Unit 1 1
Text A Education in the United States 1
Text B A School Teacher 15
Text C Working Part-time 18
Unit 2 20
Text A The Names of the Months1 20
Text B Esperanto 33
Text C English—a World Language? 37
Text A The Lady with the Lamp 39
Unit 3 39
Text B Jane Addams 52
Text C John Henry 56
Unit 4 58
Text A Liz's Mother Comes to Visit 58
Text B On Psycho-analysing Nations 70
Text C Christmas 74
Test Yourself 76
Test Paper 1 76
Unit 5 88
Text A Some Fun Facts about U.S.Presidents 88
Text B Ronald Reagan 101
Text C The U.S.Congress 106
Unit 6 108
Text A The Cold Computers 108
Text B Electricity 120
Text C Computers Are Not Perfect 124
Unit 7 126
Text A Dolores Silva,Small Business Co-owner 126
Text B The Best Policy 141
Text C A Fire Fighter 147
Text A Who Really Discovered America? 149
Unit 8 149
Text B The Bermuda Triangle 165
Text C The Land Is Our Mother 168
Test Yourself 170
Test Paper 2 170
Appendix 182
Key to Test Paper 1 182
Key to Test Paper 2 185
Pre-supposed Word List 188
Glossary 204