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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCING ONESELF 1

Reading 1: Letters of Self-introduction 2

Reading 2: A Resume 5

Reading 3: "College" by Anzia Yezierska 8

READING TECHNIQUE: CONTEXT CLUES 20

CHAPTER 2 27

INTRODUCING SOMEONE 27

Reading 1: A Letter of Reference 28

Reading 2: "The Man Who Turned Ebony into Gold" 30

Reading 3: "My Alma Mater" by Malcolm X 36

READING TECHNIQUE: SKIMMING 46

CHAPTER 3 51

DESCRIBING PEOPLE 51

Reading 1: "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens 52

Reading 2: "The Filipino and the Drunkard" by William Saroyan 54

Reading 3: "He Rocked, I Reeled" by Tama Janowitz 62

READING TECHNIQUE: ANTICIPATING WHILE READING 68

EHAPTER 4 76

DESCRIBING AN EVENT 76

Reading 1: "How I Got Smart" by Steve Brody 77

Reading 2: "Of My Friend Hector and My Archilles" Heel" by Michael Kaufman 86

READING TECHNIQUE: MAKING INFERENCES 93

CHAPTER 5 101

DESCRIBING AN EXPERIENCE 101

Reading 1: "My Mother's English" by Amy Tan 101

Reading 2: "Child of the Owl" by Laurence Yep 112

READING TECHNIQUE: FINDING MAIN IDEAS 117

CHAPTER 6 128

ANALYZING A PROCESS 128

Reading 1: "How to Take a Job Interview" by Kirby W. Stanat 129

Reading 2:"How to Argue with Your Boss" by Richard Green 137

Reading 3: "In Social Interactions, Small Talk Has a Big Role" by Craig Tomashoff 143

READING TECHNIQUE: UNDERSTANDING ANALOGIES AND FIC-URATIVE LANGUAGE 148

CHAPTER 7 155

STATING FACTS, MAKING INFERENCES,GIVING OPINIONS, MAKING JUDGMENTS AND GENERALIZATIONS 155

Reading 1: "Who Lives Longer" by Patricia Skalka 156

Reading 2: "Make Love, Not War" by Alfie Kohn 163

Reading 3:"Lies Are so Commonplace, They almost Seem Like the Truth" by Terry Lee Goodrich 170

READING TECHNIQUE: RECOGNIZING FACTS,INFERENCES, OPINIONS, JUDGMENTS AND GENERALIZATIONS 173

CHAPTER 8 178

COMPARING AND CONTRASTING 178

Reading 1: "American Space, Chinese Place" by Yi-Fu Tuan 179

Reading 2: "Winners, Losers or Just Kids" by Dan Wightman 183

Reading 3: "No Entrance" by Marta W. Martino 189

READING TECHNIQUE: SENTENCE READING 196

CHAPTER 9 201

EXPLAINING BY ILIJUSTRATION, EXAMPLE, AND CAUSE AND EFFECT 201

Reading 1: "The Baffling Question" by Bill Cosby 202

Reading 2: "Talking to Babies" by Roger Brown and Katherine Snow 208

Reading 3: "New Questions on Human Birth" 213

READING TECHNIQUE: UNDERSTANDING CAUSE AND EFFECT AND EXAMPLE/ILLUSTRATION PARAGRAPH PATTERNS 220

CHAPTER 10 227

SUMMARIZING IDEAS AND MAKING AN APPEAL 227

Reading 1: "Using the Mind to Help the Body" 228

Reading 2: "Is There a Doctor in the Body?" 233

Reading 3: "Have You Learned the Most" by Elie Wiesel 238

READING TECHNIQUE: SUMMARIZING 246

APPENDIXⅠ 250

TEST-TAKING SKILLS 250

SAMPLE READING TESTS 252

APPENDIXⅡ 295

ANSWER KEY 295