Unit 1 Business 1
Part One Timed Reading 2
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 4
Text 1 Finding the Right Colors for Women of Color 4
Text 2 Introduction to WTO 8
Text 3 Business Letter 11
Unit 2 Child Education 14
Part One Timed Reading 15
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 17
Text 1 Baby Crying 17
Text 2 Importance of Play 20
Text 3 Day Care Under the Age of Three? 23
Unit 3 Environment Preservation 26
Part One Timed Reading 27
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 29
Text 1 A World Without Oil 29
Text 2 Energy Security 32
Text 3 Nuclear Power Cuts Pollution 35
Unit 4 Language & Language Learning 39
Part One Timed Reading 40
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 42
Text 1 Age and Foreign-language Learning 42
Text 2 Infant Education 45
Text 3 Our Crazy Language 48
Text Yourself (1) 51
Unit 5 Culture 59
Part One Timed Reading 60
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 62
Text 1 What's the Hero? 62
Text 2 Caught Between Two Worlds 65
Text 3 Mass Media and the Presentation of the Body in Everyday Life 69
Unit 6 Higher Education 72
Part One Timed Reading 73
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 75
Text 1 Tuition and Fees 75
Text 2 Learning Theory 78
Text 3 University Education in Britain 81
Unit 7 Travel 84
Part One Timed Reading 85
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 87
Text 1 How Well Do You Travel? 87
Text 2 Traveler 90
Text 3 The Race for the Poles 92
Unit 8 Nature 95
Part One Timed Reading 96
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 98
Text 1 Wide Places in River 98
Text 2 Water 101
Text 3 The Surface of the Earth 104
Test Yourself (2) 107
Unit 9 Employment & Unemployment 116
Part One Timed Reading 117
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 119
Text 1 Downsizing in Vogue 119
Text 2 Jobs on Your Doorstep 122
Text 3 Full Employment: Available for All? 125
Unit 10 Technology 128
Part One Timed Reading 129
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 131
Text 1 Proof Against Heart Attacks 131
Text 2 How Giraffes' Long Necks Developed? 134
Text 3 "Computer-literate" or "People-literate"? 137
Unit 11 Psychology& Our Life 140
Part One Timed Reading 141
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 143
Text 1 Meet Your Memory 143
Text 2 Relax 146
Text 3 Blood Pressure Rises Due to the Anger that Lasts Longer in Hostile 148
Unit 12 Health 151
Part One Timed Reading 152
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 154
Text 1 "No One Wants to Live to Be a Hundred" 154
Text 2 The Future is Full of Good Health 157
Text 3 Technology Helps the Disabled 159
Test Yourself (3) 162
Key 171
Glossary 191