Unit One 1
Section A Reading Activities 1
Text A Space Effort 1
Text B Law and Order 8
Section B Listening and Speaking 13
Section C Grammar Items:词类和句子成分 15
Section D Practical Writing:段落结构、主题句 17
Unit Two 22
Section A Reading Activities 22
Text A The Gratitude We Need 22
Text B Firearms and Gun Controls 30
Section B Listening and Speaking 35
Section C Grammar Items:句子类型与基本句型 37
Section D Practical Writing:扩展句、结尾句 40
Unit Three 46
Section A Reading Activities 46
Text A The Truth About College Teachers 46
Text B Cloning 59
Section B Listening and Speaking 63
Section C Grammar Items:动词的时态 65
Section D Practical Writing:段落的统一性和连贯性 71
Unit Four 75
Section A Reading Activities 75
Text A The Four Marks of Leadership 75
Text B There's Only Lucks 83
Section B Listening and Speaking 88
Section C Grammar Items:语态 90
Section D Practical Writing:简历 94
Unit Five 98
Section A Reading Activities 98
Text A US Presidents and Chinese Chopsticks 98
Text B Sam Adams,Industrial Engineer 101
Section B Listening and Speaking 106
Section C Grammar Items:虚拟语气 108
Section D Practical Writing:申请信 114
Unit Six 119
Section A Reading Activities 119
Text A The Earth Day 119
Text B Mountaineering 124
Section B Listening and Speaking 127
Section C Grammar Items:动词不定式 130
Section D Practical Writing:合同 134
Unit Seven 140
Section A Reading Activities 140
Text A The Computer Virus 140
Text B Sleep:Your Body's Means of Rejuvenation 144
Section B Listening and Speaking 148
Section C Grammar Items:动名词 150
Section D Practical Writing:便条 153
Unit Eight 159
Section A Reading Activities 159
Text A The ABCs of the U.S.A.:America Seen with European Eyes 159
Text B Merchants of Death 170
Section B Listening and Speaking 178
Section C Grammar Items:分词 180
Section D Practical Writing:邀请信 185
Unit Nine 190
Section A Reading Activities 190
Text A So What's So Bad About Being So-So? 190
Text B Shopping in the United States 199
Section B Listening and Speaking 203
Section C Grammar Items:名词性从句 205
Section D Practical Writing:应试作文 209
Unit Ten 217
Section A Reading Activities 217
Text A Scientists Try to Find out What's So Funny about Humour 217
Text B The Innocent Eye 223
Section B Listening and Speaking 230
Section C Grammar Items:形容词性从句 233
Section D Practical Writing:电子邮件与传真 236
Unit Eleven 246
Section A Reading Activities 246
Text A Unjust Desserts 246
Text B Is a Large Asteroid Headed for Impact with the Earth in 2880? 250
Section B Listening and Speaking 256
Section C Grammar Items:副词性从句 259
Section D Practical Writing:四、六级作文 263
Glossary 268
A 268
B 270
C 272
D 273
E 275
F 277
G 279
H 281
I 284
J 285
K 286
L 286
M 288
N 290
O 291
P 293
Q 295
R 295
S 299
T 303
U 307
V 308
W 309
X 312
Y 312
Z 312