Unit 1 1
Passage 1 Head over Heels 1
Passage 2 The Will to Win 6
Passage 3 The Origin of Washington,D.C 8
Passage 4 High Legal Standing of Wives in Southern Europe 11
Unit 2 14
Passage 1 The Art of Gift Giving 14
Passage 2 Be a Volunteer 18
Passage 3 The United Nations 21
Passage 4 What Is Teaching? 24
Unit 3 27
Passage 1 The Olympic Games 27
Passage 2 Beautiful Sri Lanka 32
Passage 3 Food Industry and Americans'Obesity 34
Passage 4 Understanding of Personal Growth 37
Unit 4 40
Passage 1 What Successful People Have in Common 40
Passage 2 The Influence of the Press 44
Passage 3 Different Drinking Habits 47
Passage 4 Help Elderly People with Failing Memory 50
Unit 5 53
Passage 1 Picnic in the Dining-Room 53
Passage 2 Americans and Food 57
Passage 3 Modern Science Fiction 59
Passage 4 Nonverbal Communication:Space 61
Unit 6 64
Passage 1 Indoor Pollution 64
Passage 2 Helicopters Are Useful to Explorers 68
Passage 3 An Advertisement 70
Passage 4 Customer Service 72
Unit 7 75
Passage 1 Health and Fitness Make the Difference between Living Well and Living 75
Passage 2 The Purposes for Schools 80
Passage 3 Judging People by Clothes 82
Passage 4 Eclipses 84
Unit 8 87
Passage 1 Dealing with Fear 87
Passage 2 On Elephant 93
Passage 3 Senses of Man 94
Passage 4 Films 97
Unit 9 100
Passage 1 Hurricanes 100
Passage 2 The World's Most Expensive City—Hong Kong 105
Passage 3 Being a Writer 107
Passage 4 Baby Early Pattern of Language Learning 109
Unit 10 112
Passage 1 Theft Deterrent System 112
Passage 2 Being a Positive Relationship with Your Roommates 117
Passage 3 A Human Mistake 119
Passage 4 The Effect of Noise on People 121
Unit 11 124
Passage 1 Car:on a Road to Nowhere 124
Passage 2 Rumor 128
Passage 3 On Home Schooling 129
Passage 4 Man's Mind—Tool of Survival 132
Unit 12 134
Passage 1 Don't Get Fooled Again 134
Passage 2 Mental Health and Emotional Health 138
Passage 3 No Limit to Your Dreams 139
Passage 4 We Are Not Alone 142