Unit One 1
Text:The Computer S ociety:Business from Time 1
Section 1 Aids to Study 7
Section 2 General Exercises 14
Section 3 Reading Exercises 25
Section 4 Writing Exercises 31
Unit Two 34
Text:The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 34
Section 1 Aids to Study 38
Section 2 General Exercises 46
Section 3 Reading Exercises 52
Section 4 Writing Exercises 62
Unit Three 67
Text:Why Are You Laughing? by Ashley Montague 67
Section 1 Aids to Study 71
Section 2 General Exercises 75
Section 3 Reading Exercises 80
Section 4 Writing Exercises 87
Unit Four 92
Text: Life on Other Planets by Isaac Asimov 92
Section 1 Aids to Study 96
Section 2 General Exercises 102
Section 3 Reading Exercises 112
Section 4 Writing Exercises 117
Unit Five 121
Text: Newspapers in the Capitalist World by Francis Williams 121
Section 1 Aids to Study 123
Section 2 General Exercises 131
Section 3 Reading Exercises 138
Section 4 Writing Exercises 147
Unit Six 151
Text: Notes from the Underground from Time 151
Section 1 Aids to Study 154
Section 2 General Exercises 160
Section 3 Reading Exercises 166
Section 4 Writing Exercises 175
Unit Seven 178
Text: In the Antarctic by W. M. Smith 178
Section 1 Aids to Study 180
Section 2 General Exercises 185
Section 3 Reading Exercises 193
Section 4 Writing Exercises 204
Unit Eight 208
Text: Taking a Bite out of the Big Apple by Lorraine Smith 208
Section 1 Aids to Study 213
Section 2 General Exercises 221
Section 3 Reading Exercises 227
Section 4 Writing Exercises 240
Unit Nine 244
Text: The Sun and Beyond by Alvin Toffler 244
Section 1 Aids to Study 254
Section 2 General Exercises 259
Section 3 Reading Exercises 264
Section 4 Writing Exercises 272
Unit Ten 276
Text: Science in the Capitalist World from Science in History 276
Section 1 Aids to Study 279
Section 2 General Exercises 284
Section 3 ReadingExercises 287
Section 4 Writing Exercises 298