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UNIT 1 1

Text:Big Bucks the Easy Way 1

Study ＆ Practice 8

Reading Activity 16

Skill:Basic Reading Skill Ⅴ—Avoiding Vocalization and Inner SpeechReading Passage:Winter Ice-Cream ManGuided Writing 20

UNIT 2 22

Text:Deer and the Energy Cycle 22

Study ＆ Practice 27

Reading Activity 35

Skill:Basic Reading Skill Ⅵ—Broadening Eye Span 40

Reading Passage:Life and Death and Life 40

Guided Writing 40

Supplementary Reading in Popular Science 40

Little Lamb,Who Made Thee? 43

UNIT 3 43

Text:Why Do We Believe That the Earth Is Round? 43

Study ＆ Practice 49

Reading Activity 57

Skill:Reading Attack Skill Ⅵ—Skimming(1) 62

Reading Passage:Science ＆ Truth 62

Guided Writing 62

REVISION EXERCISES 1 64

UNIT 4 68

Text:Jim Thorpe 68

Study ＆ Practice 76

Reading Activity 85

Skill:Reading Attack Skill Ⅵ—Skimming(2) 90

Reading Passage:Soccer's Wild World Cup Scramble 90

Guided Writing 90

Supplementary Reading in Popular Science 91

The Sun 94

UNIT 5 94

Text:To Lie or Not to Lie—The Doctor's Dilemma 94

Study ＆ Practice 101

Reading Activity 108

Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅶ—Distinguishing Fact from Opinion(1)Reading Passage:The Man Who Wrote His Own ObituaryGuided Writing 113

TEST YOURSELF:Test Paper 1 114

UNIT 6 124

Text:How to Mark a Book 124

Study ＆ Practice 132

Reading Activity 140

Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅶ—Distinguishing Fact from Opinion(2)Reading Passage:Take It Easy to Learn BetterGuided Writing 143

Supplementary Reading in Popular Science 144

Privacy in the Information Age 147

UNIT 7 147

Text:The Luncheon 147

Study ＆ Practice 156

Reading Activity 163

Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅷ—Making Sound Judgments(1)Reading Passage:John Rossiter's WifeGuided Writing 168

UNIT 8 170

Text:The New Caves 170

Study ＆ Practice 177

Reading Activity 184

Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅷ—Making Sound Judgments(2)Reading Passage:2001 Space ShuttleGuided Writing 188

Supplementary Reading in Popular Science 189

Coming Down Without a Bump 192

REVISION EXERCISES 2 192

UNIT 9 197

Text:Journey West 197

Study ＆ Practice 205

Reading Activity 212

Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅸ—Recognizing Denotation and Connotation(1)Reading Passage:Real-Life Shangri-LaGuided Writing 215

UNIT 10 217

Text:Why People Work 217

Study ＆ Practice 224

Reading Activity 232

Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅸ—Recognizing Denotation and Connotation(2)Reading Passage:WorkGuided Writing 237

Supplementary Reading in Popular Science 237

The Leaning Tower of Pisa 240

TEST YOURSELF:Test Paper 2 240

APPENDIX 1:Key to Revision Exercises 1 251

Key to Revision Exercises 2 253

APPENDIX 2:Key to Test Paper 1 255

Key to Test Paper 2 257

APPENDIX 3:Key to Exercises in Supplementary Readings 260

APPENDIX 4:Glossary 262