Contents 1
Part One 1
Passage 1 The Hibernating Human 1
Passage 2 Examinations in the Past and at Present 3
Passage 3 Population Density 5
Passage 4 One of the Oldest Games in the World 7
Passage 5 Rabies-Control Programme 9
Passage 6 Air Pollution 11
Passage 7 Introductions in the American Culture 13
Passage 8 Saving the World s Rain Forests 15
Passage 9 American Constitution 16
Passage 10 The Schools of Tomorrow 18
Passage 11 Halloween 20
Passage 12 Color-Wall Testing 22
Passage 13 Language 24
Passage 14 Andrew Carnegie 26
Passage 15 Communications Satellites 28
Passage 16 Transportation in Vancouver 30
Passage 17 When Should a Child Start Learning to Read 33
Passage 18 The Success Story of the Early Beatles 35
Passage 19 Down to Earth Both Feet on the Ground 37
Passage 20 Pocket Calculators 39
Part Two 41
Passage 21 City Traffic Problems 41
Passage 22 Chinese Cuisine 43
Passage 23 British Health Service 45
Passage 24 Auction Sales 48
Passage 25 The Survival of the Plant 50
Passage 26 Aspirin 52
Passage 27 Crime Cycles Throughout the Year 54
Passage 28 Security and Commodity Exchanges 56
Passage 29 Education in Britain and Japan 58
Passage 30 How Jazz Began 60
Passage 31 Weather Map 63
Passage 32 Titanic Ⅰ:A Brief History 65
Passage 33 Titanic Ⅱ:Company Wants to Rebuild Ship 67
Passage 34 Nike vs.Adidas in the World Cup Final 70
Passage 35 Energy Consumption 72
Passage 36 The High Price of Business 74
Passage 37 Water Used in Industry 77
Passage 38 Fight Against Terrorism 79
Passage 39 Cause of the EI Nino Phenomenon 81
Passage 40 Good Side of EI Nino 84
Part Three 87
Passage 41 Influence of the Press 87
Passage 42 Life in the Solar System 89
Passage 43 Future Housing Problem 92
Passage 44 Passport 94
Passage45 What International Sport Creates? 97
Passage 46 Modern Surgery 99
Passage 47 Instrument of Freedom 102
Passage 48 System of Arranged Marriage in India 104
Passage 49 Yanks and Rebs 107
Passage 50 Air Resistance 109
Passage 51 How Britain s Parliament Makes New Law? 112
Passage 52 Problems of American Cities 114
Passage 53 Computer Age 116
Passage 54 An Uncomfortable Journey 119
Passage 55 Oil 121
Passage 56 The Future of Work 124
Passage 57 A Letter 126
Passage 58 Missing from Home 129
Passage 59 Changes in the Environment 131
Passage 60 Food Styles in USA 134
Passage 61 Atom Bombs 137
Part Four 137
Passage 62 Methods of Scientific Inquiry 139
Passage 63 Carbon Dioxide Warms the Earth 142
Passage 64 Human Breathing Activity 145
Passage 65 Arab Custom 147
Passage 66 The Formation of Ocean Basins 150
Passage 67 An Elephant Man 152
Passage 68 Lies Seem Like the Truth 155
Passage 69 Japan s Finishing Schools 157
Passage 70 Animals Predict Earthquakes 160
Passage 71 Innumerate.Illiterate 162
Passage 72 Treatment for Breast Cancer 165
Passage 73 American Legislative System 168
Passage 74 Why Unhappy in Their Jobs 170
Passage 75 Evolution of Sex Ratios 173
Passage 76 Superstition of Sailors and Fishermen 176
Passage 77 U.S.Banking System 178
Passage 78 Could a Magic Flute Make You Smarter? 181
Passage 79 Analogy and Memory 184
Passage 80 Bolder Policies on SOEs 186
Key to Exercises 190