Passage A:The Successful Language Learner 1
Passage B:For Your Information(Speed Reading) 3
Passage C:Color 5
Passage A:Bring the Past to Life 7
Passage B:Rent Control(Speed Reading) 9
Passage C:The Population of the United States 11
Passage A:The Problems of International Trade 14
Passage B:Your Money(Speed Reading) 16
Passage C:My Bank Account 18
Passage A:Being on Time 22
Passage B:Polite or Rude(Speed Reading) 24
Passage C:Parties 25
Passage A:Gesture 28
Passage B:Where Is the Beef?(Speed Reading) 30
Passage C:Best Teacher I Ever Had 32
Passage A:Equality of Opportunity and Competition 35
Passage B:How to Shine at an Interview(Speed Reading) 38
Passage C:"Where There's a Will,There Is a Way" 40
Passage A:Children Often Do Humorous Things 43
Passage B:Long-term Memory(Speed Reading) 46
Passage C:Steps to the Future 47
Passage A:How Unsafe Is It? 50
Passage B:A Working Relationship(Speed Reading) 53
Passage C:A Special Physical Examination 55
Glossary 58
Key to the Exercises 78