Unit1 1
Passage 1 How to Use a Library 1
Passage 2 Media Selection for Advertisements 4
Passage 3 Green Tea Is More Than a Way of Life in South Korea 8
Passage 4 Culture Shock 11
Unit2 15
Passage 1 Learning to Keep Your Cool During Tests 15
Passage 2 The Extrinsic or Intrinsic Education 18
Passage 3 Reading—the Most Important Way to Learn English 21
Passage 4 My School Education 25
Unit3 29
Passage 1 Modern Wedding Customs and Traditions in Western 29
Passage 2 Thanksgiving Day 32
Passage 3 Taboos in America 36
Passage 4 Cross your fingers 39
Unit4 43
Passage 1 American Civil War 43
Passage 2 Louisiana Purchase ＆ Exploration of the West 46
Passage 3 Things to Know about G20 50
Passage 4 The Statue of Liberty? 54
Unit5 58
Passage 1 Somali Hijackers 58
Passage 2 What Do Parents Owe Their Children? 61
Passage 3 Barbie Not the Only Thing Turning 50 64
Passage 4 WHO's New Concern—Swine Flu A-H1N1 Virus 68
Unit6 72
Passage 1 About Homeownership in America 72
Passage 2 The Rise of Industry 75
Passage 3 House Price Rise:the Global Worry 78
Passage 4 The Third Session of the World Urban Forum 81
Unit7 85
Passage 1 Will We Run Out of Water? 85
Passage 2 Energy in the Future 88
Passage 3 Is the Electric Vehicle Ear at Hand? 91
Passage 4 Birth of an Antarctic Super-Berg 94
Unit8 98
Passage 1 Nicotine 98
Passage 2 Animals on the Move 101
Passage 3 Airplane 104
Passage 4 Diet to Prevent Cancer 107
Unit9 111
Passage 1 Obama:Person of the Year 111
Passage 2 Reagan:The 40th President of USA 115
Passage 3 J.K.Rowling 118
Passage 4 He Helped Develop the Fast Food Industry 122
Unit10 126
Passage 1 The Internet Transforms Modern Life 126
Passage 2 A Bus Driver Delivers Free Home-cooked Meals 129
Passage 3 Top 8 Modern Life Survival Skills 133
Passage 4 Laid-Off Japanese Workers Becoming Homeless 136
Key to Comprehension Exercises 140