PART A Books 1
UNIT 1
REVIEW 1
REVIEW 2
UNIT 2
UNIT 3
UNIT 4
UNIT 5
UNIT 6
UNIT 7
UNIT 8
UNIT 9
UNIT 10
PART B Ⅰ On Buying Books 12
Ⅱ How To Find Time To Read? 17
Ⅲ International Students and the American Library 25
PART C Skimming to Identify the Topic 34
PART A The GreenBanana 39
PART B Ⅰ Big John 52
Ⅱ Who Is Really Better at Math? 56
Ⅲ A Symphony in Concrete 62
PART C Skimming to Identify the Author s Point of View and Style 70
PART A Working Women—East and West 75
PART B Ⅰ“Mother s Day” 86
Ⅱ Women in Japan Today 92
Ⅲ Family Values in America 99
PART C Skimming to Identify Major Points 107
PART A The American Ideal of a Great Leader 110
PART B Ⅰ Lessons from Jefferson 122
Ⅱ Night Watch 130
Ⅲ The Hero of Lime RockLighthouse 135
PART C Skimming to Identify Main Ideas(1) 143
PART A The Handsome and Deformed Leg 147
PART B Ⅰ The Service Imperative 160
Ⅱ Never Trust Appearances 165
Ⅲ How Can the Government Help People Protect Their Health 172
PART C Skimming to Identify Main Ideas(2) 178
Ⅰ．Reading Comprehension 182
Ⅱ．Vocabulary and Structure 188
Ⅲ．Cloze 191
PART A The Emerging Global University 193
PART B Ⅰ An Italian View of the U.S.Campus 205
Ⅱ Job Prospects for Graduates in Britain 212
Ⅲ Making Transitions 219
PART C Reading for Details 225
PART A The Interview 230
PART B Ⅰ Black Is Beautiful 246
Ⅱ Singapore-the Green City 253
Ⅲ Health and Fitness 260
PART C Drawing Logical Inferences(1) 267
PART A Edmond Halley 270
PART B Ⅰ Smoking and Cancer 284
Ⅱ Fifth-generation Computers 289
Ⅲ The Scientist and the Sensitive Snake 295
PART C Drawing Logical Inferences(2) 302
PART A School and Life 306
PART B Ⅰ Leadership in the New Era 317
Ⅱ Thanksgiving Day 322
Ⅲ Taxes in America 329
PART C Restatements 337
PART A A Robot About the House 340
PART B Ⅰ Meglev:the New Generation of Railroad 351
Ⅱ The Second Information Revolution 356
Ⅲ Imitation 364
Ⅰ．Reading Comprehension 372
Ⅱ．Vocabulary and Structure 377
Ⅲ．Cloze 381
VOCABULARY 383
PHRASES 405