼於近幾年的《麥肯錫季刊》、《科學美國人》、《評論雜志》、《科學》、《美國新聞與世界報道》、《商業周刊》這幾本國外**雜志，從中精選出符合考研英語閱讀題型的文章，並收錄了近年來從這幾本報刊中節選後的考研英語閱讀真題。
本書為《考研英語閱讀題源(Ⅲ)》(科學美國人分冊)。本書根據考研英語閱讀真題的題材類型，從各個層面選擇文章，分為社會類、文教類、經濟類、科技類和健康類五大類，每類各包含10篇文章，每篇文章又由題源文選、詞彙注解、超綱單詞、重點段落譯文等板塊構成，幫助考生學習、理解。

Social Class社會類
Passage One Napoleon's Revenge[2008年真題PartA，Text3]
Passage Two AridLandThirsty Crops
Passage Three Can SiRing Too Much Kill You？
Passage Four Does Modest Dress Among Arab-American
Women Promote Vitamin D Deficiency？
Passage Five Baby Come Back：USInfant Mortality
Ranking Falls
Passage Six Is Accessto Clean Water a Human Right？
Passage Seven Why Do Cleaning Product-Makers
Keep Most of Their Ingredients Secret？
Passage Eight A Phone Call from Morn Reduces Stress
as Well as a Hug
Passage Nine Babies’Sex Linked to Morns’Breakfast Calories
Passage Ten One’s Enough：People Who Donate a Kidney
Live Just as Long as Those Who Don’t
Culture and Education文教類
Passage One Intelligence Considered[2007年真題PartA,Text2】
Passage Two Music and Speech Share a Code for
Communicating Sadness in the Minor Third
Passage Three Using Virtual Worlds and Video Games to
Teach the Lessons ofReality
Passage Four Population Bomb Author’s Fix for Next
Extinction：Educate Women
Passage Five Start Science Sooner
Passage Six Last 0fTheir Kind：What Is Lost When
Cultures Die？
Passage Seven Reforming Genetics Instruction for
Middle Schoolers
Passage Eight Climate Change Equals Culture Change
in the Andes
Passage Nine Babies Bom Early Are More Likely to Have
Special Education Needs
Passage Ten Hearing the Music，Honing the Mind，
Economy經濟類
Passage One Economics Nobel Awarded for Efforts to
Understand and Fight Unemployment
Passage Two Microsoft’s Ballmer to CES：Keep Investing
in Tech Despite Economic Woes
Passage Three Indonesia’s Palm Oil Economy Drives Human
Fortunes and Orangutan Misfortunes
Passage Four Asia Light Years Ahead of the USin Clean
Tech Investment--Financial and Economic
Consequences
Passage Five Can the Green Economy Survive in a Policy
Vacuum？
Passage Six Republicans Fighting for Bad Market
Practices
Passage Seven Rethinking the Global Money Supply
Passage Eight Extreme Weather Helps Drive Food Prices
to New Highs
Passage Nine USAsks World Bank to Stop Funding Coal-Fired
Power Plants in Developing Countries
Passage Ten Japan Economic Priority Is Supply Chain
Science and Technology科技類
Passage One Who’S Your Daddy？The Answer May Be
at the Drugstore[2009年真題Part A，Text 2】
Passage Two How to Preserve the Breadth ofLife on
the Planet
Passage Three A Bicycle Built for None：What Makes a
Riderless Bike Stable？
Passage Four Device Analyzes Radiation Exposure Through
Teeth and Nails
Passage Five Will a Highly Customized Shoe Help You
Run Better？
Passage six Automatic Auto：a Car That Ddves Itself
Passage Seven Easy Flier
Passage Eight Highway Robbery：Car Computer Controls
Could Be Vulnerable to Hackers
Passage Nine Electric Car Popularity May Depend
on Home Energy Management
Passage Ten How National Security Depends
on Better Lithium Barteries
Health健康類
Passage One Climate Change Extends Allergy Season
in North America
Passage Two How Significant Is the Impact of Ecofriendly
Organic Bedding and Clothing on a
Child’s Health？
Passage Three Wood Smoke Wafts up Health Concerns
Passage Four How Old Is Your Cancer？
Passage Five Can a Good Night’s Sleep Prevent a Cold？
Passage Six The Truth About Cell Phones and Cancer
Passage Seven Curing the Common Cold
Passage Eight Fear and Its Consequences：Why States
Should Get Tough with Vaccinations
Passage Nine Our Big Pig Problem
Passage Ten When Photos Are Painkiners