1 1
Discourse Focus：Reading for Different Goals—Web Work 1
Nonprose Reading：Menu 5
Word Study：Context Clues 7
Word Study：Dictionary Use 10
Word Study：Stems and Affixes 14
Paragraph Reading：Main Idea 18
2 25
Reading Selections 1A-1C：International Agency Reports and Essay（Social Issues） 25
1A“The Globalization of Tourism” 26
1B“The Politics of Travel” 30
1C“Learning Holidays：A Thumbnail Guide” 38
Reading Selection 2：Mystery 41
“The Midnight Visitor” 41
Reading Selections 3A-3C：Essay and International Agency Reports（Language Policy） 44
3A“Can English Be Dethroned?” 44
3B“Winners and Losers” 54
3C“6,000 Languages：An Embattled Heritage” 58
3 59
Nonprose Reading：Newspaper Advertisements 59
Word Study：Stems and Affixes 65
Word Study：Dictionary Use 70
Sentence Study：Introduction 73
Sentence Study：Comprehension 75
Paragraph Reading：Main Idea 78
Discourse Focus：Reading for Different Goals—Web Work 85
4 95
Reading Selections 1A-1C：News and Information（Education） 95
1A“The Creative Spirit” 98
1B“American Values in Education” 104
1C“Parents Seeking Cool Classroom for Son” 106
Reading Selection 2：Newspaper Questionnaire（Popular Psychology） 110
“How Do You Handle Everyday Stress?” 111
Reading Selection 3：Science Reporting（Psychology） 115
“The Stereotype of Stereotypes” 115
5 123
Nonprose Reading：Questionnaire 123
Word Study：Context Clues 127
Word Study：Stems and Affixes 129
Sentence Study：Comprehension 133
Paragraph Reading：Restatement and Inference 136
Discourse Focus：Careful Reading/Drawing Inferences 140
6 145
Reading Selections 1A-1B：News and Advertisement（Public Policy） 145
1A“Smoking in Public：Live and Let Live” 146
1B“America's New Merchants of Death” 149
Reading Selection 2：Magazine Article（Social Trends） 158
“Conjugal Prep” 159
Reading Selection 3：Science Reporting（Genetics） 163
“Gene Mapping May Foster Discrimination”；“The Human Genome” 164
7 171
Nonprose Reading：Poetry 171
Word Study：Context Clues 175
Word Study：Stems and Affixes 178
Sentence Study：Restatement and Inference 182
Paragraph Analysis：Reading for Full Understanding 186
Discourse Focus：Prediction 198
8 203
Reading Selections 1A-1B：Technical Prose and Science Reporting（Economics） 203
1A“Six Billion...and Counting” 205
1B“The World Turns Gray” 210
Reading Selection 2：Magazine Article（Popular Psychology） 221
“Why We Laugh” 221
Reading Selection 3：Short Story 228
“The Lottery” 228
9 239
Nonprose Reading：Bus Schedule 239
Word Study：Stems and Affixes 244
Sentence Study：Comprehension 247
Paragraph Reading：Restatement and Inference 250
Discourse Focus：Careful Reading/Drawing Inferences 253
10 257
Reading Selections 1A-1B：Science Reporting（Genetic Engineering） 257
1A“Grains of Hope” 258
1B“The Global Food Fight” 268
Reading Selection 2：Poetry 273
“How to Eat a Poem” 273
“Unfolding Bud” 273
“This is Just to Say” 275
“in Just-” 276
“Spring and Fall：To a Young Child” 277
Reading Selection 3：Short Story 279
“The Chaser” 279
11 285
Nonprose Reading：Road Map 285
Word Study：Context Clues 292
Sentence Study：Restatement and Inference 294
Paragraph Analysis：Reading for Full Understanding 298
Discourse Focus：Prediction 305
12 311
Reading Selection 1：Textbook（Anthropology） 311
“The Sacred'Rac'” 311
Reading Selection 2：Business Text 315
“The Cross-Generational Workplace” 316
Reading Selections 3A-3C：Family Narratives 326
3A“An Attack on the Family” 326
3B“The Circuit” 332
3C“Fish Cheeks” 345
13 349
Longer Reading：Psychology 349
“The Milgram Experiment,”Ronald E.Smith,Irwin G.Sarason,and Barbara Sarason 353
14 363
Longer Reading：Suspense 363
“The Dusty Drawer,”Harry Miles Muheim 363
Appendix 383
Answer Key 385