CONTENTS 1
BOOK ONE 1
Unit 1 1
Part A Numbers:Numeral Sy stem 1
Part B A Story:Old Mr Black 2
Part C A Passage:The Size of the United States 3
Unit 2 5
Part A Numbers:Discriminating Between Teens and Tens 5
Part B A Story:A Boy and His Father 6
Part C A Passage:The Four Largest Cities 6
Unit 3 9
Part A Numbers:Practice with Ordinals 9
Part B A Story:A"Lucky"Man 10
Part C A Passage:Schools in the U.S.A 10
Unit 4 13
Part A Numbers:Hundreds 13
Part B A Story:Looking for a Thief 14
Part C A Passage:Two Great Men of Science 14
Unit 5 16
Part A Numbers:Thousands 16
Part B A Story:A Five Pound Note 17
Part C A Passage:How Did the State s Get Their Names? 17
Unit 6 20
Part A Numbers:Millions 20
Part B A Story:Peter's Uncle 21
Part C A Passage:American in the Machine Age 21
Unit 7 23
Part A Numbers:Multiplication and Division 23
Part B A Story:Nasreddin and His Donkey 24
Part C A Passage:Stone Walls in New England 24
Unit 8 26
Part A Numbers:Aural Arithmetic 26
Part B A Story:Climbing the Mountains 27
Part C A Passage:Farm Life in the United States 27
Unit 9 29
Part A Numbers:Telephone Numbers 29
Part B A Story:Mr Perkin's New Car 30
Part C A Passage:American Youth 31
Unit 10 34
Part A Numbers:Addresses 34
Part B A Story:The Dry Dinner 35
Part C A Passage:Which States Have the Most People? 36
Unit 11 38
Part A Numbers:Population 38
Part B A Story:The Farmer,His Horse,and His Son 39
Part C A Passage:Ecology on a College Campus 40
Unit 12 42
Part A Numbers:Languages 42
Part B A Story:The Man from the Government 43
Part C A Passage:A New Way to Fly 44
Unit 13 46
Part A Numbers:Popular Magazines 46
Part B A Story:A Teacher of the Old School 47
Part C A Passage:What Causes Waves? 48
Unit 14 50
Part A Numbers:Multiple Page Numbers 50
Part B A Story:Fire!Danger at Port Richards 51
Part C A Passage:Women in the U.S.A 52
Unit 15 54
Part A Numbers:Library Classifications 54
Part B A Story:Your Passport,Please 56
Part C A Passage:Automobiles in the U.S.A 57
Unit 16 60
Part A Numbers:University and College Degrees(1) 60
Part B A Story:The Nine O'clock News 61
Part C A Passage:Frank Lloyd Wright,An Artist in Architecture 62
Unit 17 64
Part A Numbers:University and College Degrees(2) 64
Part B A Story:Oil and Water 65
Part C A Passage:Women's Liberation in the U.S.A 66
Unit 18 68
Part A Numbers:Practical Problem-Solving(1) 68
Part B A Story:The Man Who Never Put a Foot Wrong 69
part C A Passage:Should There Be a Law? 70
Unit 19 73
Part A Numbers:Practical Problem-Solving(2) 73
Part B A Story:Five Minutes of Football 74
Part C A Passage:The Congress of the United States 75
Unit 20 77
Part A Numbers:A Trick with Numbers 77
Part B A Story:A Letter to the Morning Mail 77
Part C A Passage:Who Smokes? 79
BOOK TWO 81
Unit 1 81
Part A Directions and Spatial Relations:Directions and Positions 81
Part B Catching the Right Train 84
Part C Training Young Soldiers 84
Unit 2 86
Part A Three Dimension s:Outside Relation ships"What is near?What is far?" 86
Part B Catching a Plane 89
Part C A Boy Called Dick 89
Unit 3 91
Part A Three Dimensions:Inside Relationships"What is in?What is within?" 91
Part B Finding Out the House Rules 93
Part C April lst 94
Unit 4 95
Part A Following Directions and Describing Relationships 95
"Where is the post office? Where is the bank?" 95
Part B Leaving a Message 98
Part C "A Singer" 99
Unit 5 100
Part A Describing Personal Re sidence"Where do you live?Where is that?" 100
Part B Forecasting the Weather 102
Part C A Little Boy Called Johnny 102
Unit 6 106
Part A Lines,Angles,and Shapes"What shape is it?What dimension?" 106
Part B Finding the Way 108
Part C The Differences Between Film Work and Television Work 108
Unit 7 110
Part A Filling Out Charts:Punctuation Signs and Symbols Chart 110
Part B Phoning a Flat-owner 111
Part C The Story of Glug A Fable 112
Unit 8 114
Part A Filling Out Charts:Mathematical Signs and Symbols 114
Part B Enquiring About a Course 116
Part C "I'm Going to Have to Report This…" 117
Unit 9 118
Part A Geographical Locations:The Western States 118
Part B Sightseeing 121
Part C How Many More Changes? 122
Unit 10 123
Part A Geographical Locations:The Northeastern States 123
Part B Fixing an Appointment 126
Part C Holiday Time Again! 127
Unit 11 128
Part A Graphs(1) 128
Part B Making Enquiries at a Travel Agency 129
Part C Crime and Punishment 131
Unit 12 132
Part A Graphs(2) 132
Part B Shopping 134
Part C Who Owns Your Time? 134
Unit 13 136
Part A Europe"Where is Lisbon?How far?What direction?" 136
Part B Mr Johnson's Farm 138
Unit 14 142
Part A Air Miles"How many miles?Which direction?" 142
Part B I'm Sure I've Seen Her Before 143
Unit 15 146
Part A Saks Fifth Avenue "Where are the hats?Where are the shirts?" 146
Part B The Surprise 147
Unit 16 151
Part A Super-X Grocery"Where is the meat?Where are the irozen foods?" 151
Part B Flat Hunting 153
Unit 17 157
Part A Shopping District"Where is the bank? Where is the theater?" 157
Part B A Day in London 158
Unit 18 164
Part A Shops and Services"Where is the shoe repair?Where is the post office?" 164
Part B Plan the Meal 165
Unit 19 169
Part A Space Puzzle:Who Plays the Guitar? 169
Part B The Burglar 170
Unit 20 173
Part A Space Puzzle:Who Is 18 Years Old? 173
Part B Break the Code 174