Passage 1：The Olympics 1
Passage 2：Types of Memory 5
Passage 3：Tornadoes 9
Passage 4：Job Hunting 13
Passage 5：The Lost History of Cultures 19
Passage 6：The Son 23
Passage 7：Artificial Waterways 27
Passage 8：The Secrets of Sleep 31
Passage 9：How to Distinguish Topic from Main Idea 35
Passage 10：Escape 39
Passage 11：Wordsworth's Poetry 43
Passage 12：Learn to Tell the Time 47
Passage 13：One-parent Families on Rise Around the World 51
Passage 14：Directions of Using the Book 55
Passage 15：Radar 59
Passage 16：TV Makers Call EU Deal a Victory 63
Passage 17：“Autumn Tiger”Braves Thunderstorms 68
Passage 18：Education in the U．S 72
Passage 19：Earthquake 76
Passage 20：A Chip in His Arm 80
Passage 21：Cops in New York 84
Passage 22：Outward Bound 88
Passage 23：Compulsive Gambling 92
Passage 24：Ancient Geography 96
Passage 25：Clones：Will There Be“Carbon Copy"People? 100
Passage 26：Advertising 104
Passage 27：Minerals 108
Passage 28：Demonstration Mode of the Computer in Language Learning 112
Passage 29：Olfaction 116
Passage 30：May the National Dream Come True in 2008—Yuan Weimin 120
参考书目 124