Unit 1 1
Passage 1 Why Teach Thinking? 1
Passage 2 Dressing up and Body Language for Job Interviews 5
Passage 3 Quality Schools 11
Passage 4 How You Can Double,Triple,or Even Quadruple Your Reading Speed! 15
Unit 2 19
Passage 1 College Dorm Life and Beyond 19
Passage 2 Landing a Part-time Job 25
Passage 3 Tips to Maximizing Your College Budget 29
Passage 4 Do You Need a Break? 33
Unit 3 39
Passage 1 Saying Goodbye to the Double-deckers 39
Passage 2 Traditional Bridal Showers 45
Passage 3 April Fool's Day 49
Passage 4 What's in the Name of American Indians 55
Unit 4 61
Passage 1 D-Day and Saving Private Ryan 61
Passage 2 Black Americans and Civil Rights 67
Passage 3 Phelps's Mother Helps Her Son Find Gold-Medal Focus 73
Passage 4 Mother Teresa:A Special Voice for the Poor 79
Unit 5 83
Passage 1 How to Lose Weight 83
Passage 2 Euthanasia 89
Passage 3 Prenuptial Agreements 95
Passage 4 Ethics Issue for Citizen Snappers 99
Unit 6 105
Passage 1 Anxiety:How to Deal with It 105
Passage 2 Saying No to the Net 111
Passage 3 Cell Phones:A Love-Hate Relationship with Staying Power 115
Passage 4 Up the Ladder,Step by Step 119
Unit 7 123
Passage 1 Nuclear Energy:Can It Help? 123
Passage 2 Urbanization and the Environment 129
Passage 3 Does the World Face a Future of Water Wars? 135
Passage 4 Extreme Weather:Is Global Warming to Blame? 141
Unit 8 147
Passage 1 Is Earthquake Prediction Just Literature? 147
Passage 2 The Love of a Robot 153
Passage 3 Food Safety and Security:What Consumers Need to Know 157
Passage 4 Can Stress Cause Women to Gain Weight? 161
Mark Sheet 167
Timed Reading Rate Chart 168
Key to Comprehension Exercises 169