Unit 1 Education 1
Part One Timed Reading 2
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 3
Text 1 Higher Education 3
Text 2 Children with High Intelligence 6
Text 3 Over Test 9
Unit 2 Humanity 12
Part One Timed Reading 13
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 15
Text 1 For Conversation, Press 1 15
Text 2 Tech teacher 18
Text 3 Choosing to Be Kind 21
Unit 3 Culture 25
Part One Timed Reading 26
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 27
Text 1 Indian Religious Life 27
Text 2 Street Justice 30
Text 3 Opera 32
Unit 4 Computer and Internet 35
Part One Timed Reading 36
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 37
Text 1 English Lessons on Net 37
Text 2 PCs Offer Consumers Nothing New 40
Text 3 Caught in the Web of the Internet 42
Test Yourself (1) 45
Unit 5 Technology 55
Part One Timed Reading 56
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 58
Text 1 Europe's Biotech Industry Still Losing to US 58
Text 2 Cloning Draws Fierce Criticism 61
Text 3 Nanotechnology Puts on Uniform 63
Unit 6 Women 66
Part One Timed Reading 67
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 69
Text 1 British Professional Women 69
Text 2 That "Other Woman" in My Life 72
Text 3 Behind the Geisha's Painted Smile 74
Unit 7 Biography 78
Part One Timed Reading 79
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 81
Text 1 Samaranch, the Olympic Patriarch 81
Text 2 Thomas Jefferson: America's Leonardo da Vinci 84
Text 3 Alexander Graham Bell 86
Unit 8 Business and Economy 89
Part One Timed Reading 90
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 92
Text 1 The Way to Advertise 92
Text 2 The Future Marketplace on the Internet 95
Text 3 Unique Problems in International Trade 97
Test Yourself (2) 100
Unit 9 People and Environmnet 109
Part One Timed Reading 110
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 111
Text 1 Ecology and Economy 111
Text 2 Where the Rubber Hits the Road 114
Text 3 Oceans of Death 117
Unit 10 Science 121
Part One Timed Reading 122
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 124
Text 1 What Computer Can for the Future? 124
Text 2 The Biotech Century 127
Text 3 Cloning Has Popular Connotation That Is Impossible to Dislodge 130
Unit 11 Politics 134
Part One Timed Reading 135
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 136
Text 1 Three Palestinians Killed in Clashes in Gaza Strip 136
Text 2 Even This Prime Minister Cannot Perform Miracles 138
Text 3 UN Summit Sets War on Hunger 141
Unit 12 Travel 143
Part One Timed Reading 144
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 146
Text 1 In Case You Lose Your Luggage 146
Text 2 Tourism in New York After the Attack 148
Text 3 Travel by Air: Funny or Frightening? 151
Test Yourself (3) 154
Key 164
Glossary 183