Passage 1 How Time Changes Around the World？ 1
Passage 2 Benjamin Franklin 4
Passage 3 Hypnotism 8
Passage 4 Motorcycling：Do You Like It？ 11
Passage 5 Epcot Center 14
Passage 6 How to Use Our Library？ 17
Passage 7 The Lion s Share 20
Passage 8 T-shirts 23
Passage 9 Who Is the Thief 26
Passage 10 The Development of the English Language 29
Passage 11 The Man and the Serpent 32
Passage 12 Police Work 35
Passage 13 Satellites and the Earth 38
Passage 14 Try to Make Use of Solar Energy 41
Passage 15 Did He Change the Habit 44
Passage 16 How to Learn a Foreign Language Well 47
Passage 17 The Four Seasons of Man s Intelligence 50
Passage 18 A Young Man s Present 53
Passage 19 How Do Birds Find Direction 56
Passage 20 Flag Day 59
Passage 21 Classes at American Colleges 62
Passage 22 The Power of Words 65
Passage 23 Women s Liberation in America 68
Passage 24 The Butcher and “Doctor” 71
Passage 25 The Discovery of Macaroni 74
Passage 26 The New Fuel 77
Passage 27 The New Trait 80
Passage 28 The Built-in Rescue Equipment 83
Passage 29 An Odd Discovery 86
Passage 30 Aesthetic Life in Industrial Societies 89
Passage 31 Octopuses 92
Passage 32 Cultural Influence on Verbal Patterns 95
Passage 33 Volcanoes 98
Passage 34 What Is Ms？ 101
Passage 35 What Shall They Do 104
Passage 36 The Way of Describing People 107
Passage 37 How Long Will the World Exist？ 110
Passage 38 Fountain of Youth 113
Passage 39 Labor-saving Machinery 116
Passage 40 The First Elephant Baby Born“Live” 119
Passage 41 The City of Paris 122
Passage 42 The First Expedition to Asia 125
Passage 43 Background Music 128
Passage 44 If You Have a Car，Read This！ 131
Passage 45 Physical and Chemical Changes 134
Passage 46 A Quick Happiness 137
Passage 47 The Titanic 140
Passage 48 The Frogs Desiring a King 143
Passage 49 Climate and Organism 147
Passage 50 Nobel Prize 150
Passage 51 A Robbery and Murder Case 153
Passage 52 Don t Judge the Book by Its Cover 156
Passage 53 Albert Einstein 159
Passage 54 Kuwait 163
Passage 55 Attack the Chemical Pollution 166
Passage 56 Dogs—Our Good Friends 169
Passage 57 Twenty-five-cent Piece and Its Shadow 172
Passage 58 Intelligence 175
Passage 59 The Birth of “Shoo-in” 179
Passage 60 Agnes Miller 182
Passage 61 An Unprecedented President 185
Passage 62 Guide Dog 188
Passage 63 Literature，Music and Arts：Not Valuable at All？ 191
Passage 64 Valentine s Day 195
Passage 65 Why Do People Cry 199
Passage 66 My Friend Fred Baines 202
Passage 67 It s Time to Say No to Our Kids 205
Passage 68 Great Invention 208
Passage 69 Earthquakes 211
Passage 70 A Diamond Ring or a Fish-bone？ 214
Passage 71 Carbon Dioxide and Temperature 217
Passage 72 Spokes for Folks 220
Passage 73 Dream or Science？ 223
Passage 74 The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse 226
Passage 75 Color Blindness：An Exaggerated Term？ 230
Passage 76 On Population 233
Passage 77 “Nothing to Worry About” 236
Passage 78 Ernest Hemingway 239
Passage 79 Why and How Do Crabs Walk Sideways？ 243
Passage 80 The Effect of Colors and Textures 246