Unit 1 1
1 Text Invented Words 1
2 Reading Skills Newspapers and Headlines 7
3 Testing Fast Reading 9
4 Home Reading History of English 14
Unit 2 20
1 Text The English Reserveand Politeness 20
2 Reading Skills Understanding Headline Vocabulary 26
3 Testing Fast Reading 30
4 Home Reading Does Anybody Really Care? 34
Unit 3 40
1 Text The Feminist Movement and Working-Class Women 40
2 Testing Fast Reading 48
3 Home Reading Free But Not Equal 52
Unit 4 59
1 Text The American Character(Ⅰ) 59
2 ReadingSkills The Newspaper Lead 67
3 Testing Fast Reading 69
4 Home Reading The American Character(Ⅱ) 74
Unit 5 81
1 Text It's Tough atthe Top 81
2 Reading Skills Reading the News Story 88
3 Testing Fast Reading 92
4 Home Reading Visions on Ice 96
Unit 6 103
1 Text Rescue 103
2 Testing Fast Reading 111
3 Home Reading Powder 115
Unit 7 121
1 Text The Dog That Nobody Wanted 121
2 Reading Skills Reading the Feature Story in a Newspaper 127
3 Testing Fast Reading 131
4 Home Reading Some Sort of Magic 136
Unit 8 142
1 Text Anti-Smoking Role Playing 142
2 Reading Skills Popular Magazines and Magazine Articles 148
3 Testing Fast Reading 150
4 Home Reading What Most Smokers Don't Know 154
Unit 9 160
1 Text Are Dreamsas Vital as Sleep 160
2 Testing Fast Reading 167
3 Home Reading Mindover Time 171
Unit 10 178
1 Text The Credibility Principle 178
2 Reading Skills Reading Advertisements 186
3 Testing Fast Reading 188
4 Home Reading Nurture Your Nature 193
Unit 11 200
1 Text Nonverbal Communication 200
2 Reading Skills Reading Instructions 207
3 Testing Fast Reading 210
4 Home Reading Your Actions Speak Louder 213
1 Text Why Are You SoSmart? 219
Unit 12 219
2 Testing Fast Reading 225
3 Home Reading The Different Ways of Being Smart 230
Unit 13 236
1 Text Morals,Apes and Us 236
2 Reading Skills Reading Scholoarly Writing 244
3 Testing Fast Reading 246
4 Home Reading Pepperberg's Parrots 251
1 Text The Rocking-Horse Winner(Ⅰ) 257
Unit 14 257
2 Reading Skills Reading the Administrative Language 266
3 Testing Fast Reading 268
4 Home Reading The Rocking-Horse Winner(Ⅱ) 272
Unit 15 282
1 Text How Do You Know It's Good? 282
2 Testing Fast Reading 290
3 Home Readino How We Listen to Music? 294
Appendix:Answer Keys 301
Bibliography 305