UNIT 1 1
Text:Is There Life on Earth? 1
Study ＆ Practice 6
Reading Activity 13
Skill:Reading Attack Skill Ⅰ—Using Word Part Clues for Word MeaningsPassage:Fresh Air Will Kill YouGuided Writing 17
Part Ⅰ Skill:Coherence 19
Part Ⅱ Paragraph Writing 19
UNIT 2 19
Text:The Dinner Party 19
Study ＆ Practice 23
Reading Activity 30
Skill:Reading Attack Skill Ⅱ（Follow-up）—More Prefixes and SuffixesPassage:An Important LessonGuided Writing 33
Part Ⅰ Skill:Combining Sentences with Coordinating Conjunctions and Conjunctive AdverbsPart Ⅱ Paragraph WritingSupplementary Reading in Popular Science 34
Smog-Eating Cars 36
UNIT 3 36
Text:Lessons from Jefferson 36
Study ＆ Practice 42
Reading Activity 50
Skill:(Reviewing Work) 54
Passage:The American Ideal of a Great Leader 54
Guided Writing 54
Part Ⅰ Skill:Developing a Paragraph from the Topic Sentence 55
Part Ⅱ Paragraph Writing 55
REVISION EXERCISES 1 55
UNIT 4 59
Text:My First Job 59
Study ＆ Practice 63
Reading Activity 71
Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅲ—Making Inferences While ReadingPassage:Black BoyGuided Writing 75
Part Ⅰ Skill:Combining Sentences with Subordinating Conjunctions or Relative PronounsPart Ⅱ Paragraph WritingSupplementary Reading in Popular Science 76
A Star Is Born 78
UNIT 5 78
Text:The Professor and the Yo-Yo 78
Study ＆ Practice 84
Reading Activity 91
Skill:Reading Beyond the Lines 95
Passage:Alfred Nobel—A Man of Contrasts 95
Guided Writing 95
Part Ⅰ Skill:Rearranging Sentences in Logical Order 96
Part Ⅱ Paragraph Writing 96
TEST YOURSELF:Test Paper 1 96
UNIT 6 108
Text:The Making of a Surgeon 108
Study ＆ Practice 112
Reading Activity 119
Skill:Reading for Implied Meanings 122
Passage:A Doctor on Night-call 122
Guided Writing 122
Part Ⅰ Skill:Parallelism 124
Part Ⅱ Paragraph Writing 124
Supplementary Reading in Popular Science 124
Pigs As Organ Donors? 126
UNIT 7 126
Text:There's Only Luck 126
Study ＆ Practice 131
Reading Activity 137
Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅳ—Drawing Conclusions While ReadingPassage:38 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the PoliceGuided Writing 142
Paragraph Writing 143
UNIT 8 143
Text:Honesty:Is It Going out of Style? 143
Study ＆ Practice 149
Reading Activity 158
Skill:Review of Drawing Conclusions While Reading 162
Passage:A Question of Honor 162
Guided Writing 162
Part Ⅰ Skill:Transition Ⅰ 164
Part Ⅱ Paragraph Writing 164
Supplementary Reading in Popular Science 164
Blood Pressure Lower for Working Women? 166
REVISION EXERCISES 2 166
UNIT 9 171
Text:What Is Intelligence,Anyway? 171
Study ＆ Practice 175
Reading Activity 183
Skill:Reading Comprehension Skill Ⅴ—Understanding Figurative LanguagePassage:Angels on a PinGuided Writing 187
Part Ⅰ Skill:Transition Ⅱ 190
Part Ⅱ Paragraph Writing 190
UNIT 10 190
Text:Profits of Praise 190
Study ＆ Practice 196
Reading Activity 205
Skill:A General Review of Reading Skills 209
Passage:My Wonderful Lousy Poem 209
Guided Writing 209
Paragraph Writing 209
Supplementary Reading in Popular Science 209
Crazy Weather from the Bottom of the Sea 212
TEST YOURSELF:Test Paper 2 212
APPENDIX 1:Key to Revision Exercises 1 222
Key to Revision Exercises 2 224
APPENDIX 2:Key to Test Paper 1 227
Key to Test Paper 2 228
APPENDIX 3:Key to Exercises in Supplementary Readings 231
APPENDIX 4:Glossary 233