UNIT 1 1
Text:How to Improve Your Study Habits 1
Study ＆ Practice 5
Reading Activity 11
Skill:Basic Reading Skill Ⅰ—How to Read a Text（PartⅠ）Learning to Read—in CollegeGuided Writing 15
Part Ⅰ Combination:Using Connectives 17
Part Ⅱ Paragraph Writing 17
UNIT 2 17
Text:Sailing Round the World 17
Study ＆ Practice 21
Reading Activity 27
Skill:Basic Reading Skill Ⅰ—How to Read a Text（Part Ⅱ）To Swim the English Channel at 58
Guided Writing 30
Contraction:Reducing Clauses to Phrases or Words 31
Supplementary Reading in Popular Science 31
What Can Dreams Do for Us? 33
UNIT 3 33
Text:The Present 33
Study ＆ Practice 38
Reading Activity 43
Skill:Basic Reading Skill Ⅱ—Reading in Thought GroupsThe Young and the OldGuided Writing 47
Part Ⅰ Subordination 49
Part Ⅱ Paragraph Writing 49
REVISION EXERCISES 1 49
UNIT 4 53
Text:Turning off TV:A Quiet Hour 53
Study ＆ Practice 57
Reading Activity 64
Skill:Reading Attack Skill Ⅰ—Using Context Clues for Word Meanings（Part Ⅰ）A New ToyGuided Writing 69
Contraction:Avoiding Redundancy 69
Supplementary Reading in Popular Science 69
A Bike That Changes Gears by Itself 72
UNIT 5 72
Text:A Miserable,Merry Christmas 72
Study ＆ Practice 77
Reading Activity 83
Skill:Reading Attack Skill Ⅰ—Using Context Clues for Word Meanings（Part Ⅱ）An English ChristmasGuided Writing 86
Part Ⅰ Review:Combination,Contraction and SubordinationPart Ⅱ Paragraph WritingTEST YOURSELF:Test Paper 1 88
UNIT 6 97
Text:Sam Adams,Industrial Engineer 97
Study ＆ Practice 102
Reading Activity 109
Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅰ—Reading for the Main Idea（Part Ⅰ）DialogueEpilogueGuided Writing 113
Combination:Subordinating Conjunctions 114
Supplementary Reading in Popular Science 114
The World of the Atom:now you see it,now you don'tUNIT 7 117
Text:The Sampler 117
Study ＆ Practice 121
Reading Activity 128
Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅰ—Reading for the Main Idea（Part Ⅱ）The Lost Gold PieceGuided Writing 131
Part Ⅰ Contraction:Ellipsis 133
Part Ⅱ Paragraph Writing 133
UNIT 8 133
Text:You Go Your Way,I'll Go Mine 133
Study ＆ Practice 137
Reading Activity 145
Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅱ—Recognizing Important Facts or DetailsThank you M'amGuided Writing 150
Contraction:Expressing It More Briefly 151
Supplementary Reading in Popular Science 151
A New Powerful Light Microscope 153
REVISION EXERCISES 2 153
UNIT 9 158
Text:The Brain 158
Study ＆ Practice 161
Reading Activity 167
Skill:Looking for the Topic Sentence 171
Perception 171
Guided Writing 171
Part Ⅰ Combination:The Appositive 173
Part Ⅱ Paragraph Writing 173
UNIT 10 173
Text:Going Home 173
Study ＆ Practice 177
Reading Activity 185
Skill:Reading for Full Understanding 188
The Hitchhiker 188
Guided Writing 188
Review 189
Supplementary Reading in Popular Science 189
Will Computers Take the Place of Teachers? 191
TEST YOURSELF:Test Paper 2 191
APPENDIX 1:Key to Revision Exercises 1 201
Key to Revision Exercises 2 202
APPENDIX 2:Key to Test Paper 1 205
Key to Test Paper 2 206
APPENDIX 3:Key to Exercises in Supplementary Readings 209
APPENDIX 4:Presupposed Word List 211
APPENDIX 5:Glossary 225