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Unit 1 1

Passage A What is Safe to Eat? 1

Passage B Longevity Affected by Heredity,Diet,Stress 5

Passage C Heart Problems Linked to Seasons 8

Unit 2 11

Passage A The Meaning of Life 11

Passage B Life Problems and Solutions 14

Passage C Confront Hurdles in Life 17

Unit 3 20

Passage A Learning Science 20

Passage B Space-Age Archeology 23

Passage C Time and Machine 26

Unit 4 30

Passage A Chinese Industry Races to Make Global Name for Itself 30

Passage B Interactive Digital TV in Asia 35

Passage C Concept Cars Offer Glimpses of the Future 39

Unit 5 43

Passage A Good Parenting is No Easy Job 43

Passage B Should You Spy on Your Teen? 47

Passage C Real Vision 52

Unit 6 55

Passage A Atmospheric Science 55

Passage B Pay for Pollution 59

Passage C The Earth's Spreading Desert 63

Unit 7 66

Passage A Man Searches for Life in Space 66

Passage B Prospecting the Moon 70

Passage C Cassini Probe to Saturn is First to the Moon of Another Planet 73

Unit 8 77

Passage A What is New in Computer World 77

Passage B Microprocessor Applications 81

Passage C Marketing is Changing,Thanks to the Internet 85

Unit 9 89

Passage A Learning the Difference Between Play and Sport 89

Passage B Organized Sports and Recreation(Ⅰ) 93

Passage C Organized Sports and Recreation(Ⅱ) 97

Unit 10 101

Passage A Independence Day,July 4th(Ⅰ) 101

Passage B Independence Day,July 4th(Ⅱ) 105

Passage C The History of Thanksgiving Day 109

Unit 11 113

Passage A Louis Armstrong,Mr.Jazz 113

Passage B Barbershop Harmony 118

Passage C The Art of the Skyscraper 120

Unit 12 123

Passage A Office Automation 123

Passage B Tomorrow's Telephones 128

Passage C Airplanes:Yesterday,Today,and Tomorrow 133

Unit 13 137

Passage A Culture Shock 137

Passage B An African Student in the United States 139

Passage C Straddling Cultural Divides with Grace 143

Unit 14 147

Passage A The Nature of Economics 147

Passage B Money 150

Passage C History of International Trade 153

Unit 15 157

Passage A Table Manners 157

Passage B British Pub Etiquette and Customs 160

Passage C What's in an Indian's Name? 164

Unit 16 167

Passage A Sharing Economic Losses Through Insurance 167

Passage B Problems with Promotions 172

Passage C The Cash-free Society 177

Unit 17 182

Passage A The Place Where East Meets West 182

Passage B Washington,D.C. 187

Passage C The Great Cities of the Future 191

Unit 18 195

Passage A The Man Who Made Mickey Mouse 195

Passage B "Free at Last" 200

Passage C John Kepler 203

Unit 19 208

Passage A The Problem of Adjustment in New Cultural Environments 208

Passage B A New Berlin Wall 213

Passage C America:Neither Paradise Nor Hell 217

Unit 20 221

Passage A I Got My B.A.by Sheer Luck 221

Passage B It's Never Too Late for Success 225

Passage C Secrets of Straight-A Students 229

Key to Exercises 234