Unit 1 1
Text A How to Be a Successful Language Learner? 1
Text B Language 5
Grammar Exercises 9
Unit 2 11
Text A Taxes,Taxes,and More Taxes 11
Text B Advertising 15
Grammar Exercises 18
Unit 3 21
Text A The Atlantic Ocean 21
Text B The Moon 25
Grammar Exercises 28
Unit 4 31
Text A Improving Your Memory 31
Text B Short-term Memory 35
Grammar Exercises 39
Unit 5 41
Text A Fallacies about Food 41
Text B Do Animals Think? 45
Grammar Exercises 47
Test One 49
Unit 6 54
Text A Diamonds 54
Text B The Difference between Plants and Animals 59
Grammar Exercises 63
Text A Families 65
Unit 7 65
Text B The Changing American Family 70
Grammar Exercises 74
Unit 8 76
Text A Telecommunication via Satellite 76
Text B What People Don t Know about Air 81
Grammar Exercises 84
Unit 9 86
Text A Learned Words and Popular Words 86
Text B How Should You Build Up Your Vocabulary? 92
Grammar Exercises 95
Text A Scientific Attitudes 98
Unit 10 98
Text B Solving Problems Scientifically 103
Grammar Exercises 107
Test Two 109
Unit 11 114
Text A The Great American Garage Sale 114
Text B American Stores 118
Grammar Exercises 121
Unit 12 123
Text A How Dictionaries Are Made 123
Text B Reading Provides Necessary Survival Skills 127
Grammar Exercises 131
Text A Insurance 133
Unit 13 133
Text B What Is Money and What Are Its Functions? 138
Grammar Exercises 141
Unit 14 142
Text A The Importance of Being Kind and Polite 142
Text B Why We Walk in Circles 146
Grammar Exercises 149
Unit 15 151
Text A How TV Violence Affects Kids 151
Text B Why Don t Girls Think Like Boys? 155
Grammar Exercises 159
Test Three 161
Text A Heart Disease:Treat or Prevent? 166
Unit 16 166
Text B Dieting Your Way to Health 171
Grammar Exercises 174
Unit 17 177
Text A Panic and Its Effects 177
Text B Sleepwalking--Fact or Fancy? 182
Grammar Exercises 186
Unit 18 188
Text A Why Are Maps Drawn with North at the Top? 188
Text B You Have a Choice 192
Grammar Exercises 197
Unit 19 199
Text A Animals at Risk:Who Care? 199
Text B The Killer Smogs 203
Grammar Exercises 206
Unit 20 208
Text A You Can t Do Because It Hurts Nobody 208
Text B Marriage in Iran and America:A Study in Contrasts 212
Grammar Exercises 214
Test Four 216
Unit 21 221
Text A The Language of Uncertainty 221
Text B It Never Rains but It Pours! 224
Unit 22 228
Text A Current Attitudes toward Physical Fitness 228
Text B People and Colors 231
Text A Non-verbal Communication 236
Unit 23 236
Text B Body Talk 240
Unit 24 243
Text A Saving the Rainforests for Future Generations 243
Text B Life on the Tundra 247
Unit 25 252
Text A American Men Don t Cry 252
Text B Stop Worrying Now! 256
Test Five 261
模拟试题一 265
模拟试题二 273
模拟试题三 281
模拟试题四 289