Unit One Sports 1
Passage 1 The Power of Special Olympics World Games 1
Passage 2 Parkour 5
Passage 3 Curling 9
Passage 4 Phelps'Epic Journey Ends in Perfection 13
Unit Two Wealth 17
Passage 1 7 Ways to Make Extra Money 17
Passage 2 10 Cool Jobs and What They Pay 21
Passage 3 US Wealth Gap Gaping Wider 25
Passage 4 Gender Spender:Sex Sets Your Money DNA 29
Unit Three Health and Fitness 34
Passage 1 Get Healthy Together! 34
Passage 2 How to Get Calcium You Need 38
Passage 3 Making Good Health Easy 42
Passage 4 Super Foods for Men and Women 45
Unit Four Disasters 49
Passage 1 Five Worst Modern Disasters 49
Passage 2 Are We Ready for Another Tsunami? 53
Passage 3 The Science of Wildfires 57
Passage 4 Is Global Warming Worsening Hurricanes? 61
Unit Five Energy 65
Passage 1 Dirty Coal Is Winning 65
Passage 2 What to Do with All That Carbon 69
Passage 3 Will Green Enterprises Survive the Economic Crisis? 73
Passage 4 Russia Scores Uzbek Natural Gas 77
Unit Six Food Crisis 82
Passage 1 Why Global Warming Portends a Food Crisis 82
Passage 2 What Will We Eat in a Hungrier World? 86
Passage 3 Rising Food Prices Sharpen a European Debate 90
Passage 4 UN Chief to Prod Nations on Food Crisis Trade,Price Policies at Issue 95
Unit Seven Travel 100
Passage 1 Rome:Things to Do in 24 Hours 100
Passage 2 Sydney:10 Things to Do in 24 Hours 104
Passage 3 New York City:5 Places to Stay 108
Passage 4 Tokyo:Need to Know 112
Unit Eight Entertainment 116
Passage 1 The Lost Finale:Top 10 Most Anticipated TV Endings 116
Passage 2 Top 10 Animal Stories 120
Passage 3 Top 10 Movies of 2009 124
Passage 4 Top 10 Quirky Local Festivals 128
参考答案 132