Unit 1 1
1 Text Little House in the Big Woods 1
2 Reading Skills Previewing(1) 7
3 Testing Fast Reading 8
4 Home Reading A Wonderful Present 12
Unit 2 17
1 Text Fool s Paradise 17
2 Reading Skills Previewing(2) 23
3 Testing Fast Reading 25
4 Home Reading Sleeping Ugly 29
Unit 3 35
1 Text The Internet 35
2 Testing Fast Reading 40
3 Home Reading E-mail 45
Unit 4 50
1 Text Energy 50
2 Reading Skills Understanding the Topic 55
3 Testing Fast Reading 58
4 Home Reading Energy in the Future 62
Unit 5 67
1 Text Cheating 67
2 Reading Skills Determining the Main Idea 73
3 Testing Fast Reading 76
4 Home Reading Stolen Day 79
Unit 6 86
1 Text Young William Shakespeare 86
2 Testing Fast Reading 93
3 Home Reading The Best Playwright in England 97
Unit 7 102
1 Text Henry Ford 102
2 Reading Skills Guessing Meanings of Words from Context(1) 108
3 Testing Fast Reading 109
4 Home Reading Thomas Edison 113
Unit 8 119
1 Text Two Boxes of Gold(Ⅰ) 119
2 Reading Skills Guessing Meanings of Words from Context(2) 127
3 Testing Fast Reading 129
4 Home Reading Two Boxes of Gold(Ⅱ) 133
Unit 9 140
1 Text The Call of the Wild(Ⅰ) 140
2 Testing Fast Reading 146
3 Home Reading The Call of the Wild(Ⅱ) 150
Unit 10 155
1 Text London 155
2 Reading Skills Recognising Organisation and Seeing Relationship(1) 162
3 Testing Fast Reading 165
4 Home Reading Great Britain 169
Unit 11 175
1 Text The All-American Slurp 175
2 Reading Skills Recognizing Organization and Seeing Relationship(2) 182
3 Testing Fast Reading 185
4 Home Reading How Do You Do? 188
1 Text My Teacher Jozsef Oveges 195
Unit 12 195
2 Testing Fast Reading 203
3 Home Reading Louis Agassiz: Science Teacher 207
Unit 13 213
1 Text Miracle on Christmas Day 213
2 Reading Skills Finding the Point of View 220
3 Testing Fast Reading 222
4 Home Reading My Babies Are in That Car! 226
1 Text The Confidence Game 233
Unit 14 233
2 Reading Skills Guessing Meanings of Words from Word-Formation 241
3 Testing Fast Reading 243
4 Home Reading My Way to Success 247
Unit 15 255
1 Text Starting Over at 85 255
2 Testing Fast Reading 262
3 Home Reading Sue Opens a New Chapter 265
Appendix Answer Keys 272
Bibliography 277