Unit1 1
Passage 1 Who's the Worst in Your Class? 1
Passage 2 What's She Doing in the Shop? 4
Passage 3 The Sun,the Moon and the Earth 6
Passage 4 Britain's Weather 8
Unit2 11
Passage 1 A Riddle 11
Passage 2 Different Countries,Different Food 13
Passage 3 Dialects 16
Passage 4 I Show You the Way 18
Unit3 21
Passage 1 The Fall of New English 21
Passage 2 A Silly Shoemaker 23
Passage 3 A Party 25
Passage 4 Friends 28
Unit4 30
Passage 1 San Francisco 30
Passage 2 A Letter 32
Passage 3 Who Has Found the Bike? 34
Passage 4 Whose Son Is the Boy? 36
Passage 1 The Seasons of Britain 39
Unit5 39
Passage 2 Be More Careful 41
Passage 3 The Traffic in Britain 44
Passage 4 A Traveler 47
Unit6 50
Passage 1 An Anecdote of Balzac 50
Passage 2 Where Should He Put the Snow? 52
Passage 3 Who Has the Hiccups? 54
Passage 4 The Sunday Morning 56
Unit7 59
Passage 1 Once Three Men Bought Seventeen Apples 59
Passage 2 Some Inventions 61
Passage 3 What Is a Library for? 63
Passage 4 Four Seasons in a Year 65
Unit8 68
Passage 1 You Should Be Polite 68
Passage 2 There Is No One Sick Now 70
Passage 3 People Play Different Games in Different Seasons 72
Passage 4 You Have to Get It Yourself 75
Unit9 77
Passage 1 You Forgot to Take off the Lens Cap! 77
Passage 2 Good Luck in Your New Job 79
Passage 3 I Never Saw an Elephant Before 81
Passage 4 Why Was Joe So Angry? 83
Passage 1 It's Never Too Later 86
Unit10 86
Passage 2 American Schools 88
Passage 3 Christmas Day 91
Passage 4 A Habit 93
Unit11 96
Passage 1 How to Live Alone All by Yourself 96
Passage 2 Ways of Communications 98
Passage 3 A Letter 100
Passage 4 Foolish Mr.Young 103
Passage 1 Clever David Moore 106
Unit12 106
Passage 2 Two Menus 108
Passage 3 A Disappointed Artist 110
Passage 4 Smart Mike 113
Unit13 116
Passage 1 Titanic 116
Passage 2 Life in Future 118
Passage 3 How to Choose a Doctor 121
Passage 4 Friendship between a Man and a Cat 123
Unit14 126
Passage 1 The Farmer's Good Idea 126
Passage 2 A Dishonest Boy 128
Passage 3 Mr.Knott's Telephone 131
Passage 4 Goodness 133
Unit15 136
Passage 1 Smart Mr.Brown 136
Passage 2 Last Words 138
Passage 3 A Dangerous Trip 141
Passage 4 A Good Idea 144
Unit16 147
Passage 1 Excuses 147
Passage 2 Such a Driver 149
Passage 3 A Grandpa's Help 152
Passage 4 Live in Suburb 154
Unit17 157
Passage 1 A Man and His Cat 157
Passage 2 Animal's Family 159
Passage 3 An English Post Office 162
Passage 4 Her Birthday 164
Unit18 167
Passage 1 Three or Two 167
Passage 2 The Adventure 169
Passage 3 How Many People Are There in Sam's Family? 171
Passage 4 Schools in the USA 173