Unit 1
Text:How to Improve Your Study Habits 1
Contents 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Study Practice 4
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
Skill:BasicReading Skill Ⅰ--How toRead a Text 8
Reading Practice 8
Passage:Learning to Read-in College 9
Unit 9
Unit 10
Writing Practice 12
Skill:Combination Using Connectives 12
Text:Sailing Around the World 13
Study Practice 16
Passage:To Swim the English Channel at 58 20
Skill:How toRead a Text 20
Reading Practice 20
Skill:Reducing Clauses to Phrases or Words 23
Writing Practice 23
Text:The Present 24
Study Practice 28
Skill:Basic Reading Skill Ⅱ--Reading in Thought Groups 32
Reading Practice 32
Passage:The Young and the Old 33
Writing Practice 35
Skill:Subdrdination 35
Text:Turning off T.V:A Quiet Hour 36
Study Practice 39
Skill:Reading Attack Skill Ⅰ 45
--Using Context Clues for Word Meanings(Part Ⅰ) 45
Reading Practice 45
Passage:A New Toy 47
Skill:Contraction--Avoiding Redundancy 49
Writing Practice 49
Text:A Miserable,Merry Christmas 50
Study Practice 54
Skill:Reading Attack Skill Ⅰ--Using Context Clues for Word Meanings(Part Ⅱ) 59
Reading Practice 59
Passage:An English Christmas 60
Writing Practice 61
Review:Combination,Contfaction Subordination 61
Text:Sam Adams,Industrial Engineer 62
Study Practice 66
Reading Practice 70
Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅰ--Reading for the Main Idea 70
Passage:Dialogue 72
Passage:Epilogue 73
Skill:Combination--Subordinating Conjunction 74
Writing Practice 74
Text:The Sampler 75
Study Practice 79
Passage:The Lost Gold Piece 83
Skill:Reading for the Main Idea 83
Reading Practice 83
Writing Practice 85
Skill:Contraction--Ellipsis 85
Text:You Go Your Way,I’ll Go Mine 87
Study Practice 91
Reading Practice 96
Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅱ--Recognizing Important Facts or Details 96
Passage:Thank You,M’am 97
Writing Practice 100
Skill:Contraction--Expressing It More Briefly 100
Text:The Brain 101
Study practice 104
Reading Practice 108
Skill:Looking for the Topic Sentence 108
Passage:Perception 109
Writing Practice 111
Skill:Combination--Appositive 111
Text:Going Home 113
Study Practice 117
Skill:Reading for Full Understanding 122
Passage:The Hitchhiker 122
Reading Practice 122
Writing Practice 124
Skill:Combination--Absolute Construction 124
Appendix Ⅰ:Glossary 126
Appendix Ⅱ:Presupposed Word List 139
Appendix Ⅲ:Test Yourself 148
Test Paper 1(for Unit 1—Unit 5) 148
Key to Test Paper 1 159
Test Paper 2(for Unit 6—Unit 10) 160
Key to Test Paper 2 171