Unit 1
Ⅰ．After the Great Fire 1
COntents 1
Unit 2
Ⅰ．Shopping for Clothes 1 2
Ⅱ．Cloze 3
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Ⅰ．The Part of the Earth 6
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
Ⅱ．Cloze 9
Unit 9
Unit 10
Unit 11
Unit 12
Unit 13
Ⅱ．Cloze 14
Unit 14
Unit 15
Unit 16
Ⅰ．The Savage or Not 17
Unit 17
Unit 18
Ⅱ．Cloze 19
Unit 19
Unit 20
Unit 21
Ⅰ．The Function of Humor 22
Unit 22
Unit 23
Unit 24
Unit 25
Ⅱ．Cloze 25
Unit 26
Unit 27
Unit 28
Ⅰ．The Enormous Strength 28
Unit 29
Unit 30
Unit 31
Ⅱ．Cloze 31
Unit 32
Unit 33
Unit 34
Ⅰ．Olympic Games 34
Unit 35
Unit 36
Ⅱ．Cloze 37
Unit 37
Unit 38
Unit 39
Ⅰ．Children and Education 40
Unit 40
Unit 41
Unit 42
Unit 43
Ⅱ．Cloze 43
Ⅰ．I Sell a Dog 46
Ⅱ．Cloze 52
Ⅰ．A Nice Cup of Tea 55
Ⅱ．Cloze 58
Ⅰ．Wilt Chamberlain 61
Ⅱ．Cloze 64
Ⅰ．Racing on the Wind 67
Ⅱ．Cloze 70
Ⅰ．Chicanos 73
Ⅱ．Cloze 76
Ⅰ．A Bear Called Paddington 79
Ⅱ．Cloze 82
Ⅰ．The Enormous Egg 85
Ⅱ．Cloze 88
Ⅰ．Island of the Blue Dolphins 91
Ⅱ．Cloze 94
Ⅰ．Rescue by Fire 97
Ⅱ．Cloze 100
Ⅰ．Adrift on a Raft 103
Ⅱ．Cloze 106
Ⅰ．Deep Dive 109
Ⅱ．Cloze 112
Ⅰ．Little House in the Big Woods 115
Ⅱ．Cloze 118
Ⅰ．Androcles and the Lion 121
Ⅱ．Cloze 124
Ⅰ．Have You Ever Seen a Flying Saucer？ 127
Ⅱ．Cloze 130
Ⅰ．Health Food 133
Ⅱ．Cloze 135
Ⅰ．Sindbad and the Caliph’s Command 138
Ⅱ．Cloze 141
Ⅰ．Freezing Animals 144
Ⅱ．Cloze 147
Ⅰ．Feeling Behind Words 149
Ⅱ．Cloze 151
Ⅰ．Chinese Americans 154
Ⅱ．Cloze 157
Ⅰ．Problem of Education 159
Ⅱ．Cloze 161
Ⅰ．Remembering and Forgetting 164
Ⅱ．Cloze 168
Ⅰ．Think You’re Drinking Enough Water？ 171
Ⅱ．Cloze 174
Ⅰ．Television Is Doing Irreparable Harm 176
Ⅱ．Cloze 179
Ⅰ．Earthquake Prediction in China 182
Ⅱ．Cloze 185
Ⅰ．Modern Surgery 188
Ⅱ．Cloze 191
Ⅰ．Diamonds 194
Ⅱ．Cloze 197
Ⅰ．Factory Life—a Student’s Experience 200
Ⅱ．Cloze 204
Ⅰ．Living a long Life 206
Ⅱ．Cloze 209
Ⅰ．Christmas Day in the Morning 212
Ⅱ．Cloze 217
Ⅰ．A Lesson for Living 220
Ⅱ．Cloze 222
Ⅰ．Take This Fish and look at it 225
Ⅱ．Cloze 228
Ⅰ．Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen 231
Ⅱ．Cloze 234
Ⅰ．Books Plays and Films Should be Censored 237
Ⅱ．Cloze 240
Ⅰ．Life in the Universe 243
Ⅱ．Cloze 246
Ⅰ．Bilharzia 249
Ⅱ．Cloze 252
Key to the Exercises 255