Unit 1 Politics 1
Text A It Is Bush 1
Text B Clinton Is Right 5
Unit 2 Science Ⅰ 9
Text A The Growth of Science 9
Text B Study the Birds and the Bees 12
Unit 3 Literature 16
Text A Who Moved My Cheese?(Excerpt One) 16
Text B Who Moved My Cheese?(Excerpt Two) 19
Unit 4 Internet 24
Text A Gmail:Can't Live with It-or Without It 24
Text B The Future of Windows 28
Unit 5 Economy 33
Text A How Real Is It? 33
Text B From Wall Street to Main Street,Layoffs,Losses,and Little Hope 36
Unit 6 Health 41
Text A The Best Diet:Quality Count 41
Text B Body Mass Index(BMI) 46
Unit 7 International Affairs 51
Text A United Nations Unanimously Passes Weapons Ban 51
Text B Europe's Gypsies,Are They a Nation? 54
Unit 8 Culture 58
Text A Texting is Killing Language 58
Text B Lessons from Fashion's Free Culture 62
Unit 9 Education 67
Text A Michelle Obama:A Plea for Education 67
Text B Bill Gates:Mosquitos,Malaria and Education 70
Unit 10 Society 75
Text A How Common Threats Can Make Common(political)Ground 75
Text B The Social Animal 78
Unit 11 Crime 83
Text A The Booming Online Illicit Drug Economy 83
Text B As D.C.Homicides Decline,Murder Still a Stubborn Crime to Solve and Prosecute 87
Unit 12 Business 92
Text A J.P.Morgan Breach Raises Alarm about Safety of Financial System 92
Text B Home Depot and J.P.Morgan Are Doing Fine.Is It a Sign We'Re Numb to Data Breaches? 96
Unit 13 Entertainment 101
Text A Reese Witherspoon,from Rom-com Queen to"Wild"Woman 101
Text B Carl Weathers of"Rocky"Still a Hit with Fans 105
Unit 14 War 110
Text A WAR in Afghanistan Was Won or Was Lost? 110
Text B Israeli and Palestinian Kids Caught in the Cross Fire 113
Unit 15 International Relations 118
Text A This Isn't What the 21st Century Supposed to Look Like 118
Text B Time Is on Tehran Side 122
Unit 16 ScienceⅡ 126
Text A It's a Safe Bet That David Ioyce Knows More Than You Did 126
Text B How Nasty Ebola Is 129