Unit One 1
Passage A:British Higher Education—Strategies for Change 1
Passage B:Status Report—Public Education in America 6
Unit Two 11
Passage A:The Most Valuable Quality in a Manager 11
Passage B:Consideration of Gender in Business 16
Unit Three 21
Passage A:Ambiguities of Individualism 21
Passage B:Establishing a Clear and Present Danger 27
Unit Four 32
Passage A:Hollow Rock and the Lost Blues Connection 32
Passage B:Screen Violence:It's Killing Us 37
Unit Five 42
Passage A:The Electoral Incentive 42
Passage B:The President and His Staff 47
Unit Six 52
Passage A:Psychological Health 52
Passage B:Philosophical Foundations of Health Education 57
Unit Seven 62
Passage A:Scientists and the Environment 62
Passage B:Nuclear Engineering 68
Unit Eight 73
Passage A:Why Democracy Is Vital to Growth 73
Passage B:Why We Lost the ERA 78
Unit Nine 83
Passage A:The Selling of the Politician 83
Passage B:Reading Advertisements Critically 88
Unit Ten 93
Passage A:Looking for a Sense of Balance 93
Passage B:What's Globalization 98
Appendix 103
Simulated Test Paper(For Self-assessment) 103