Unit 1 1
Passage 1 High Anxiety 1
Passage 2 Why Teach Thinking? 7
Passage 3 Quality Schools 13
Passage 4 Magic Brain 19
Unit 2 21
Passage 1 Do It Now! 21
Passage 2 College Dorm Life and Beyond 27
Passage 3 Do You Need a Break? 33
Passage 4 Anxiety about Going to College 39
Unit 3 41
Passage 1 The Frontier Disappears 41
Passage 2 Traditional Bridal Showers 47
Passage 3 What's in the Name of American Indians? 53
Passage 4 Why Do We Reserve Rage for Our Own Species 59
Unit 4 61
Passage 1 You've Got to Find What You Love—A Commencement Address by Steve Jobs 61
Passage 2 Black Americans and Civil Rights 67
Passage 3 Mother Teresa:A Special Voice for the Poor 73
Passage 4 Steve Jobs 79
Unit 5 81
Passage 1 Superstition:The Faith We All Share 81
Passage 2 Prenuptial Agreements 87
Passage 3 Ethics Issue for Citizen Snappers 93
Passage 4 What Does Divorce Bring Us 99
Unit 6 101
Passage 1 Who Killed the Newspaper? 101
Passage 2 Saying No to the Net 107
Passage 3 Cell Phones:A Love-Hate Relationship with Staying Power 113
Passage 4 E-mail Users Want Ways to Weed Out Spam 119
Unit 7 121
Passage 1 The Global Green Deal 121
Passage 2 Urbanization and the Environment 127
Passage 3 Extreme Weather:Is Global Warming to Blame? 133
Passage 4 Odd Sea Cucumber 139
Unit 8 141
Passage 1 Desk Rage:Workers Gone Wild 141
Passage 2 Food Safety and Security:What Consumers Need to Know 147
Passage 3 Can Stress Cause Women to Gain Weight? 153
Passage 4 What's Making Us Sick Is an Epidemic of Diagnoses 159
Keys to Comprehension Exercises 161