Book One 1
Unit 1 Text A Why Not Speed Up Your Reading 3
Text B The Youngest Painter In The World 5
Unit 2 Text A The Language Of Social Occasions 7
Text B Mugging 11
Unit 3 Text A Ecology 12
Text B Sometimes They Seem Almost Human 15
Unit 4 Text A Always On Sundaes 17
Text B The Tooth Trade 19
Unit 5 Text A Welcome To Our Bank 22
Text B A Sad Story 24
Unit 6 Text A Finding Your Way In A Library 27
Text B Where Do Dragons Come From? 29
Unit 7 Text A Yes/No Signals 30
Text B The Cost Of Education 32
Unit 8 Text A California's Giants 35
Text B Fire Fighters 37
Unit 9 Text A The Boy Who Cried Dinosaur 40
Text B A Lily In The Kitchen 43
Unit 10 Text A Electronic Burglar Alarms 45
Text B A Killer On The Cliff 47
Unit 11 Text A The Watch 50
Text B The Women Was Too Tall 53
Unit 12 Text A What's In An Indian Name? 55
Text B Hollerin' 57
Unit 13 Text A Little Sure Shot 60
Text B Soapy's Winter Home 62
Unit 14 Text A Partners 64
Text B Fast Runner 67
Unit 15 Text A Early Days Of The Mail 69
Text B Telltale Sounds 72
Unit 16 Text A Faster Effective Reading 74
Book Two 81
Unit 1 Text A The Gentleman In White 83
Text B Diamonds 86
Unit 2 Text A The United Nations 89
Text B The History Of Chemistry 92
Unit 3 Text A Mister Imagination 95
Text B Taming The Elephant 98
Unit 4 Text A Midnight Visit 101
Text B A Spider In Hand 104
Unit 5 Text A How Hurricanes Get Their Names? 107
Text B Icarus—The Boy Who Flew Too High 109
Unit 6 Text A Unuku And The Mist Girl 112
Text B The Big Wind 115
Unit 7 Text A Pesos In The Sea 118
Text B Ghosts 121
Unit 8 Text A The Tangerines 124
Text B Discover By Accident 127
Unit 9 Text A Auction Sale 130
Text B Modern Surgery 133
Unit 10 Text A Never Trust Appearance 136
Text B The Laugher 139
Unit 11 Text A Ralph Bunche—Architect Of Peace 142
Text B The Vanishd City 145
Unit 12 Text A Popularity That Counts 148
Text B Danger—Keep Off 150
Unit 13 Text A The Just Man 153
Text B School's Out 156
Unit 14 Text A Comets 159
Text B Death:A Part Of Life 162
Unit 15 Text A The Olympic Games 165
Text B Money 168
Unit 16 Text A How To Read Body Language 171
Book Three 179
Unit 1 Text A The Blackman In The Picture 181
Text B The World Of Wanderers 184
Unit 2 Text A Stuck On Stamps 187
Text B The Future Is Really In Your Hand 190
Unit 3 Text A The Peregrines Of Torrejon 194
Text B Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves 197
Unit 4 Text A Love 201
Text B The Warning Shot 205
Unit 5 Text A A Cleeaner Way Of Travel 208
Text B Mark Twain 211
Unit 6 Text A A World Of Superconduction 215
Text B Grand Design For Grand Dame 218
Unit 7 Text A The Little People 221
Text B Lost Over The Atlantic 224
Unit 8 Text A The Trues Tale Of Pirate Treasure 228
Text B New York's Big Ditch 231
Unit 9 Text A Brave Ballerina 234
Text B First Passage 237
Unit 10 Text A Danger In Space 240
Text B Freedom From Pain 243
Unit 11 Text A The Man In The Jade Mask 247
Text B Hunting The Giant Manta Ray 250
Unit 12 Text A Mississippi Steamboat Days 253
Text B Traveling Students 256
Unit 13 Text A The Changing Eskimos 259
Text B Retriever's Triumph 263
Unit 14 Text A Tame Volcanoes 266
Text B To Open,Turn-Tear-Press Here! 269
Unit 15 Text A The Beau Catcher 272
Text B All Aboard For Europe 276
Unit 16 Text A Anthropology:In The Shadow Of Man 279
Book Four 287
Unit 1 Text A Two Loaves Of Bread 289
Text B Six Months In Another world 292
Unit 2 Text A North Of The Arctic Circle 296
Text B What Happens To Child Prodigies? 300
Unit 3 Text A The Time Nightshirt 304
Text B Michigan's Marching Dunes 308
Unit 4 Text A We May Never Colonize The Space 312
Text B The V-Day In The Polio War 316
Unit 5 Text A Organized Crime 320
Text B Sleepwalking—Fact Or Fancy? 324
Unit 6 Text A Man In A Hostile Land 327
Text B Wolves Of Cernogratz 331
Unit 7 Text A America's First Elephant 336
Text B Birth Of Surtsey 340
Unit 8 Text A Needed:An International Language 343
Text B Writing Between The Lines 347
Unit 9 Text A Ice Maiden 350
Text B The Big Switch 355
Unit 10 Text A She Signed The Dollar Bills 359
Text B A Word To Moonstruck Poets 362
Unit 11 Text A Is Your Judgement Warped? 366
Text B The Truth About Those"Invisible"Ads 370
Unit 12 Text A Your Dreams Don't Lie 375
Text B The Piece Of String 378
Unit 13 Text A The Scientist And The Sensitive Snake 383
Text B Froghunting Family Style 386
Unit 14 Text A The Eskimo Mind 390
Text B The Capture Of Geronimo 394
Unit 15 Text A 1,800 Feet And No Parachute 397
Text B Oh,To Be A Steamboatman! 401
Unit 16 Text A Passing The Buck 404