Unit 1
Text A 2 Inches Between Life,Death 1
Text B An Airletter From Middle Australia 10
Unit 2
Text A Turning Your Eyes to China 21
Text B Why We Laugh 36
Unit 3
Text A The Boy Who Plunged Over Niagara 42
Text B The Prison 52
Unit 4
Text A The Last Leaf 64
Text B Staying Smart:Andy Grove on Navigating Your Career 73
Unit 5
Text A Face to Face with Hurricane Camille 82
Text B I Led the Attack on Pearl Harbor 92
Unit 6
Text A Why Smart People Fail 102
Text B The Lottery 110
Unit 7
Text A Man Vs.Machine 123
Text B Research Libraries Must Rethink Their Role 135
Unit 8
Text A Travels on the Net 144
Text B Electronic Mail 155
Unit 9
Text A The Struggle for Development 160
Text B Unforgettable Stanley Stein 171
Unit 10
Text A Technology Remakes the Schools 181
Text B Earth Day,It's Origin and Movement 188
Unit 11
Text A Crime-Busting Computers 196
Text B Bush Touts Free Society to Chinese 204
Unit 12
Text A America's Exam Anxiety 219
Text B The American Dream:What Teens Really Want 228
Answer Key 236