Unit 1 1
Text A Christmas Morning 1
Text B Welcome to Our Bank 4
Text C Advertisers Perform a Useful Service to the Community 7
Text D Stricter Traffic Law Can Prevent Accidents 9
Unit 2 12
Text A What I Want for You 12
Text B Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea 15
Text C Men Are Carrying on a Se-xfight 17
Text D The Cultural Mindset in Academic Writing in English 20
Unit 3 23
Text A Choosing a Career over Love 23
Text B A Coke and a Smile 26
Text C The Midsummer Festival 29
Text D The Importance of a Computer 31
Unit 4 34
Text A Eight Tips for Being a Perfect Roommate 34
Text B International Marriages 37
Text C My Father's Son 40
Text D Money Is Not So Important 43
Unit 5 46
Text A The Jewish Influence in America 46
Text B Stress 49
Text C Don't Be Chicken about Speaking English 53
Text D Chinese Students in the United States 56
Unit 6 59
Text A Why Failure Can Be Your Friend 59
Text B Contribution of Co-education 62
Text C Dropouts for Ph.D.s 65
Text D The Other Woman 67
Unit 7 71
Text A Success and Habits 71
Text B Meant to Be 74
Text C No Turning Back—Jewel Kilcher 78
Text D Great Time of Growing—Mrs.Thatcher 81
Unit 8 85
Text A Strictly Ban Smoking 85
Text B China's Richest Woman:from Waste to Wealth 87
Text C Life Is as a Game of Chess,Which Benefits from Win-Win Situation 91
Text D Just as at Your Own Home 93
Unit 9 96
Text A Don't Destroy the Essential Catalyst1 of Risk 96
Text B Work With the"Now" 100
Text C I Never Write Right 103
Text D The Unlucky Number 106
Unit 10 109
Text A ALesson from Switzerland's Multi-lingualism 109
Text B 112
Text C The Pleasure of Reading 116
Text D Examinations Exert a Harmful Influence on Education 118
Unit 11 121
Text A The Blending of the United States 121
Text B Penguins 125
Text C Pyramids 128
Text D Speak English,Not Chinglish 132
Unit 12 135
Text A Inside Two Marriages 135
Text B Parents Often Favor One Child Over Another 139
Text C A Boy With a Mission 142
Text D Cultivate Better Bonds With Neighbors and Friends 145
Unit 13 149
Text A We're Raising Children,Not Flowers! 149
Text B The'In'Crowd1 and Social Cruelty—Among Kids,Competition to Belong Is Fierce 152
Text C The History of the Olympic Games 156
Text D Family 160
Unit 14 164
Text A Genetically Modified Foods—Feed the World? 164
Text B Internet 167
Text C American Public Education System 171
Text D Dare to Dream 174
Unit 15 179
Text A The Composition of the American Population 179
Text B The Causes of Poverty 182
Text C In Our Hands 186
Text D The Car and the Environment 189
练习答案 193