“英語詞彙學習叢書”由美國知名的教材教輔圖
書出版社Townsend Press出版，是美國大學生使用最
為廣泛的擴大詞彙量的教學輔導圖書之一。正如本叢
書的編者所指出的那樣，在美國一個學生的前途在某
種程度上取決於他／她的詞彙量的大小。對於我國廣
大的英語學習者來說，詞彙學習當然也是英語學習的
一個重要方面。
本叢書共有6冊。每冊介紹240～300個在TOEFL、
GRE、SAT等考試中經常出現的單詞。本叢書的特點是
提供地道的例句，讓單詞在多個語境中反復出現，通
過例證、同義、反義、類比等關繫來界定詞義，使學
生自然而然習得單詞，與傳統的死記硬背方法有著極
大的不同。此外，書中部分練習題的題型與TOEFL、
GRE、SAT等考試題型相似，對有志於出國留學的學生
熟悉題型也有一定的幫助。
尼斯特、莫爾編著的《英語詞彙突破》
（Advancing Vocabulary Skills）為本叢書的第五
冊，適合我國高校英語專業高年級（TEM8）水平的學
生使用，也可以用作TOEFL培訓高級階段和GRE培訓中
級階段的輔助教材。

前言
導讀
Pretest of the Whole Book
UNIT ONE
Unit One Pretest
Chapter 1 Apartment Problems
Chapter 2 Hardly a Loser
Chapter 3 Grandfather at the Art Museum
Chapter 4 My Brother's Mental Illness
Chapter 5 A Get-Rich-Quick Seam
Chapter 6 Holiday Blues (Word Parts)
Unit One Review (Crossword Puzzle)
Unit One Tests
UNIT TWO
Unit Two Pretest
Chapter 7 A Phony Friend
Chapter 8 Coco the Gorilla
Chapter 9 Our Annual Garage Sale
Chapter 10 A Debate on School Uniforms
Chapter 11 My Large Family
Chapter 12 Alex's Search (Word Parts)
Unit Two Review (Crossword Puzzle)
Unit Two Tests
UNIT THREE
Unit Three Pretest
Chapter 13 Ann's Love of Animals
Chapter 14 A Costume Party
Chapter 15 The Missing Painting
Chapter 16 An Ohio Girl in New York
Chapter 17 How Neat Is Neat Enough?
Chapter 18 A Cult Community (Word Parts)
Unit Three Review (Crossword Puzzle)
Unit Three Tests
UNIT FOUR
Unit Four Pretest
Chapter 19 Halloween Troubles
Chapter 20 Thomas Dooley
Chapter 21 Twelve Grown Men in a Bug
Chapter 22 Adjusting to a Group Home
Chapter 23 A Different Kind of Doctor
Chapter 24 Grandpa and Music (Word Parts)
Unit Four Review (Crossword Puzzle)
Unit Four Tests
UNIT FIVE
Unit Five Pretest
Chapter 25 My Devilish Older Sister
Chapter 26 Harriet Tubman
Chapter 27 Tony's Rehabilitation
Chapter 28 Rumors
Chapter 29 The End of a Political Career
Chapter 30 Firing Our Boss
Unit Five Review (Crossword Puzzle)
Unit Five Tests
Posttest of the Whole Book
APPENDIXES
A Answer Key
1.Answers to the Pretest of the Whole Book
2.Answers to the Unit Pretests
3.Answers to the Chapter Activities
4.Answers to the Unit Reviews and Tests
5.Answers to the Posttest of the Whole Book
B List of Words and Word Parts