Unit One 1
Texts:How to Read Fast 1
Common Faults in Reading and How to Cure Them 9
How to Take Tests:Scoring What You're Worth 16
Sample Test on Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension 21
Unit Two 28
Texts:Advertising:The Selling of a Product 28
Movie Magic 34
Customs Vary with Culture 41
Fast Reading:College Life in the United States 49
Unit Three 52
Texts:0ld Man River 52
On the Road:Travel Lifestyles 56
What Can We Learn from Art? 64
Senior Citizens 70
Unit Four 79
Texts:Space Shuttle 79
Computers for the Masses 83
Archeoastronomy 90
Fast Reading:Food Personalities 97
Evenings with the Family:Present and Past 99
Unit Five 102
Texts:New York Botanist Wins'83 Nobel Medical Prize 102
Gun Control 107
Latchkey Children—Knock，Knock，Is Anybody Home? 113
Fast Reading:Laws 118
United States Emigrants 120
Unit Six 122
Texts:Women Balance Policework and Home 122
About Men:Conflicting Interests 128
The Making of a Father 135
Fast Reading:A Congressional Astronaut 141
Unit Seven 144
Texts:Making a Culture Change 144
The Misery of Shyness 149
My Country 155
Fast Reading:Disease Detectives 163
Dangerous Sports 166
Texts:Getting Organized:Where Did I Put My Keys? 169
Unit Eight 169
Burning Up Money and Yourself 175
Migration and Homing 181
Fast Reading:A Traditional Holiday 187
Smart Shopping 189
Unit Nine 193
Texts:The Value of Friendship 193
Saving Face 198
Salt:A Crumbling Pillar 204
Fast Reading:Colonial Williamsburg 210
Mark Twain 212
Key to Exercises 216
Chinese Equivalents for Some New Words 222
Appendix 227