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Unit One 1

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ The Nobel Prizes 1

Reading Passage Ⅱ Basketry:A Stone Age Craft 4

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ The Fortune in Hardwoods 7

Reading Passage Ⅱ What to Do with Solid Waste 9

Unit Two 12

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ Introduction to Italy 12

Reading Passage Ⅱ Italy's Finest Resource—Its People 16

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ Conservation the Future is Now 19

Reading Passage Ⅱ Pain and Pleasure 22

Unit Three 25

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ Marco Polo 25

Reading Passage Ⅱ St.Peter's Basilica 28

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ The Early Navigator's Best Friends 32

Reading Passage Ⅱ Cool,Clear Water 34

Unit Four 38

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ The Gondola of Venice—Floating Symbol of a City 38

Reading Passage Ⅱ The Leaning Tower of Pisa 41

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ Scientists or Dreamers 45

Reading Passage Ⅱ Marine Mineral Resources 48

Unit Five 51

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ Hans Christian Andersen 51

Reading Passage Ⅱ Bernard Shaw 55

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ Our Water Supply 58

Reading Passage Ⅱ Following the Rules 60

Unit Six 63

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ St.Patrick's Day 63

Reading Passage Ⅱ Mozart 66

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ Cones and Domes 69

Reading Passage Ⅱ Greece 72

Unit Seven 75

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ Overview of Vienna 75

Reading Passage Ⅱ A Safe,High Quality and Easy Way of Living 79

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ Seeing is Believing 82

Reading Passage Ⅱ Rain Drops Keep Falling 85

Unit Eight 88

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ The Beginning of the Dane—Norse Invasions 88

Reading Passage Ⅱ Danish Culture 91

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ A Shaft of Vermont Granite 94

Reading Passage Ⅱ Island on the Move 96

Unit Nine 99

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ Free Sport—the Wheel Deal 99

Reading Passage Ⅱ Germany—A Land of Culture 102

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ The King of Ragtime 106

Reading Passage Ⅱ Counting the World's Population 109

Unit Ten 112

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ Germany as a Centre of Business 112

Reading Passage Ⅱ Vincent Van Gogh 116

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ Where Do All the Wild Birds Go 119

Reading Passage Ⅱ A Place for All Seasons 122

Unit Eleven 125

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ The Life of Pablo Picasso 125

Reading Passage Ⅱ Pop Corn and Potato Chips 128

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ For the Cause of Liberty 131

Reading Passage Ⅱ Using Energy Efficiently 133

Unit Twelve 136

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ The Father of Science Fiction—Jules Verne 136

Reading Passage Ⅱ The Gigantic Optional Illusion 138

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ Clues to The Past 141

Reading Passage Ⅱ Those Daring Young Men 144

Unit Thirteen 147

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ Overcoming Cultural Shock 147

Reading Passage Ⅱ History of Black Harlem 150

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ Problems of Older Americans 153

Reading Passage Ⅱ Louis Pasteur 155

Unit Fourteen 158

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ American Classroom Customs 158

Reading Passage Ⅱ Canada in the Second World War 161

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ The Man behind the Braille System 163

Reading Passage Ⅱ Income Tax 166

Unit Fifteen 169

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ In Search of Good English Food 169

Reading Passage Ⅱ Origins of Easter Traditions 172

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ Curds and Whey 175

Reading Passage Ⅱ Henry Ford and the American Automobile 178

Unit Sixteen 183

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ New York 183

Reading Passage Ⅱ Rome 186

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ Table Manners 189

Reading Passage Ⅱ The Queen of Hearts by Wilkie Collins 193

Unit Seventeen 197

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ Paris 197

Reading Passage Ⅱ Panama Canal 200

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ From The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams 203

Reading Passage Ⅱ From The Christmas Tree and the Wedding by Fyodor Dos 206

Unit Eighteen 210

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ The History of Mother's Day 210

Reading Passage Ⅱ British Bank Holiday 213

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ Rrom The Awakening by Kate Chopin 215

Reading Passage Ⅱ From Democracy:An American Novel by Henry Adams 218

Unit Nineteen 223

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ Pubs in Britain 223

Reading Passage Ⅱ Geneva—Capital of Peace 226

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ From Esther:An American Novel by Henry A dams 229

Reading Passage Ⅱ Bank Services 232

Unit Twenty 237

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ Western Culture—Superstition in the Theatre 237

Reading Passage Ⅱ Time As Americans See It 240

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ Life around Olympus 243

Reading Passage Ⅱ Liberty and Peace 246

Unit Twenty-One 249

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ An Experience of Watching a Bullfight in Spain 249

Reading Passage Ⅱ English Language and Culture 252

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ Money 255

Reading Passage Ⅱ The Cost of Civilization 258

Unit Twenty-Two 261

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ Samaranch,the Olympic Patriarch 261

Reading Passage Ⅱ Mt.Rushmore 264

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ Chocolate:Everyone's Favorite Sweet 267

Reading Passage Ⅱ A Unique Reporting System 270

Unit Twenty-Three 273

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ Getting Married in USA 273

Reading Passage Ⅱ Ladies First 276

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ The Land of Opportunity 280

Reading Passage Ⅱ Baked,Boiled,or Fried 282

Unit Twenty-Four 285

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ Free Concerts in Museums,Parks and Public Places 285

Reading Passage Ⅱ Living a Long Life 288

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ London—A Good Place to Start Your Tour 291

Reading Passage Ⅱ Peace for All Mankind 293

Unit Twenty-Five 296

Part 1 Reading Passage Ⅰ Abortion and the Death Penalty 296

Reading Passage Ⅱ Birthday Parties and Potluck Parties 299

Part 2 Reading Passage Ⅰ Today's Drug Culture 302

Reading Passage Ⅱ Read the Label 304

Answers 307