LessonOne 1
TEXTSalvation ByLangstonHughes 1
WORDSTUDY:surround,strike,bury,bear 7
EXERCISES 10
LessonTwo 19
TEXTTheGameoftheName ByPeterFarb 19
WORDSTUDY:assume,oblige,identify,suspend 24
EXERCISES 27
LessonThree 37
TEXTThinkingofWords ByRandolphQuirk 37
WORDSTUDY:equip,drop,slip,agree 43
EXERCISES 45
LessonFour 55
TEXT38WhoSawMurderDidn tCallthePolice ByMartinGansberg 55
WORDSTUDY:seek,deliberate,exception,involve 61
EXERCISES 64
LessonFive 74
TEXTWhatBodyLanguageCanTellYouThatWordsCannot ByDavidGivens 74
WORDSTUDY:approach,indicate,dominate,recognize 78
EXERCISES 83
LessonSix 95
TEXTAmericansandtheLand ByJohnSteinbeck 95
WORDSTUDY:wonder,persist,conduct,maintain 102
EXERCISES 106
LessonSeven 117
TEXTMentalDepression:TheRecurringNightmare ByJaneE.Brody 117
WORDSTUDY:experience,lift,provoke,perform 122
EXERCISES 125
LessonEight 134
TEXTSmallKicksinSuperland ByRussellBaker 134
WORDSTUDY:suspect,mix,urge,express 140
EXERCISES 142
RevisionOne(LessonOne—LessonEight) 153
LessonNine 160
TEXTAppetite ByLaurieLee 160
WORDSTUDY:satisfy,perceive,exhaust,deny 166
EXERCISES 169
LessonTen 179
TEXTWhatIsItLiketoBePoor? ByGeorgeOrwell 179
WORDSTUDY:compticate,reeuce,admit,mind 187
EXERCISES 190
LessonEleven 201
TEXTBefriending ByJohnNicholson 201
WORDSTUDY:exclude,apply,remove,confirm 207
EXERCISES 211
LessonTwelve 223
TEXTDullLondon ByDavidH.Lawrence 223
WORDSTUDY:sink,matter,haunt,doubt 230
EXERCISES 233
LessonThirteen 242
TEXTAttheIndianCamp BySheilaBurnford 242
WORDSTUDY:contain,hurt,appear,suffer 250
EXERCISES 253
LessonFourteen 265
TEXTTheMusicians ByJohnHay 265
WORDSTUDY:sound,embody,relieve,lack 272
EXERCISES 275
LessonFifteen 285
TEXTTessoftheD Urbervilles Byanunknownauthor 285
WORDSTUDY:intense,character,imagine,coin-cide 292
EXERCISES 295
LessonSixteen 304
TEXTShe sanUnwillingToolofMiddleclassdom ByMarieC.Allen 304
WORDSTUDY:complete,design,consume,conclude 312
EXERCISES 315
RevisionTwo(LessonNine—LessonSixteen) 325
LessonSeventeen 332
TEXTWhatMakesWaves ByRachelCarson 332
WORDSTUDY:sweep,stir,confuse,determine 338
EXERCISES 341
LessonEighteen 350
TEXTTwoPoems 350
a．UponWestminsterBridge ByWilliamWordsworth 350
b．TheRoadNotTaken ByRobertFrost 351
WORDSTUDY:bend,claim,touch,bare 354
EXERCISES 357
APPENDIXⅠ．Vocabulary 365
APPENDIXⅡ．AGeneralListofIdiomsandExpressions 381