Unit 1
Part A Ⅰ．Reading Makes A Full Man 1
CONTENTS 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Ⅱ．The Story of Our Language 6
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
Unit 9
Unit 10
Selection 1 11
part B Fast Reading 11
Unit 11
Unit 12
Selection 2 13
Part A Ⅰ．The Gift of Babe Ruth 15
Ⅱ．Tombs of Egypt 20
Part B Fast Reading 25
Selection 3 25
Selection 4 27
Part A Ⅰ．The Man Who Could Work Miracles 31
Ⅱ．Robots 35
Selection 5 41
Part B Fast Reading 41
Selection 6 44
Part A Ⅰ．Writing Short Stories 47
Ⅱ．Reading for Pleasure 52
Selection 7 56
Paft B Fast Reading 56
Selection 8 58
Vocabulary and Structure Test 1 61
Part A Ⅰ．The Olympic Games 69
Ⅱ．Dreams 76
Selection 9 83
Part B Fast Reading 83
Selection 10 86
Part A Ⅰ．The First Man in Space 90
Ⅱ．Malaria 96
Part B Fast Reading 101
Selection 11 101
Selection 12 104
Part A Ⅰ．Mysteries of the Sea 108
Ⅱ．Weight on and off the Earth 113
Selection 13 116
part B Fast Reading 116
Selection 14 118
Part A Ⅰ．Those Who Ride on Two Wheels 122
Ⅱ．A Look at the Future 127
Selection 15 132
Part B Fast Reading 132
Selection 16 134
Vocabulary and Structure Test 2 137
Part A Ⅰ．Paper Housing 146
Ⅱ．The Traditional Japanese House 151
Part B Fast Reading 157
Selection 17 157
Selection 18 159
Part A Ⅰ．What People Don't Know about Air 161
Ⅱ．My First Job 165
Selection 19 170
Part B Fast Reading 170
Selection 20 172
Part A Ⅰ．The History of Chemistry 174
Ⅱ．The Female Mosquito 180
Part B Fast Reading 185
Selection 21 185
Selection 22 188
Part A Ⅰ．Marriage Advertising in India's Sunday Newspa pers 192
Ⅱ．The United Nations 198
Part B Fast Reading 204
Selection 23 204
Selection 24 206
Vocabulary and Structure Test 3 210
KEY TO COMPREHENSION EXERCISES 219
KEY TO VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE TESTS 224
VOCABULARY 226