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UNIT 1 FOOD AND DRINK 1

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 1

The Process of Making Chocolate 1

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 5

Section A 5

American Food and Drink 5

Section B 6

Passage 1 Changes in the American Diet 6

Passage 2 Categorization of Food 7

UNIT 2 CULTURE 9

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 9

What Is Culture? 9

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 12

Section A 12

The Origin of"Cool" 12

Section B 13

Passage 1 Knighthood and Chivalry 13

Passage 2 Code and Culture 15

UNIT 3 ENTERTAINMENT 17

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 17

Magic 17

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 20

Section A 20

Healing Power of Hobbies 20

Section B 21

Passage 1 TV Talk Shows 21

Passage 2 Benefits of Play 22

UNIT 4 GEOGRAPHY 25

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 25

The Sahara 25

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 28

Section A 28

The Dead Sea 28

Section B 29

Passage 1 Iceland 29

Passage 2 A Stamp Made the Canal 31

UNIT 5 ADVENTURE 34

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 34

Space Observation and Travel 34

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 37

Section A 37

Robinson Crusoe 37

Section B 37

Passage 1 Discovery of the Antarctic 38

Passage 2 1953 Everest Expedition 39

UNIT 6 DISCOVERY 42

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 42

A Western Route to the East 42

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 45

Section A 45

Discovering the New World 45

Section B 46

Passage 1 First Dinosaur Fossil Discoveries 46

Passage 2 Mayan Queen's Tomb Unearthed 48

UNIT 7 ENVIRONMENT 50

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 50

The Shrinking Earth 50

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 53

Section A 53

Heat Pollution 53

Section B 54

Passage 1 Cleaner-Burning Fuels 54

Passage 2 Environmental Ethics 56

UNIT 8 NATURAL PHENOMENA 59

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 59

The Asian Tsunami 59

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 62

Section A 62

Glacier 62

Section B 63

Passage 1 Continental Drift 63

Passage 2 Erosion 65

UNIT 9 DISASTERS 68

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 68

2008 Sichuan Earthquake 68

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 71

Section A 71

Winged Warrior 72

Section B 72

Passage 1 Avalanche 73

Passage 2 Caterpillar—the Rescuer 74

UNIT 10 MATERIAL 77

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 77

Plastics and Rubbers in Building 77

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 81

Section A 81

Nano-material Is Harder than Diamonds 81

Section B 82

Passage 1 Glass Fibers 82

Passage 2 Barbed Wire 83

UNIT 11 ECONOMY 85

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 85

China's Economy 85

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 88

Section A 88

Individual Economic Units 89

Section B 90

Passage 1 US Banking System 90

Passage 2 Financial Market Differences 91

UNIT 12 BUSINESS AND TRADE 93

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 93

The Seven Proven Principles to Business Success 93

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 96

Section A 96

Google 96

Section B 97

Passage 1 Toy Business 97

Passage 2 Collaboration of Western and Eastern Airliners 99

UNIT 13 ENERGY 101

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 101

Energy Conservation 101

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 105

Section A 105

The Coming Energy Crisis? 105

Section B 106

Passage 1 Wind Power 106

Passage 2 Debate on Nuclear Power 108

UNIT 14 INVENTIONS 110

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 110

The Rocket—From East to West 110

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 113

Section A 113

Telling the Time 113

Section B 114

Passage 1 Ford Model T 114

Passage 2 Going Up 116

UNIT 15 SPACE 119

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 119

Life on Mars:A Travel Brochure for the Red Planet 119

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 122

Section A 122

Apollo Missions 122

Section B 123

Passage 1 Speed Limit in Solar System 123

Passage 2 Solar-Dimming Problem 125

UNIT 16 SOCIETY 127

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 127

Five Parenting Styles 127

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 130

Section A 130

The Boomerang Generation 130

Section B 131

Passage 1 Five Factors to Delinquency 131

Passage 2 Gun Market in America 133

UNIT 17 GENDER GAP 135

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 135

Why Do Girls Wear Pink and Boys Wear Blue? 135

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 138

Section A 138

The Feminist Movement 138

Section B 139

Passage 1 Revised Gender Roles 140

Passage 2 Gender Discrimination in Developing Countries 141

UNIT 18 ISSUES AND OPINIONS 144

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimmingand Scanning) 144

Paparazzi 144

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 148

Section A 148

Road Rage—A Western Phenomenon? 148

Section B 149

Passage 1 Margaret Mead on Youth 149

Passage 2 Affluence and Effluence 150

UNIT 19 FOREIGN CUSTOMS 153

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 153

Scottish Kilt 153

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 156

Section A 156

The Mother of Mother's Day 156

Section B 157

Passage 1 An Irish Wedding 158

Passage 2 Customs of the Maoris 159

UNIT 20 ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS 162

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 162

Aztec 162

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 166

Section A 166

Babylonia 166

Section B 167

Passage 1 The Golden Age of Greece 167

Passage 2 Mystic Maya Collapse 169

UNIT 21 DETECTIVE STORIES 172

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 172

The Real Sherlock Holmes 172

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 176

Section A 176

The Detective Story 176

Section B 177

Passage 1 Holmes and Real Life Police 177

Passage 2 Solving the Holdup 178

UNIT 22 GREAT NAMES 181

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 181

Pablo Picasso 181

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 184

Section A 184

The Trial and Death of Socrates 184

Section B 185

Passage 1 Paul Gauguin 185

Passage 2 Robert Schumann 187

UNIT 23 LITERATURE 189

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 189

Leo Tolstoy 189

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 192

Section A 192

The Hemingway Hero 192

Section B 193

Passage 1 Mark Twain 194

Passage 2 The Childhood of Charles Dickens 195

UNIT 24 HISTORY 198

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 198

Renaissance 198

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 201

Section A 201

The American Revolutionary War 201

Section B 202

Passage 1 The Rise of Rome 202

Passage 2 The Fall of Rome 204

UNIT 25 PHILOSOPHY 206

Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) 206

History of Western Philosophy 206

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) 209

Section A 209

Guided by Philosophy 210

Section B 211

Passage 1 Aristotle's Views 211

Passage 2 Philosophy and Our Life 212

Key 215

References 224