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Unit One Energy 1

Passage 1 Energy 1

Passage 2 Solar Energy 5

Passage 3 Fossil Fuels—Coal,Oil and Natural Gas 9

Passage 4 Saving Energy 13

Unit Two Environmental Protection 18

Passage 1 A New Foundation for Energy and Environment 18

Passage 2 Climate Change Proposal Would Revolutionize Value of Forests 22

Passage 3 Copenhagen's Surprising Gain for Climate 27

Passage 4 Why the White Wilderness Needs Our Care 31

Unit Three Health 37

Passage 1 20 Ways to Get Healthier for Free 37

Passage 2 Want a Restful Sleep?Eat These Foods 42

Passage 3 Top 8 Medical Breakthroughs 47

Passage 4 Is Canned and Frozen Produce as Healthy as Fresh? 52

Unit Four Geography and Population 56

Passage 1 Waves 56

Passage 2 Geography Redux:Where You Live Is What You Are 60

Passage 3 Population Growth Steady in Recent Years 66

Passage 4 Population and the Environment:the Global Challenge 71

Unit Five Art and Literature 77

Passage 1 Biography of Walt Disney 77

Passage 2 What's Holding You Back?—How to Get Started as an Artist 81

Passage 3 How a Book Club Changed My Life 86

Passage 4 In E-Book Era,You Can't Even Judge a Cover 90

Unit Six Religion 95

Passage 1 Knock on Wood:Superstitions and Their Origins 95

Passage 2 Top Churches to Visit in Rome 100

Passage 3 Taoist Symbol for Harmony and Balance,Confucius for Cultivating Personal Development 104

Passage 4 An Introduction to Philosophy of Religion—Comparative Religion 109

Unit Seven Politics 115

Passage 1 UK Faces Election with a Difference 115

Passage 2 Obama,Russian President Sign Arms Treaty 119

Passage 3 Ex-Foreign Minister Says She's Kyrgyzstan's Interim Leader 124

Passage 4 Explainer:What Are the Protests in Thailand about? 128

Unit Eight Terrorism 135

Passage 1 Defiance Is the Best Response to Terrorism 135

Passage 2 Measures to Prevent and Combat Terrorism 139

Passage 3 What Makes Chechen Women So Dangerous? 144

Passage 4 Nuclear Terrorism Is Most U rgent Threat 149

参考答案 154