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Unit 1 1

Passage A Jamestown 1

Passage B Pilgrims and Plymouth 4

Passage C Massachusetts Bay Colony 7

Unit 2 9

Passage A The Peoples of Britain 9

Passage B Sports in Britain 12

Passage C A Police-court in Britain 15

Unit 3 18

Passage A The Dreams of Eduardo Ortega 18

Passage B Changing Major 21

Passage C Rules in the College Classroom 25

Unit 4 28

Passage A Asians in America 28

Passage B A Battle for Justice 31

Passage C Behind Barbed Wire 34

Unit 5 37

Passage A Money to Burn 37

Passage B Family Fortune 40

Passage C Argument Over Pay 43

Passage A The U.S.Congress(Ⅰ) 45

Unit 6 45

Passage B The U.S.Congress(Ⅱ) 49

Passage C The British Government 53

Unit 7 56

Passage A Women Hurt More,but Cope Better 56

Passage B Joan of Arc 60

Passage C Red Rose 65

Unit 8 69

Passage A School and Internet 69

Passage B Dangerous Games 72

Passage C PC Novice:Understanding Computer Viruses 75

Unit 9 79

Passage A Iron 79

Passage B Heat Transfer 84

Passage C Fatigue of Metals 89

Unit 10 94

Passage A What Will Olympics Bring? 94

Passage B Sports in the U.S 98

Passage C Mind Games 102

Passage A The World of Work 108

Unit 11 108

Passage B He Helped Us to Lift All the Boundaries 112

Passage C Modern Examinations 116

Unit 12 121

Passage A How Jazz Began 121

Passage B The Early Movies 126

Passage C William Shakespeare—Popular Then and Now 131

Unit 13 135

Passage A Hope for the Physically Dibbled 135

Passage B Doing Something about City Problems 140

Passage C Why Does Food Cost So Much? 144

Unit 14 147

Passage A A Musician's Fight against Failure 147

Passage B Simple Habits,Deep Thoughts 152

Passage C Lincoln's Autobiography 157

Unit 15 160

Passage A London 160

Passage B Broadway and Beyond 164

Passage C How New York Became America's Largest City 169

Passage A Valentine' s Day 172

Unit16 172

Passage B Who Are the Happiest People 176

Passage C Las Vegas 181

Unit 17 185

Passage A What Every Savvy Traveler Should Know 185

Passage B Telecommuters 189

Passage C Weekend Activities 193

Unit 18 197

Passage A Global Climate Change in Mobil's View 197

Passage B Oceans of Death 201

Passage C Black Holes 206

Unit 19 210

Passage A Seed of Controversy 210

Passage B Euthanasia 214

Passage C How Doctors Look at Death 219

Unit 20 222

Passage A E-mail Nation 222

Passage B The Age of Information(Ⅰ) 226

Passage C The Age of Information(Ⅱ) 231

Key to Exercises 236