Chapter 1 Environment 1
Passage 1 Orangutans 2
Passage 2 Dolphin 3
Passage 3 Migration 4
Passage 4 Termite 6
Passage 5 Acid Rain 7
Passage 6 The Nile 9
Passage 7 Bermuda 10
Passage 8 The Suez Canal 12
Passage 9 Air Pollution 14
Passage 10 El Nino 15
Passage 11 Drought 17
Passage 12 Earthquake 18
Passage 13 Volcano 20
Passage 14 Noise Pollution 21
Passage 15 Insecticide 23
Passage 16 Skyscrapers 24
Passage 17 Water Resource 26
Passage 18 Heavy Metal 27
Passage 19 Nuclear Energy 29
Passage 20 Eskimos 30
Chapter 2 Entertainment 33
Passage 1 Antarctica 34
Passage 2 Autumn Drive 35
Passage 3 Blues 36
Passage 4 Movies of Wars 38
Passage 5 Michael Flatley 39
Passage 6 Danes 40
Passage 7 Foreign-language Oscar 41
Passage 8 Piracy 43
Passage 9 Irish Tap Dance 44
Passage 10 Michael Jackson 46
Passage 11 Thrilling Movies 47
Passage 12 Internet and Stars 49
Passage 13 Internet Piracy 50
Passage 14 Tango 52
Passage 15 Olympian Game 53
Passage 16 The Seven Year Itch 54
Passage 17 Online Games 55
Passage 18 Cartoons 56
Passage 19 Fashion 57
Passage 20 Hanson Brothers 59
Chapter 3 Health 61
Passage 1 Mosquito and Disease 62
Passage 2 Starvation 63
Passage 3 Scurvy 65
Passage 4 Plants 66
Passage 5 Fear＆Pain 68
Passage 6 Stress 69
Passage 7 Surgical Operation 71
Passage 8 Insomnia 73
Passage 9 Jet Lag 74
Passage 10 Energy Cycle 76
Passage 11 Breast Cancer 77
Passage 12 Aging 79
Passage 13 Exercises 81
Passage 14 The Red Cross 82
Passage 15 Meaning of Health 84
Passage 16 Food 85
Passage 17 Patients 87
Passage 18 Habit 88
Passage 19 Drink 90
Passage 20 Depression 92
Chapter 4 Customs 95
Passage 1 Thanksgiving Day 96
Passage 2 Father's Day 97
Passage 3 United Nations Day 98
Passage 4 Easter 100
Passage 5 Boxing Day 101
Passage 6 Halloween 103
Passage 7 Scottish Kilts 104
Passage 8 Nonverbal Communication 106
Passage 9 Earring 107
Passage 10 Salt 108
Passage 11 Mother's Day 110
passage 12 Dutch Treat 112
Passage 13 Impression of American 113
Passage 14 Japanese 115
Passage 15 Sandi Arabs 116
Passage 16 Guest 117
Passage 17 Tipping 119
Passage 18 Salad 120
Passage 19 Phone Call 122
Passage 20 Punctuality 123
Chapter 5 Literature 127
Passage 1 An Excerpt from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 128
Passage 2 An Excerpt from Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte 129
Passage 3 An Excerpt from The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe 130
Passage 4 Exuberance 131
Passage 5 An Excerpt from Ghost Story by Mark Twain 132
Passage 6 An Excerpt from The Call of the Wild by Jack London 133
Passage 7 An Excerpt from Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence 134
Passage 8 An Excerpt from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 135
Passage 9 An Excerpt from Human Wisdom by Voltaire 136
Passage 10 An Excerpt from On Revenge by Francis Bacon 137
Passage 11 An Excerpt from Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 139
Passage 12 An Excerpt from Candide by Voltaire 140
Passage 13 Socrates 141
Passage 14 An Excerpt from The Tell-tale Heartby Edgar Allan Poe 143
Passage 15 Art of Speaking 144
Passage 16 Philosophers 145
Passage 17 An Excerpt from Who Murdered Reynard? By SydneyFowler 147
Passage 18 An Excerpt from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 148
Passage 19 Watching the Sunrise 149
Passage 20 An Excerpt from The Art of War by Niccolo Machiavelli 150
Chapter 6 Economy 153
Passage 1 Inferior Milk Powder 154
Passage 2 Business and Sports 155
Passage 3 Dispute 156
Passage 4 E-commerce 158
Passage 5 Microsoft 160
Passage 6 Engliish Food 161
Passage 7 Fake Money 163
Passge 8 Business and Culture 164
Passage 9 Intranets 166
Passage 10 Partnership 167
Passage 11 Forestry 169
Passage 12 Alternative Fuel 170
Passage 13 The Great Depression 172
Passage 14 The Interest Rate 173
Passage 15 Bio-piracy 175
Passage 16 Foreign Retailers 176
Passage 17 Ma Bell 177
Passage 18 Yahoo 179
Passage 19 Google 180
Passage 20 Government 182
Chapter 7 Politics 185
Passage 1 Two Parties in the U.S 186
Passage 2 Arafat 187
Passage 3 Osama Bin Laden 188
Passage 4 Bush 189
Passage 5 SCO 191
Passage 6 Japan's Military Mission 192
Passage 7 DPRK 194
Passage 8 NATO 196
Passage 9 Nixon 197
Passage 10 The Peace Corps 198
Passage 11 Plane Crash 200
Passage 12 Saddam Hussein 201
Passage 13 Japan's Defense 203
Passage 14 ABM 204
Passage 15 Afghanistan 206
Passage 16 Russian-US Summit 207
Passage 17 Hackers 209
Passage 18 Presidential Race 211
Passage 19 Terrorist Attacks 212
Passage 20 Iraq 214
Chapter 8 Education 217
Passage 1 Andrew Mellon Foundation 218
Passage 2 Cambridge University 219
Passage 3 Pearl S.Buck 220
Passage 4 Helen Keller 222
Passage 5 Mark Twain 223
Passage 6 William Shakespeare 225
Passage 7 Socrates 226
Passage 8 Hospital Education 228
Passage 9 Special Education 229
Passage 10 Anthropology 231
Passage 11 The Lord of Rings 233
Passage 12 Gerontology 234
Passage 13 Botany 236
Passage 14 Thinking 238
Passage 15 Streaming 239
Passage 16 Mixed Teaching 241
Passage 17 Dyslexia 242
Passage 18 Asian American Education 244
Passage 19 Learning Shop 246
Passage 20 Literacy 247
Chapter 9 Society 249
Passage 1 Juvenile Delinquency 250
Passage 2 Domestic Violence 251
Passage 3 Racism 253
Passage 4 Law 254
Passage 5 The Bastille 256
Passage 6 Population 257
Passage 7 Unemployment 259
Passage 8 Social Change 260
Passage 9 Economic Misfortune 262
Passage 10 Family 264
Passage 11 Man's Role 265
Passage 12 Women's Status 267
Passage 13 Woman's Role 268
Passage 14 Society Without Authority 270
Passage 15 Friendship 272
Passage 16 Beggars 273
Passage 17 Contact 275
Passage 18 War 276
Passage 19 Work 278
Passage 20 Ireland 279
Chapter 10 Science＆Technology 283
Passage 1 Artificial Intelligence 284
Passage 2 Brain 285
Passage 3 Measure of Time 286
Passage 4 Technology and Media 287
Passage 5 Dead Sea 289
Passage 6 Dead Sea Scrolls 290
Passage 7 Robots 291
Passage 8 Dinosaurs 292
Passage 9 Desert 294
Passage 10 Drugs 295
Passage 11 History 296
Passage 12 Moon 297
Passage 13 Earth 298
Passage 14 Psychology 300
Passage 15 The Age of Metals 301
Passage 16 Mummy 303
Passage 17 Hurricane 304
Passage 18 Scholasticism 305
Passage 19 Time Zones 307
Passage 20 Life in Antarctica 308
Keys to the Exercises of Reading Passages 311