CONTENTS 1
Unit One 1
Text:A Brush with the Law 1
Study Practice 7
Reading Activity 16
Skill:Basic Reading Skill Ⅲ—How to Use a Dictionary 21
Passage:Justice Gets Its Shot at Policeman Guided Writing 21
Text:The Woman Who Would Not Tell 23
Unit Two 23
Study Practice 31
Reading Activity 40
Skill:Reading Attack Skill Ⅲ—Scanning(1) 44
Materials for Scanning Guided Writing 44
Unit Three 46
Text:Why I Teach 46
Study Practice 52
Reading Activity 60
Materials for Scanning Guided Writing 66
Skill:Reading Attack Skill Ⅲ—Scanning(2) 66
Revision Exercises 1 67
Unit Four 71
Text:Lady Hermits Who Are Down But Not Out 71
Study Practice 77
Reading Activity 85
Skill:Reading Attack Skill Ⅲ—Scanning(3) 90
Materials for Scanning 90
Guided Writing 90
Text:The Day Mother Cried 92
Unit Five 92
Study Practice 98
Reading Activity 106
Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅴ—Understanding Figurative Language(2) 110
Passage:The Day I Met My Mother Guided Writing 110
Test Yourself:Test Paper 1 113
Unit Six 124
Text:A Day's Wait 124
Study Practice 130
Reading Activity 138
Skill:Basic Reading Skill Ⅳ——Increasing Word Power 144
Passage:To Make Papa Proud Guided Writing 144
Unit Seven 146
Text:The Shelter 146
Study Practice 160
Reading Activity 168
Skill:Reading Attack Skill Ⅳ——Recognizing Signal Words(1) 174
Passage:The Big Chance Guided Writing 174
Unit Eight 175
Text:Daydream a Little 175
Study Practice 182
Reading Activity 190
Skill:Reading Attack Skill Ⅳ—Recognizing Signal Words(2) 195
Passage:Dreams—What Do They Mean？Guided Writing 195
Revision Exercises 2 196
Text:The Death of Hitler 200
Unit Nine 200
Study Practice 207
Reading Activity 215
Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅵ—The 5 Ws 219
Passage:The Fall of Mussolini Guided Writing 219
Unit Ten 221
Text:The Fantastic Spurt in Technology 221
Study Practice 228
Reading Activity 236
Passage:Knowledge As Fuel Guided Writing 240
Skill:Reading Attack Skill Ⅴ—Recognizing Word Chains 240
Test Yourself:Test Paper 2 241
Supplementary Readings in Popular Science 252
Appendix Ⅰ:Key to Revision Exercises 1 263
Key to Revision Exercises 2 265
Appendix Ⅱ:Key to Test Paper 1 268
Key to Test Paper 2 270
Appendix Ⅲ:Key to Exercises in Supplementary Readings 273
Appendix Ⅳ:Glossary 275