Unit One 1
Passage A The Father of Mickey Mouse (Ⅰ) 1
Passage B A Pilot's Part in Air Safety 12
Passage C The Traffic Warden 14
Unit Two 19
Passage A The Father of Mickey Mouse (Ⅱ) 19
Passage B Bike 30
Passage C Municipal Workers in Portland 32
Unit Three 36
Passage A The Library 36
Passage B Go to Class 46
Passage C Coping with Others 48
Unit Four 53
Passage A Canning Food 53
Passage B Soil 63
Passage C Learning and Memory 65
Unit Five 70
Passage A Felix Mendelssohn 70
Passage B Beethoven and the Changing Status of Composers 81
Passage C Where There Is Smoke 83
Unit Six 88
Passage A Where the Jobs Are 88
Passage B Your Brilliant Career 99
Passage C Interactions of Matter 101
Unit Seven 106
Passage A What Do We Know about Acid Rain? 106
Passage B Age 116
Passage C Listening 118
Unit Eight 123
Passage A The Death Penalty Is a Step Back 123
Passage B Signature 134
Passage C Radar for the Space Age 136
Unit Nine 141
Passage A Thanksgiving Day 141
Passage B An Impressive Ceremony 151
Passage C The Techniques of Photographing 154
Unit Ten 158
Passage A Differences between Public Speaking and Conversation 158
Passage B No Place Like a Home Away from Home 169
Passage C Television Communication 171
Unit Eleven 176
Passage A The Ukraine 176
Passage B Pumpkins 187
Passage C Oscar the Fish 189
Unit Twelve 194
Passage A The Value of Special Training in Speech 194
Passage B Nine to Five 204
Passage C Unemployment 206
Unit Thirteen 211
Passage A Memories of a Personal Opium War 211
Passage B The Elderly 221
Passage C A Heat Pump 224
Unit Fourteen 228
Passage A Steps in Data Processing 228
Passage B Flu 239
Passage C Carnivorous Plants 242
Unit Fifteen 246
Passage A The Role of Trade 246
Passage B Who Gets What 256
Passage C Compounds 259
Unit Sixteen 263
Passage A Contract Making 263
Passage B The Retail Promotion Mix 273
Passage C Religion 276
General Revision Test 280