Unit 1 人物写真 1
Passage 1 A new comic star—Xiao Shenyang 1
Passage 2 The rich beauty Britney Spears 3
Passage 3 A famous poet in the Tang Dynasty 5
Passage 4 Men's 110m hurdle champion 7
Unit 2 教育天地 9
Passage 1 Influence from music 9
Passage 2 Memories of my high school 11
Passage 3 Culture invasion 13
Passage 4 Diaries from students 15
Unit 3 麻辣生活 17
Passage 1 Life after high school 17
Passage 2 Happy vacation 19
Passage 3 Family relationship 21
Passage 4 Shopping 23
Unit 4 健康快车 25
Passage 1 Most dangerous sport 25
Passage 2 Medical treatment 27
Passage 3 Against A/H1N1 29
Passage 4 Milk tea restaurant for good health 31
Unit 5 科技博览 33
Passage 1 Google Voice 33
Passage 2 Keyboards are more contaminated 35
Passage 3 Napping could help you to memorize 37
Passage 4 The features of the true British 39
Unit 6 文体视点 41
Passage 1 Fourth“Twilight”film will be split in two 41
Passage 2 Fans honourred Michael Jackson's death 43
Passage 3 Beijing International Movie Festival kicks off 45
Passage 4 Kaka was not fit for duty 47
Unit 7 文化风情 49
Passage 1 About Italy 49
Passage 2 Chinese New Year 51
Passage 3 Free Sydney 53
Passage 4 New Zealand facts 55
Unit 8 生物世界 57
Passage 1 Sperm whale faeces help oceans absorb CO2 57
Passage 2 Animals“speak”many strange languages 59
Passage 3 High-yield rice for West Africa 61
Passage 4 Wheat prices jump to 10-year high 63
Unit 9 中外节日 65
Passage 1 The Lantern Festival 65
Passage 2 South Korea's Black Day 67
Passage 3 Rochester Sweeps Festival 69
Passage 4 Dragon Boat Festival 71
Unit 10 史地之窗 73
Passage 1 Antonio Samaranch 73
Passage 2 The museum of Isabella Stewart 75
Passage 3 Stonehenge 77
Passage 4 The Greek allies 79
Unit 11 自然保护 81
Passage 1 Is cold snap global warming？ 81
Passage 2 Eat a dog，save the earth 83
Passage 3 Save the oceans from acidification 85
Passage 4 Swill-cooked dirty oil 87
Unit 12 安全防护 89
Passage 1 Food safety in US 89
Passage 2 Text messaging while driving can be deadly 91
Passage 3 A terrible earthquake 93
Passage 4 Today's fearful British parents 95
Unit 13 旅游交通 97
Passage 1 Travel tips and practical advice 97
Passage 2 CPPCC member calls for low carbon travel 99
Passage 3 Big railway dreams 101
Passage 4 Cut highway crashes by optical illusion 103
Unit 14 情感驿站 105
Passage 1 The puppy and the boy 105
Passage 2 The language of musie 107
Passage 3 Wave to strangers 109
Passage 4 Back in time 111
Unit 15 社会交往 113
Passage 1 An interview with Micah 113
Passage 2 A fantasy world 115
Passage 3 Run with intent 117
Passage 4 The importance of family dinner together 119
Unit 16 文学艺术 121
Passage 1 A mirror of human nature 121
Passage 2 A biography of Fitzgerald 123
Passage 3 Philosophers ideas 125
Passage 4 How I turned to be optimistic 127
参考答案 129