UNIT 1 1
Text:Big Bucks the Easy Way 1
Study ＆ Practice 8
Reading Activity 16
Skill:Basic Reading Skill Ⅴ—Avoiding Vocalization and Inner SpeechReading Passage:Winter Ice-Cream ManGuided Writing 20
UNIT 2 22
Text:Deer and the Energy Cycle 22
Study ＆ Practice 27
Reading Activity 35
Skill:Basic Reading Skill Ⅵ—Broadening Eye Span 40
Reading Passage:Life and Death and Life 40
Guided Writing 40
Supplementary Reading in Popular Science 40
Little Lamb,Who Made Thee? 43
UNIT 3 43
Text:Why Do We Believe That the Earth Is Round? 43
Study ＆ Practice 49
Reading Activity 57
Skill:Reading Attack Skill Ⅵ—Skimming(1) 62
Reading Passage:Science ＆ Truth 62
Guided Writing 62
REVISION EXERCISES 1 64
UNIT 4 68
Text:Jim Thorpe 68
Study ＆ Practice 76
Reading Activity 85
Skill:Reading Attack Skill Ⅵ—Skimming(2) 90
Reading Passage:Soccer's Wild World Cup Scramble 90
Guided Writing 90
Supplementary Reading in Popular Science 91
The Sun 94
UNIT 5 94
Text:To Lie or Not to Lie—The Doctor's Dilemma 94
Study ＆ Practice 101
Reading Activity 108
Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅶ—Distinguishing Fact from Opinion(1)Reading Passage:The Man Who Wrote His Own ObituaryGuided Writing 113
TEST YOURSELF:Test Paper 1 114
UNIT 6 124
Text:How to Mark a Book 124
Study ＆ Practice 132
Reading Activity 140
Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅶ—Distinguishing Fact from Opinion(2)Reading Passage:Take It Easy to Learn BetterGuided Writing 143
Supplementary Reading in Popular Science 144
Privacy in the Information Age 147
UNIT 7 147
Text:The Luncheon 147
Study ＆ Practice 156
Reading Activity 163
Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅷ—Making Sound Judgments(1)Reading Passage:John Rossiter's WifeGuided Writing 168
UNIT 8 170
Text:The New Caves 170
Study ＆ Practice 177
Reading Activity 184
Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅷ—Making Sound Judgments(2)Reading Passage:2001 Space ShuttleGuided Writing 188
Supplementary Reading in Popular Science 189
Coming Down Without a Bump 192
REVISION EXERCISES 2 192
UNIT 9 197
Text:Journey West 197
Study ＆ Practice 205
Reading Activity 212
Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅸ—Recognizing Denotation and Connotation(1)Reading Passage:Real-Life Shangri-LaGuided Writing 215
UNIT 10 217
Text:Why People Work 217
Study ＆ Practice 224
Reading Activity 232
Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅸ—Recognizing Denotation and Connotation(2)Reading Passage:WorkGuided Writing 237
Supplementary Reading in Popular Science 237
The Leaning Tower of Pisa 240
TEST YOURSELF:Test Paper 2 240
APPENDIX 1:Key to Revision Exercises 1 251
Key to Revision Exercises 2 253
APPENDIX 2:Key to Test Paper 1 255
Key to Test Paper 2 257
APPENDIX 3:Key to Exercises in Supplementary Readings 260
APPENDIX 4:Glossary 262