Unit One 1
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information 1
Pre-reading Questions 1
Text：The View from Eighty 1
Exercises 12
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure 14
Text 1：Parents Don't Have to Be Perfect 14
Exercises 18
Text 2：Thinking of Sam 19
Exercises 23
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading 23
Thinking as a Hobby 23
Exercises 30
Unit Two 32
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information 32
Pre-reading Questions 32
Text：Television:The Plug-in Drug 32
Exercises 44
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure 46
Text 1：High-tech in the World Today 46
Exercises 51
Text 2：Angel on a Doorstep 51
Exercises 55
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading 55
Once More to the Lake 55
Exercises 61
Unit Three 64
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information 64
Pre-reading Questions 64
Text：So Long to Bad Dogs 64
Exercises 76
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure 78
Text 1：Making the Most of Your Money 78
Exercises 82
Text 2：Left for Dead 82
Exercises 88
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading 88
Can Jesus Save Hollywood? 88
Exercises 95
Unit Four 97
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information 97
Pre-reading Questions 97
Text：The Shape of Making 97
Exercises 107
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure 109
Text 1：Control Your Crisis 109
Exercises 114
Text 2：When Your Child Lies 114
Exercises 119
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading 119
The Ways We Lie 119
Exercises 126
Unit Five 129
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information 129
Pre-reading Questions 129
Text：Explanations:Scientific and Unscientific 129
Exercises 139
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure 141
Text 1：Don't Believe Everything You Hear 141
Exercises 145
Text 2：A Cure That May Cost Us Ourselves 145
Exercise 150
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading 151
Books 151
Exercises 157
Unit Six 159
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information 159
Pre-reading Questions 159
Text：The Reach of Imagination 159
Exercises 168
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure 170
Text 1：How to Get a Great Idea 170
Exercises 175
Text2：Time to Sacrifice the Queen 175
Exercises 179
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading 180
The New Food Capital of the World 180
Exercises 185
Appendix Glossary 188