Unit One Food and Drink 1
Passage 1 British Pub Culture 1
Passage 2 The Story of Ice Cream 5
Passage 3 Lunch in Urban District 8
Passage 4 Fast Food and TV Dinners 13
Passage 5 Healthy Eating 16
Exercises for Unit One 20
Unit Two Sports 29
Passage 1 The Essence of Sport 29
Passage 2 Racing in the Water 32
Passage 3 The Sexes in Sport 34
Passage4 A Message of Friendship and Peace 36
Exercises for Unit Two 39
Unit Three Animals and Plants 47
Passage 1 The Non-flying Birds 47
Passage 2 The Mosquito 50
Passage 3 Foxes and Farmers 52
Passage 4 Human Beings’Responsibility for Environment 55
Passage 5 Energy Changes Make Things Happen 59
Exercises for Unit Three 62
Unit Four Buying and Selling 71
Passage 1 Supermarkets 71
Passage 2 The Big Department Stote 74
Passage 3 Why Banks Are Useful？ 77
Passage 4 The Role of Advertising 81
Exercises for Unit Four 85
Unit Five Libraries and Museums 93
Passage 1 About Museums 93
Passage 2 Shanghai Science and Technology Museum 96
Passage 3 Shanghai Library 101
Passage 4 School Libraries 104
Passage 5 Public Libraries in Britain 109
Exercises for Unit Five 112
Unit Six Language 120
Passage 1 Languages 120
Passage 2 The Language Arts 124
Passage 3 Are You Afraid of Speaking in Public？ 128
Passage 4 Words and Word Origin 132
Exercises for Unit Six 134
Unit Seven Friendship 142
Passage 1 On Making Friends 142
Passage 2 True Friendship 145
Passage 3 A friend and a Trial 149
Passage 4 Perplexity 152
Passage 5 The Colour of Friendship 155
Exercises for Unit Seven 159
Unit Eight Exploring Nature 167
Passage 1 The Discoverer of X-rays 167
Passage 2 Newton’s Discovery 170
Passage 3 Cosmic Radiation 174
Passage 4 An Efficient Method 178
Exercises for Unit Eight 181
Unit Nine Literature 189
Passage 1 A Lonely Mother 189
Passage 2 Not Poor,Just Broke 193
Passage 3 Finding a Happy Man 196
Passage4 William Sydney Porter 201
Passage 5 An American Foremost Playwright 205
Exercises for Unit Nine 208
Unit Ten Adventures and Disasters 218
Passage 1 Some Strange Journeys 218
Passage 2 A Tragic Accident 221
Passage 3 The Earthquake 223
Passage 4 The Spirit of Adventure 227
Exercises for Unit Ten 231
Reference Answers 239