Unit 1 1
Passage 1 On the Road to College 1
Passage 2 Better College Loans 5
Passage 3 They Are Looking for Better Minds 9
Passage 4 Meeting the Challenge 13
Unit 2 17
Passage 1 Free-Choice Learning 17
Passage 2 Online Learning:Interesting or Boring? 21
Passage 3 Hottest Jobs 25
Passage 4 SOHO Lifestyle 29
Unit 3 33
Passage 1 April Fool's Day 33
Passage 2 Dating Etiquette 37
Passage 3 Harvest Festival 41
Passage 4 Rights of Indigenous Peoples 45
Unit 4 49
Passage 1 My Friendly Insurance Agent 49
Passage 2 A Successful Retailing Strategy 53
Passage 3 Contrasting Types of Economic System 57
Passage 4 Competition 61
Unit 5 65
Passage 1 Home on the Road 65
Passage 2 Traveling in the Jungle 69
Passage 3 Gearing Up for a Long Trip 73
Passage 4 Egypt without Tears 77
Unit 6 81
Passage 1 Energy Crisis 81
Passage 2 Noise,Killer of Mankind 85
Passage 3 Warmer Water Threatens Fish Globally 89
Passage 4 Children on School Buses Breathe More Pollution 93
Unit 7 97
Passage 1 Mona Lisa Was 83 Percent Happy 97
Passage 2 Sending Emails to the Future 101
Passage 3 2,000-Year-Old Seeds Growing 105
Passage 4 A Mystery:Timing of Next Indonesian Tsunami 109
Unit 8 113
Passage 1 Sorry,but AIDS Testing Is Critical 113
Passage 2 Stopping the War before More Heroes Are Killed 117
Passage 3 Internet Controls 121
Passage 4 Stay-at-Home Scholars 125
Mark Sheet 129
Timed Reading Rate Chart 130
Key to Comprehension Exercises 131