Text A April Fools'Day 1
Unit 1 1
Text B Christmas Day 14
Text C Chinese New Year 17
Unit 2 19
Text A Extreme Spots 19
Text B Football 31
Text C Sports 34
Text A Teaching Reform 37
Unit 3 37
Text B Best Teacher I Ever Had 50
Text C TV-A Babysitter 52
Unit 4 54
Text A Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder 54
Text B Friend and Friendship 67
Text C Black Umbrellas,Golden Hearts 69
Test Yourself 71
Test Paper 1 71
Text A The Critical Period for Learning 84
Unit 5 84
Text B Winning the Innovation Race 98
Text C Man Power 101
Unit 6 104
Text A Is the Earth Getting Hotter? 104
Text B Ecotourism 117
Text C World Water Shortage 121
Unit 7 124
Text A Women of Everest 124
Text B CEO at Apple Computer 135
Text C CEO in the New York Times 138
Unit 8 140
Text A The World to Get What You Want 140
Text B Employees Needed for the E-Era 153
Text C What Jobs will Disappear in the 21st Century? 156
Test Yourself 159
Test Paper 2 159
Appendix 174
Key to Test Paper 1 174
Key to Test Paper 2 179
Glossary 183