Unit 1
Text A-1 Why I Love the City 1
CONTENTS 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Text A-2 People on the Move 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
Text B-1 Caution:Bumpy Road Ahead 9
Text B-2 Memory Lane Isn't What It Used to Be 13
Text A-1 Rosa Parks—A Hero of Civil Rights 17
Text A-2 Best of Friends,Worlds Apart 21
Text B-1 Coming to an Awareness of Language 25
Text B-2 She Wanted to Teach 29
Text A-1 Black Box Tells Its Secrets 33
Text A-2 Don't Fly with Me 37
Text B-1 Brave New World of Biometrics 41
Text B-2 The Deli 45
Text A-1 First Planet from the Sun 49
Text A-2 Black Holes 53
Text B-1 The Cosmos 57
Text B-2 Stars 61
Text A-1 A Merry Christmas 65
Text A-2 From Your Valentine 69
Text B-1 Family Rituals 73
Text B-2 The Thanksgiving Story 77
Text A-1 The First Read 81
Text A-2 The Gift 85
Text B-1 Peanuts Creator Schulz Dies on Eve of Last Strip 91
Text B-2 Linda's New Friend 95
Text A-1 Starting Your Own Business 99
Text A-2 Ted Turner:His Life and Career 103
Text B-1 Working for Fun and Profit 107
Text B-2 The Carpet Fitter 111
Text A-1 A Tree Project Helps the Genes of Champions Live On 115
Text A-2 Cloning 119
Text B-1 Engineers Ask Nature for Design Advice 123
Text B-2 Flowers in the Desert? 127
Appendix 131
Key to Comprehension Exercises 131