Unit One 1
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information 1
Pre-reading Questions 1
Text：The Viewfrom Eighty 1
Exercises 11
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure 13
Text 1：Parents Don't Have to Be Perfect 13
Exercises 18
Text2：Thinking of Sam 18
Exercises 22
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading 23
Thmkmg as a Hobby 23
Exercises 29
Unit Two 31
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information 31
Pre-reading Questions 31
Text：Television:The Plug-in Drug 31
Exercises 41
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure 44
Text 1：High-tech in the World Today 44
Exercises 48
Text 2：Angel on a Doorstep 48
Exercises 52
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading 53
Once More to the Lake 53
Exercises 58
Unit Three 60
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information 60
Pre-reading Questions 60
Text：So Long to Bad Dogs 60
Exercises 71
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure 73
Text 1：Making the Most of Your Money 73
Exercises 77
Text 2：Left for Dead 78
Exercises 83
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading 83
Can Jesus Save Hollywood? 83
Exercises 89
Unit Four 92
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information 92
Pre-reading Questions 92
Text：The Shape of Making 92
Exercises 100
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure 102
Text 1：Control Your Crisis 102
Exercises 108
Text 2：When Your Child Lies 108
Exercises 113
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading 113
The Ways We Lie 113
Exercises 119
Unit Five 122
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information 122
Pre-reading Questions 122
Text：Explanations:Scientific and Unscientific 122
Exercises 131
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure 133
Text 1：Don't Believe Everything You Hear 133
Exercises 137
Text 2：A Cure That May Cost Us Ourselves 137
Exercise 142
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading 142
Books 142
Exercises 148
Unit Six 151
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information 151
Pre-reading Questions 151
Text：The Reach of Imagination 151
Exercises 159
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure 161
Text 1：How to Get a Great Idea 161
Exercises 165
Text2：Time to Sacrifice the Queen 165
Exercises 170
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading 170
The New Food Capital of the World 170
Exercises 175
Appendix Ⅰ Glossary 178
Appendix Ⅱ Key to Test Your Reading 186