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Contents 1

Part One 1

Passage 1 The Hibernating Human 1

Passage 2 Examinations in the Past and at Present 3

Passage 3 Population Density 5

Passage 4 One of the Oldest Games in the World 7

Passage 5 Rabies-Control Programme 9

Passage 6 Air Pollution 11

Passage 7 Introductions in the American Culture 13

Passage 8 Saving the World s Rain Forests 15

Passage 9 American Constitution 16

Passage 10 The Schools of Tomorrow 18

Passage 11 Halloween 20

Passage 12 Color-Wall Testing 22

Passage 13 Language 24

Passage 14 Andrew Carnegie 26

Passage 15 Communications Satellites 28

Passage 16 Transportation in Vancouver 30

Passage 17 When Should a Child Start Learning to Read 33

Passage 18 The Success Story of the Early Beatles 35

Passage 19 Down to Earth Both Feet on the Ground 37

Passage 20 Pocket Calculators 39

Part Two 41

Passage 21 City Traffic Problems 41

Passage 22 Chinese Cuisine 43

Passage 23 British Health Service 45

Passage 24 Auction Sales 48

Passage 25 The Survival of the Plant 50

Passage 26 Aspirin 52

Passage 27 Crime Cycles Throughout the Year 54

Passage 28 Security and Commodity Exchanges 56

Passage 29 Education in Britain and Japan 58

Passage 30 How Jazz Began 60

Passage 31 Weather Map 63

Passage 32 Titanic Ⅰ:A Brief History 65

Passage 33 Titanic Ⅱ:Company Wants to Rebuild Ship 67

Passage 34 Nike vs.Adidas in the World Cup Final 70

Passage 35 Energy Consumption 72

Passage 36 The High Price of Business 74

Passage 37 Water Used in Industry 77

Passage 38 Fight Against Terrorism 79

Passage 39 Cause of the EI Nino Phenomenon 81

Passage 40 Good Side of EI Nino 84

Part Three 87

Passage 41 Influence of the Press 87

Passage 42 Life in the Solar System 89

Passage 43 Future Housing Problem 92

Passage 44 Passport 94

Passage45 What International Sport Creates? 97

Passage 46 Modern Surgery 99

Passage 47 Instrument of Freedom 102

Passage 48 System of Arranged Marriage in India 104

Passage 49 Yanks and Rebs 107

Passage 50 Air Resistance 109

Passage 51 How Britain s Parliament Makes New Law? 112

Passage 52 Problems of American Cities 114

Passage 53 Computer Age 116

Passage 54 An Uncomfortable Journey 119

Passage 55 Oil 121

Passage 56 The Future of Work 124

Passage 57 A Letter 126

Passage 58 Missing from Home 129

Passage 59 Changes in the Environment 131

Passage 60 Food Styles in USA 134

Passage 61 Atom Bombs 137

Part Four 137

Passage 62 Methods of Scientific Inquiry 139

Passage 63 Carbon Dioxide Warms the Earth 142

Passage 64 Human Breathing Activity 145

Passage 65 Arab Custom 147

Passage 66 The Formation of Ocean Basins 150

Passage 67 An Elephant Man 152

Passage 68 Lies Seem Like the Truth 155

Passage 69 Japan s Finishing Schools 157

Passage 70 Animals Predict Earthquakes 160

Passage 71 Innumerate.Illiterate 162

Passage 72 Treatment for Breast Cancer 165

Passage 73 American Legislative System 168

Passage 74 Why Unhappy in Their Jobs 170

Passage 75 Evolution of Sex Ratios 173

Passage 76 Superstition of Sailors and Fishermen 176

Passage 77 U.S.Banking System 178

Passage 78 Could a Magic Flute Make You Smarter? 181

Passage 79 Analogy and Memory 184

Passage 80 Bolder Policies on SOEs 186

Key to Exercises 190