Unit OnePart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Harvard's Founding 1
Reading PassageⅡ Okies 4
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ What to Do with Solid Waste 7
Reading PassageⅡ Coins in Our Lives 10
Unit TwoPart 1 ReadingPassageⅠ The Queen,As She Was 12
Reading PassageⅡ Italy's Finest Resource—Its People 16
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Conservation the Future Is Now 19
Reading PassageⅡ The Early Navigator's Best Friends 21
Unit ThreePart 1 Reading PassageⅠ A Fuel with Flavor 24
Reading PassageⅡ What's Wrong with Using the V Word? 28
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Keeping It Clear 31
Reading PassageⅡ The Lion's Share 33
Unit FourPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Thanksgiving Day 36
Reading PassageⅡ Thanksgiving Day(Continued) 39
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Help for the Elderly 42
Reading PassageⅡ Playing It Safe Abroad 45
Unit FivePart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Life Style 48
Reading PassageⅡ Life Style(Continued) 51
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Following the Rules 55
Reading PassageⅡ Unsafe at Warm Temperature 57
Unit SixPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Our Changing Lifestyle:Trends and Fads 60
Reading PassageⅡ Philanthropy 63
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Three Masters 65
Reading PassageⅡ Liquids,Granules and Powders 68
Unit SevenPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ St.Patrick's Day 70
Reading PassageⅡ Music—Lighting Up the Brain 73
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ A Winning Match 77
Reading PassageⅡ Remember You Are a Guest 79
Unit EightPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ NSGVP in Quebec 82
Reading PassageⅡ Danish Culture 85
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ London—A Good Place to Start Your Tour 88
Reading PassageⅡ Counting the World's Population 90
Unit NinePart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Free Sport—the Wheel Deal 93
Reading PassageⅡ Germany—a Land of Culture 96
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Read the Label 100
Reading PassageⅡ Crossroads of the World 102
Unit TenPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Vincent van Gogh 105
Reading PassageⅡ Fingerprints 108
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ A Place for All Seasons 112
Reading PassageⅡ Using Energy Efficiently 114
Unit ElevenPart 1 ReadingPassageⅠ New Zealand 117
Reading PassageⅡ Dangers to the Environment 120
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Problems of Older American 124
Reading PassageⅡ Louis Pasteur 126
Unit TwelvePart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Hearty Breakfasts 129
Reading PassageⅡ Big Ben 132
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Income Tax 135
Reading PassageⅡ Curds and Whey 137
Unit ThirteenPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Greenwich Mean Time 140
Reading PassageⅡ The Peoples of Britain 143
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Life Around Olympus 145
Reading PassageⅡ Liberty and Peace 148
Unit FourteenPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Queen's Day in Holland 150
Reading PassageⅡ Rome 153
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Money 156
Reading PassageⅡ The Cost of Civilization 158
Unit FifteenPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Table Manners 161
Reading PassageⅡ Paris 165
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Chocolate:Everyone's Favorite Sweet 168
Reading PassageⅡ Fifteen Tons a Minute 170
Unit SixteenPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Women's Status Higher in North Europe than South 173
Reading PassageⅡ To Salt or Not to Salt? 176
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ The Magic Potion Notion 179
Reading PassageⅡ Rub,Pour,Sprinkle,and Spray 182
Unit SeventeenPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ The Television Camera 185
Reading PassageⅡ Geneva—Capital of Peace 188
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ The Big Cheese 191
Reading PassageⅡ A Humble Leader 193
Unit EighteenPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Tchaikovsky 197
Reading PassageⅡ An Experience of Watching a Bullfight in Spain 201
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Refuse or Resource? 204
Reading PassageⅡ Construction Queries 206
Unit NineteenPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Bridges 210
Reading PassageⅡ Samaranch,the Olympic Patriarch 213
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Paying for Protection 215
Reading PassageⅡ The Christmas Tree and the Wedding 218
Unit TwentyPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Some Rituals of American Marriage 221
Reading PassageⅡ Ladies First 223
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Food Additives 226
Reading PassageⅡ Idaho's Finest 229
Unit Twenty-OnePart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Living a Long Life 232
Reading PassageⅡ Birthday Parties and Potluck Parties 234
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ America's Architect 237
Reading PassageⅡ A New Respect for Drugs 240
Unit Twenty-TwoPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Forty Miners 243
Reading PassageⅡ Disneyland 246
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Starting a Small Business 249
Reading PassageⅡ Rose Hips and Dandelions 251
Unit Twenty-ThreePart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Christmas Songs 254
Reading PassageⅡ "Die"or"Pass Away" 256
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Life Insurance 259
Reading PassageⅡ Handiwork of the Gods 261
Unit Twenty-FourPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ The National Trust in Britain 264
Reading PassageⅡ Blue Monday and"Thank God It's Friday" 266
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Cat's Eyes 269
Reading PassageⅡ A Symbol of the Free Spirit 271
Unit Twenty-FivePart 1 Reading PassageⅠ Ballet 274
Reading PassageⅡ Olympic Games 277
Part 2 Reading PassageⅠ Bears 279
Reading PassageⅡ Artificial Reefs 281
Key 284