Unit One 1
Passage One The Friday the 13th Effect： Why So Many Restaurants are Missing a Table 13 1
Exercises 3
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 3
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 4
Passage Two A Race for Life： Double Lung Transplant Woman Sails Atlantic 6
Exercises 8
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 8
Ⅱ. Expanding Vocabulary 9
Passage Three Batik， the Traditional Fabric of Indonesia 10
Exercises 12
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 12
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 14
Unit Two 15
Passage One Restaurant Reviewing ABC’s 15
Exercises 17
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 17
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 18
Passage Two Nine Sacred Sites You Won’t Believe Exist 20
Exercises 22
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 22
Ⅱ Expanding Vocabulary 23
Passage Three The Science of Lasting Happiness 25
Exercises 27
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 27
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 28
Unit Three 30
Passage One What Do We Do About Poor Science Scores？ Take Kids Outside 30
Exercises 32
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 32
Ⅱ. Expanding Vocabulary 33
Passage Two He Texts， She Tweets — Are They E-Compatible？ 35
Exercises 37
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 37
Ⅱ. Expanding Vocabulary 38
Passage Three The Way We Love Now： Couples Who Meet Online 40
Exercises 42
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 42
Ⅱ Expanding Vocabulary 43
Unit Four 44
Passage One How Polite Are We？ 44
Exercises 46
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 46
Ⅱ. Expanding Vocabulary 47
Passage Two Successes in Rhetoric： Language in the Life of Churchill 49
Exercises 51
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 51
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 52
Passage Three In Era of Cheap Money， Consumers Are Shut Out 54
Exercises 56
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 56
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 57
Unit Five 58
Passage One Go Ahead， Binge-Watch That TV Show 58
Exercises 60
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 60
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 61
Passage Two The Natural World Outside Disney World 63
Exercises 65
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 65
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 66
Passage Three Traveling with Grandma： 11 Ways to Enjoy the Journey 68
Exercises 70
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 70
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 71
Unit Six 72
Passage One Universities Reshaping Education on the Web 72
Exercises 75
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 75
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 76
Passage Two Home Birth： Increasingly Popular， but Dangerous 77
Exercises 79
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 79
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 81
Passage Three Revisiting Predictions 83
Exercises 85
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 85
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 86
Unit Seven 88
Passage One What Matters in Investing 88
Exercises 90
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 90
Ⅱ. Expanding Vocabulary 92
Passage Two Globesity： How Climate Change and Obesity Draw from the Same Roots 93
Exercises 95
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 95
Ⅱ. Expanding Vocabulary 96
Passage Three Why Natural Disasters Are More Expensive — but Less Deadly 98
Exercises 100
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 100
Ⅱ. Expanding Vocabulary 101
Unit Eight 103
Passage One The Empire of Desire 103
Exercises 105
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 105
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 107
Passage Two Japanese Management： Business Strategy Lessons for the West 108
Exercises 110
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 110
Ⅱ. Expanding Vocabulary 112
Passage Three What Happens When Soldiers Become Civilians Again？ 113
Exercises 115
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 115
Ⅱ. Expanding Vocabulary 117
Unit Nine 118
Passage One If You’re Stricken， Minutes Matter， yet Many Ignore Signs， Delay Treatment 118
Exercises 120
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 120
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 121
Passage Two The US Tax System Needs Rebuilding 123
Exercises 125
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 125
Ⅱ. Expanding Vocabulary 126
Passage Three Portrait of a Perfect Salesman 128
Exercises 130
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 130
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 131
Unit Ten 133
Passage One Scientists Race to Save World’s Rice Bowl from Climate Change 133
Exercises 135
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 135
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 136
Passage Two Preparation for Far-Reaching Decisions 138
Exercises 141
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 141
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 142
Passage Three Five Ways to Be Better at Math 144
Exercises 146
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 146
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 147
Unit Eleven 149
Passage One A Game of Catch-up 149
Exercises 152
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 152
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 153
Passage Two The Dangers of Teen Driving 155
Exercises 157
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 157
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 158
Passage Three Tips for Open， Honest Talking 160
Exercises 162
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 162
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 163
Unit Twelve 164
Passage One Understanding Computer Security — Types of Computer Security 164
Exercises 167
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 167
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 168
Passage Two Ten Most Influential Fashion Designers 169
Exercises 171
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 171
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 172
Passage Three Wealth Doesn’t Trickle Down — It Just Floods Offshore， ResearchReveals 174
Exercises 176
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 176
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 178
Unit Thirteen 180
Passage One Comeback Kid 180
Exercises 182
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 182
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 183
Passage Two Choice Not Chance 184
Exercises 186
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 186
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 187
Passage Three China Makes Surprise Interest Rate Cut 189
Exercises 191
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 191
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 192
Unit Fourteen 194
Passage One Many Governors Are Still Unsure About Medicaid Expansion 194
Exercises 196
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 196
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 197
Passage Two Open Education for a Global Economy 199
Exercises 201
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 201
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 202
Passage Three Black Market for Body Parts Spreads Among the Poor in Europe 204
Exercises 206
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 206
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 206
Unit Fifteen 208
Passage One Olympic Athletes Could Be Impaired by London Pollution 208
Exercises 210
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 210
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 211
Passage Two Implications of the Drug That Can Prevent 90％ of HIV Infections 213
Exercises 215
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 215
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 216
Passage Three Children and Computers： State of Play 218
Exercises 220
Ⅰ.Skimming and Scanning 220
Ⅱ.Expanding Vocabulary 221
KEYS／ANSWERS 223