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Contents 1

Lesson One 1

Text HOW A CASSETTE RECORDER WORKS 1

Fast Reading Passage Bamboo 5

Reading Skills Guessing the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word from Its Formation(Ⅰ) 6

Lessin Two 8

Text CAMPING HOLIDAYS 8

Fast Reading Passage The Man from the Government 11

Lesson Three 13

Text THE REDWOODS OF CALIFORNIA 13

Fast Reading Passage The Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay 15

Reading Skills Guessing the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word from Its Formation(Ⅱ) 16

Lesson Four 19

Text THE MOON SHINES ON 19

Fast Reading Passage Meeting the Boss on the First Day 21

Lesson Five 23

Text THE ANIMAL KINGDOM 23

Fast Reading Passage The Koala 25

Reading Skills Guessing the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word from Its Synonym 26

Lesson Six 28

Text CITY LIFE AND COUNTRY LIFE 28

Fast Reading Passage(No title) 30

Lesson Seven 32

Text TELLING TIME 32

Fast Reading Passage Telling Time by Shadows 35

Reading Skills Guessing the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word from Its Antonym 36

Lesson Eight 37

Text INDEPENDENCE DAY 37

Fast Reading Passage The Support of Thomas Nast in Lincoln s Re-election 39

Lesson Nine 41

Text SYDNEY 41

Fast Reading Passage Winter at the South Pole 43

Reading Skills Guessing the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word from Its Appositive 44

Lesson Ten 46

Text OKAY 46

Fast Reading Passage A King and a Queen 48

Lesson Eleven 50

Text NOTICES 50

Fast Reading Passage The Lucky Customer 53

Reading Skills Drawing a Conclusion from the Facts 55

Lesson Twelve 57

Text THE FIRST WHITE SETTLERS IN AUSTRALIA 57

Fast Reading Passage Help in Time of Trouble 59

Text KEEPING FOOD FRESH 61

Lesson Thirteen 61

Fast Reading Passage The Climate and Man s Mental Abilities 63

Reading Skills Identifying the Main Idea in a Group of Sentences 64

Lesson Fourteen 66

Text TREES IN DANGER 66

Fast Reading Passage Can Trees Communicate with Each Other? 68

Lesson Fifteen 70

Text CHRISTMAS DAY 70

Fast Reading Passage(No title) 73

Reading Skills Identifying the Topic Sentence in a Paragraph 74

Text ADVERTISEMENTS 76

Lesson Sixteen 76

Fast Reading Passage(No title) 79

Lesson Seventeen 81

Text WHY IS FRIDAY THE 13TH CONSIDERED UNLUCKY? 81

Fast Reading Passage Different Nations,Different Cultures 83

Reading Skills Identifying the Main Idea of a Paragraph 84

Lesson Eighteen 86

Text WHO PUBLISHED THE FIRST NEWSPAPER? 86

Fast Reading Passage Three Short Newspaper Articles 88

Text PEOPLE 90

Lesson Nineteen 90

Fast Reading Passage(No title) 94

Reading Skills Inferring the Hidden Meaning in a Dialogue 96

Lesson Twenty 99

Text ELVIS PRESLEY 99

Fast Reading Passage Marco Polo 101

Lesson Twenty-one 104

Text ENGLISH WORDS FROM OTHER LANGUAGES 104

Fast Reading Passage(No title) 107

Reading Skills Inferring the Hidden Meaning in a Single Sentence 108

Text KIDS 110

Lesson Twenty-two 110

Fast Reading Passage What s So Funny? 113

Lesson Twenty-three 116

Text LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY 116

Fast Reading Passage(No title) 119

Reading Skills Inferring the Hidden Meaning in a Passage 120

Lesson Twenty-four 123

Text YOU AND THE PAPER 123

Fast Reading Passage Felixstowe 127

Key to Exercises 129

Vocabulary 146