Unit 1 Great Scientists 1
Unit 2 Great Explorers 9
Unit 3 Australia 17
Unit 4 Feeding the World 25
Unit 5 The Power of Advertising 33
Unit 6 Revision 41
Unit 7 Man-made Wonders 49
Unit 8 People of Great Determination 57
Unit 9 Great Athletes 65
Unit 10 Lies,Tricks and Deception 73
Unit 11 Playwrights and Doctors 81
Unit 12 Revision 89
Additional Passage A Science and Religion 97
Additional Passage B Marco Polo 101
Additional Passage C The Great Barrier Reef 105
Additional Passage D Vegetarianism 109
Additional Passage E Longer Lives are Happier Lives 113
Additional Passage F The Giant s Causeway 117
Additional Passage G The Race to Antarctica 121
Additional Passage H The Olympic Games 125
Additional Passage I Hoaxes and Hoaxers 129
Additional Passage J Venice-One of the World s Most Beautif Cities 133
Glossary 137