Unit 1 Sports 1
Part One Timed Reading 2
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 3
Text 1 Men's World Cup 3
Text 2 Palace for Basketball Players 6
Text 3 Keeping Fit 9
Unit 2 Education 13
Part One Timed Reading 14
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 15
Text 1 Parents at School 15
Text 2 How Ruth Made History at Oxford 18
Text 3 Community College 21
Unit 3 Food 25
Part One Timed Reading 26
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 27
Text 1 Cheese Making 27
Text 2 Dried Food 30
Text 3 Food in the 21st Century 33
Unit 4 Wonderful Network 36
Part One Timed Reading 37
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 38
Text 1 Digital Leisure 38
Text 2 From E-commerce to E-business 41
Text 3 Hacker in Russia 45
Test Yourself(1) 48
Unit 5 Anti-Terrorism 55
Part One Timed Reading 56
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 57
Text 1 Pentagon Crash Survivor 57
Text 2 The Last Miracle 60
Text 3 Customs Agents Seize $6.2m in Anti-terror Program 63
Unit 6 Modern War 66
Part One Timed Reading 67
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 68
Text 1 Information Warfare 68
Text 2 Soldiers in Cyberspace 72
Text 3 Electromagnetic Eavesdropping 75
Unit 7 Business 78
Part One Timed Reading 79
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 80
Text 1 Coca Cola 80
Text 2 How to Be a Boss 83
Text 3 Trademarks 85
Unit 8 Traveling 88
Part One Timed Reading 89
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 90
Text 1 Big Ben 90
Text 2 New York 92
Text 3 The British Museum 95
Test Yourself(2) 98
Unit 9 Family and Children 105
Part One Timed Reading 106
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 107
Text 1 Divorce 107
Text 2 Should You Spy on Your Teen? 110
Text 3 Generation Gap 112
Unit 10 Environment 115
Part One Timed Reading 116
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 117
Text 1 The Threats to the Lakes 117
Text 2 The Alarm Caused by Kursk 120
Text 3 A Letter from Three Zoophilists 123
Unit 11 Persons of Reputation 126
Part One Timed Reading 127
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 128
Text 1 Graf—an Everlasting Star in Tennis Court 128
Text 2 William(Bill)H.Gates 131
Text 3 The God in Youth—Jorden 135
Unit 12 Civilization 138
Part One Timed Reading 139
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 140
Text 1 FBCs Are Deserting Their Culture 140
Text 2 Old Taboos Cause Marriage Crisis 144
Text 3 Easter Day 147
Test Yourself(3) 150
Key 157
Glossary 181