Unit 1 1
Text A The Difference between a Brain and a Computer 1
Text B The Computer and the Modern Society 12
Text C A Home for the Future 15
Unit 7 1 16
Text A Can Exercise Make You Smarter? 18
Unit 2 18
Text B Jogging 30
Text C Jogging May Make You Smarter 33
Unit 3 36
Text A Why I Want a Wife 36
Text B Women Are No Second-class Citizens 48
Text C Are Women Human 51
Unit 4 54
Text A The World is Facing the Prospect of Water Shortages 54
Text B “Water Wars”Flaring in Every Part of Globe 65
Text C Man and Earth 69
Test Yourself 71
Test Paper 1 71
Text A The Scarecrow Who Wanted to Be a Man 82
Unit 5 82
Text B Just a Little Smile 94
Text C The Tooth Fairy 96
Unit 6 98
Text A Silence 98
Text B What You Didn't Know about Money and Happiness 111
Text C How to Grow Old 114
Text A It's Not Just How We Play That Matters 116
Text B Go Out and Make a Difference 129
Text C Sharing the Treasure of Your Experience 134
Unit 8 137
Text A How to Get Your Dream Job 137
Text B You're Stuck 154
Text C “If I were Really Important” 159
Test Yourself 162
Test Paper 2 162
Appendix 173
Key to test paper 1 173
Key to test paper 2 175
Glossary 177