基础篇 1
Passage 1 Sleep and Exercise 1
Passage 2 Emotions and Health 2
Passage 3 Sunshine in a Box 3
Passage 4 An Unexpected Help 5
Passage 5 Snow 6
Passage 6 Yawning Is Contagious 7
Passage 7 Green Plants and Deserts 9
Passage 8 The Story of the Ice Cream 10
Passage 9 The Travel of the American People 11
Passage 10 Where to Live 12
Passage 11 Who Pays for the Meal? 14
Passage 12 Nature 15
Passage 13 Language and Brain 17
Passage 14 Teenagers Need Friends 18
Passage 15 The Use of"Cool" 19
Passage 16 May I Have a Rain Check? 21
Passage 17 The Computer 22
Passage 18 The FA Cup of England 23
Passage 19 Titanic 25
Passage 20 Australia 26
Passage 21 Stamps 27
Passage 22 Michael Jordan 29
Passage 23 Nasreddin and the Beggar 31
Passage 24 Weather Satellite 32
Passage 25 Danny's School Life 33
Passage 26 Arbor Day in America 35
Passage 27 Good Memory 37
Passage 28 Tree Rings 38
Passage 29 English Family Names 40
Passage 30 An Absent-minded Professor 41
Passage 31 Meal Time 43
Passage 32 Postcard 45
Passage 33 Batteries 46
Passage 34 The Antarctica 48
Passage 35 Football 50
Passage 36 How the Name Canada Came About 52
Passage 37 O.Henry 53
Passage 38 Lightning 55
Passage 39 About Drinking Tea 57
Passage 40 A Letter to My Sister 58
Passage 41 Time Zones 60
Passage 42 Mother's Day 62
Passage 43 The Ways to Stop Quarreling 63
Passage 44 An Unexpected Meeting 65
Passage 45 Psychological Space Needs 67
Passage 46 The Oldest College Student 69
Passage 47 Ways of Traveling 71
Passage 48 The Television Advertisements in America 72
Passage 49 The Driver's Answer 74
Passage 50 Bottled Milk 76
Passage 51 The Courage of an AIDS Child 77
Passage 52 Ideas for Inventions 79
Passage 53 The Rich Man and the Poor Man 81
Passage 54 Mid-autumn Festival 82
Passage 55 Water Shortage 83
Passage 56 Eating Habits 85
Passage 57 To Be a Brave New Girl 86
Passage 58 Owner-builders 87
Passage 59 A Curious Accident 89
Passage 60 On Buying Clothes 91
Passage 61 Ways of Communications 92
Passage 62 Jane 94
Passage 63 Bamboo 95
Passage 64 Newspapers 97
Passage 65 Pollution and Green Food 98
Passage 66 The Cost of Medicine in the U.S.A 100
Passage 67 Advantages of Watching TV 102
Passage 68 Sign Language 103
Passage 69 Superstar 105
Passage 70 Part-time Jobs Can Cost Dear 107
Passage 71 A Real Job for Teachers 109
Passage 72 Happiness 110
Passage 73 Love Story 112
Passage 74 Earthquakes 114
Passage 75 A Journey in a Balloon 115
Passage 76 Internet 117
Passage 77 Meeting the English Family 119
Passage 78 Homesick 121
Passage 79 Sailing 122
Passage 80 Gardening 124
Passage 81 The Two Meanings of"Day" 126
Passage 82 The Girl from the Street 127
Passage 83 Freezing 130
Passage 84 Editor's Note 131
Passage 85 A Lottery Ticket 133
Passage 86 Mobile Phone 135
Passage 87 The Change of English Language 136
Passage 88 The Bill of 100 Yuan RMB 138
Passage 89 Ads 140
Passage 90 Christmas Gift 142
Passage 91 News 143
Passage 92 Understanding People Is an Art 145
Passage 93 Mark Twain 147
Passage 94 A Different Kind of Doctor 149
Passage 95 The Dream of Flying 150
Passage 96 Great Inventions 152
Passage 97 GM Foods 153
Passage 98 An Unpleasant Experience 155
Passage 99 The New Traffic Law 157
Passage 100 A New Dictionary 158
Passage 101 The Main Use of Colors for Animals and Pests 160
Passage 102 Teleshopping 162
Passage 103 No-teacher Exam 164
Passage 104 The History of Greenwich 166
Passage 105 How America Got Its Name 168
Passage 106 Save the Children 170
Passage 107 Changes in American Families 171
Passage 108 I Wish You Enough 174
Passage 109 A New Kind of School 175
Passage 110 Saving Paper 177
Passage 111 Blacksmith in New York 179
Passage 112 Love for Strangers 181
Passage 113 Lures in a Supermarket 183
Passage 114 Customs of Different Countries 184
Passage 115 Ways of Making Fire 186
Passage 116 Neighborhood Watch Group 188
Passage 117 Groundwater—the Polluted Resource 190
Passage 118 Rooftop Gardening 192
Passage 119 New Rules and Behavior Standards 194
Passage 120 The Importance of Being on Time Differs Among Cultures 196
提高篇 199
Passage 121 The Origin of the Jeans 199
Passage 122 Brain 201
Passage 123 Some Ideas for Some Foods 202
Passage 124 Migration 204
Passage 125 The First Computer Art Museum in the World 205
Passage 126 Wall Street 207
Passage 127 Stephen Hawking in China 209
Passage 128 Anesthetic 211
Passage 129 Louis Braille and His Success 213
Passage 130 The Art of Apologizing 215
Passage 131 The Sense of Taste 217
Passage 132 The Laugh Lab Project 219
Passage 133 The Temple of Heaven 221
Passage 134 The Sea 223
Passage 135 How to Teach the Students to Learn a Poem 225
Passage 136 Auction Sales 227
Passage 137 What a Bad Experience 229
Passage 138 Two Women Astronauts 231
Passage 139 A Single Culture 233
Passage 140 About Snowblindness 235
Passage 141 General Tom Thumb 237
Passage 142 The Generation Gap 239
Passage 143 A Poem Changes My Father's Bad Habit 241
Passage 144 The Transfer of Heat 243
Passage 145 Disney's Dream 245
Passage 146 Alcohol and the Culture 247
Passage 147 An Unknown Dance 250
Passage 148 Unreality of TV 252
Passage 149 Sam and His Youngest Son 255
Passage 150 Salt 258
Key to Exercises 261