Unit One Colleges and Universities 1
Basic Reading Skills(1) 1
Passage One Examinations Exert a Pernicious Influence on Education 1
Passage Two Being a Woman Scientist 4
Passage Three Universities Branch Out 5
Unit Two Cyber World 11
Basic Reading Skills(2) 11
Passage One Laptop Computers 12
Passage Two A Normal Business Man 14
Passage Three Protect Your Privacy When Job-hunting Online 16
Unit Three Traveling 21
Basic Reading Skills(3) 21
Passage One Munich Beer Festival 21
Passage Two Architectural Differences Cause Confusion 24
Passage Three CIA in America 26
Unit Four Science and Technology 31
Basic Reading Skills(4) 31
Passage One Anesthetics 31
Passage Two Distinct Shifts in the Preferred Methods for Infant Care 33
Passage Three How to Be a Smart Online Shopper 36
Unit Five Culture and Education 40
Basic Reading Skills(5) 40
Passage One Culture,One of the Most Challenging Elements 40
Passage Two Part-time Education or Distance Learning 43
Passage Three What We can Play with 46
Unit Six Health 51
Basic Reading Skills(6) 51
Passage One Welfare Reform in Athens County 51
Passage Two Why Cream Goes Bad Faster than Butter 53
Passage Three Babies Prove Sound Learners 56
Unit Seven Business 60
Basic Reading Skills(7) 60
Passage One The Business of America is Business 60
Passage Two Newspaper in These Days 63
Passage Three Media Selection for Advertisements 65
Unit Eight Emotion 71
Basic Reading Skills(8) 71
Passage One Motivation in Learning a Language 72
Passage Two I Yelled for My Father 74
Passage Three Suicide Rate in Asian Countries 77
Unit Nine Mental Health 81
Basic Reading Skills(9) 81
Passage One The Lefkoe Method 81
Passage Two Meditation Can Help Train Attention 84
Passage Three The Secret of Self-control 86
Unit Ten Sports 90
Basic Reading Skills(10) 90
Passage One Words Affect Us 90
Passage Two A Research on the Football Referees 93
Passage Three Got a Fat Gene?Get Active! 95
Unit Eleven Lifestyle 99
Basic Reading Skills(11) 99
Passage One Advantages and Disadvantages of Uniforms 99
Passage Two Interpersonal Relationship 102
Passage Three Ten Hot Dates in a Weak Economy 105
Unit Twelve Food and Beverage 109
Basic Reading Skills(12) 109
Passage One Eating for Health 109
Passage Two Fruit Juice:Friend or Foe? 111
Passage Three Variety for Healthy Eating 113
Unit Thirteen Traffic and Energy 117
Basic Reading Skills(13) 117
Passage One Nuclear Fuel-Uranium 117
Passage Two Energy VS.Environment 120
Passage Three The History of GPS Technology 123
Unit Fourteen Money and Careers 126
Basic Reading Skills(14) 126
Passage One Are You Ready to Be a Writer? 127
Passage Two Is It a Sensible Choice? 128
Passage Three How Much Money is Enough? 131
Unit Fifteen The World Expo 136
Basic Reading Skills(15) 136
Passage One The Theme of Expo 2010 137
Passage Two Designing Concept of the Mascot—Haibao 139
Passage Three Brief Introduction of World Expo Shanghai 141
KEYS 145