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UNITS TITLE 1

Reading Skill I Scanning 1

Unit One 5

Lesson One Enjoying Music 5

Lesson Two Theme of Music 10

Passage One Variations of Music 14

Passage Two Robert Schumann 16

Passage Three Electrical Instruments 17

Unit Two 19

Lesson One Traveling Students 19

Lesson Two The Gift of Fire 24

Passage One English Learning 28

Passage Two House for Sale 29

Passage Three Definition of Culture 30

Unit Three 33

Lesson One Marlin Perkins World 33

Lesson Two A Pound of Butter 38

Passage One My Grandmother 41

Passage Two The Hammock 43

Passage Three Aging 45

Unit Four 47

Lesson One Freedom from Pain 47

Lesson Two Surprises in lee 52

Passage One Writing 55

Passage Two Make Writing Clear and Complete 57

Passage Three Be Yourself 58

Lesson One Which Was Witch? 60

Unit Five 60

Lesson Two The Little People 65

Passage One Space Research 68

Passage Two Measures of Time 70

Passage Three Flying Machines 71

Reading Skill Ⅱ Word Formation(Suffixes) 75

Unit Six 75

Lesson One Thomas Alva Edison 75

Lesson Two Sex:It s All in Your Brain 81

*Passage One 84

*Passage Two 86

*Passage Three 87

Lesson One Environment and Health Issues 89

Unit Seven 89

Lesson Two Poison 95

Passage One Athens Is Dying 98

Passage Two Forest Protection 99

Passage Three Our Environment Is Threatened 101

Unit Eight 103

*Lesson One 103

Lesson Two Bill Clinton s Foreign Policy 111

Passage One Cuba Marks 40 Years Under Castro 116

*Passage Two 117

*Passage Three 119

Unit Nine 122

Lesson One Improving Your T.Q.(Test-Taking Quotient) 122

Lesson Two Native Tongues 128

Passage One Speaking of Speaking 135

Passage Two Saving Books with Science 138

Passage Three The Ultimate Machine: The Electronic Computer 141

Unit Ten 144

Lesson One Larks and Owls: The Inner Clock That Rules Our Lives 144

Lesson Two Origins of the Mind 150

Passage One Snoring: An Unwelcome Bedfellow 156

Passage Two Cloning Futuristic Problem 159

Passage Three Why Dick Can t Stop Smoking 161

Reading Skill Ⅲ Facts and Opinion 164

Unit Eleven 166

Lesson One Internet ER 166

Lesson Two Getting Connected 172

Passage One Computer Violence 177

Passage Two Home Smart Home 181

Passage Three The Price of Pollution 183

Unit Twelve 188

Lesson One RX for Joy 188

Lesson Two The Truth About Dr. Berger 193

Passage One The Winner s Guide to Success 199

Passage Two 6 Big Career Mistakes—and How to Avoid Them 201

Passage Three Handle Stress Like an Expert 205

Unit Thirteen 209

Lesson One The Things We Can t Control 209

Lesson Two A Boy, a Dream and a Dinosaur 215

Passage One My Fourteenth Summer 219

Passage Two My Night on the Assembly Line 222

Passage Three Prince of Rides 226

Lesson One What Love Can Build 228

Unit Fourteen 228

Lesson Two Father and Son 234

Passage One When Your Child Talks Back 239

Passage Two Teach Your Child Temper Control 242

Passage Three Teach Your Child to Bounce Back 245

Unit Fifteen 248

Lesson One Alliana s New Mother 248

Lesson Two The Spark She Can t Explain 253

Passage One Personal Glimpses 258

Passage Two An African Experience 260

Passage Three How of Mend a Broken Friendship 263

Reading Skill Ⅳ Purpose and Tone 266

Lesson One Deciding to Let Your Parents Die 268

Unit Sixteen 268

Lesson Two Acting to End a Life Is Sometimes Justified 274

Passage One A Hanging 280

Passage Two Reactions to Impending Death 285

Passage Three Looking Forward, Looking Back 288

Unit Seventeen 293

Lesson One Love and Family 293

Lesson Two Wolves Mate for Life 298

Passage One The Decision to Marry 305

*Passage Two 308

Passage Three The Baffling Question 309

Unit Eighteen 312

Lesson One The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle 312