Unit One Home and School 1
Passage 1 Getting Along with Parents 2
Passage 2 What to Do If You Don't Like School? 5
Passage 3 The Start of Modern Anesthesia 8
Unit Two Do It Fair and Square 13
Passage 1 Cheating（Ⅰ） 14
Passage 2 Cheating（Ⅱ） 18
Passage 3 Acupuncture 21
Unit Three Pop Culture 27
Passage 1 Hip Hop 28
Passage 2 Music That's Always on Top 32
Passage 3 Can Loud Music Hurt My Ears? 36
Unit Four Homeschooling:Better or Worse? 41
Passage 1 Homeschooling（Ⅰ） 42
Passage 2 Homeschooling（Ⅱ） 45
Passage 3 Kids and Growing Pains 49
Unit Five Diet and Health 53
Passage 1 Get a Good Diet and Be Healthy 54
Passage 2 Chinese Medicine Dishes 57
Passage 3 Healthy Food 61
Unit Six It All Happens in Teen's Life 65
Passage 1 Basketball Tryouts 66
Passage 2 Friends Forever 70
Passage 3 When Snack Attacks Strike 73
Unit Seven Making Wise Decisions 81
Passage 1 Decision Making 82
Passage 2 Dealing with Peer Pressure 86
Passage 3 Five Steps to Fight Stress 90
Unit Eight Wonders of the Human Civilizations 93
Passage 1 Leaning Tower of Pisa 94
Passage 2 The Great Pyramid 98
Passage 3 Why Do People Get Shrunk? 101
Unit Nine Leisure Time 107
Passage 1 How Americans Spend Their Time（Ⅰ） 108
Passage 2 How Americans Spend Their Time（Ⅱ） 111
Passage 3 What to Tell the Doctor 115
Unit Ten Gifts of Love 121
Passage 1 Extra Good Luck 122
Passage 2 Love Conquered Cancers 125
Passage 3 Hugging for Health 130
Unit Eleven Taking Good Care of Your Body 135
Passage 1 Exercise Yourself to Fitness 136
Passage 2 Why Exercise Is Cool? 140
Passage 3 Winding Up Your Body Clock 143
Unit Twelve Great People in History 149
Passage 1 Hans Christian Andersen 150
Passage 2 Leonardo da Vinci 154
Passage 3 The Discoverer of X-rays 158
Unit Thirteen Fantastic Facts of the Natural World 165
Passage 1 Amazing Insects 166
Passage 2 Animals Up in the Air 170
Passage 3 Circus Doctor 174
Unit Fourteen Masterpieces of Superb Imagination 179
Passage 1 Verne's Science Fiction 180
Passage 2 Robinson Crusoe 183
Passage 3 What Is Imagination? 187
Unit Fifteen Medical Information on Well-Being 191
Passage 1 A Bit About Blood Pressure 192
Passage 2 Color Therapy 196
Passage 3 Cosmetic Surgery 200
Appendix Ⅰ Key to Exercises 205
Appendix Ⅱ Glossary 217