Unit One Energy 1
Passage 1 Energy 1
Passage 2 Solar Energy 5
Passage 3 Fossil Fuels—Coal,Oil and Natural Gas 9
Passage 4 Saving Energy 13
Unit Two Environmental Protection 18
Passage 1 A New Foundation for Energy and Environment 18
Passage 2 Climate Change Proposal Would Revolutionize Value of Forests 22
Passage 3 Copenhagen's Surprising Gain for Climate 27
Passage 4 Why the White Wilderness Needs Our Care 31
Unit Three Health 37
Passage 1 20 Ways to Get Healthier for Free 37
Passage 2 Want a Restful Sleep?Eat These Foods 42
Passage 3 Top 8 Medical Breakthroughs 47
Passage 4 Is Canned and Frozen Produce as Healthy as Fresh? 52
Unit Four Geography and Population 56
Passage 1 Waves 56
Passage 2 Geography Redux:Where You Live Is What You Are 60
Passage 3 Population Growth Steady in Recent Years 66
Passage 4 Population and the Environment:the Global Challenge 71
Unit Five Art and Literature 77
Passage 1 Biography of Walt Disney 77
Passage 2 What's Holding You Back?—How to Get Started as an Artist 81
Passage 3 How a Book Club Changed My Life 86
Passage 4 In E-Book Era,You Can't Even Judge a Cover 90
Unit Six Religion 95
Passage 1 Knock on Wood:Superstitions and Their Origins 95
Passage 2 Top Churches to Visit in Rome 100
Passage 3 Taoist Symbol for Harmony and Balance,Confucius for Cultivating Personal Development 104
Passage 4 An Introduction to Philosophy of Religion—Comparative Religion 109
Unit Seven Politics 115
Passage 1 UK Faces Election with a Difference 115
Passage 2 Obama,Russian President Sign Arms Treaty 119
Passage 3 Ex-Foreign Minister Says She's Kyrgyzstan's Interim Leader 124
Passage 4 Explainer:What Are the Protests in Thailand about? 128
Unit Eight Terrorism 135
Passage 1 Defiance Is the Best Response to Terrorism 135
Passage 2 Measures to Prevent and Combat Terrorism 139
Passage 3 What Makes Chechen Women So Dangerous? 144
Passage 4 Nuclear Terrorism Is Most U rgent Threat 149
参考答案 154