Unit One 1
Part A Building Comprehension and Composition Skills 1
Tansition One:Connecting through Pronouns 1
Part B Reading for Comprehension and Speed 13
Passage Ⅰ Communicating Across Cultures（Ⅰ） 13
Passage Ⅱ Communicating Across Cultures（Ⅱ） 19
Part C Reading for Composition and Comprehension 27
Passage Ⅰ Head Over Heels 27
Passage Ⅱ The Rabbits Who Caused All the Trouble 29
Part D Practical Readings 32
Unit Two 36
Part A Building Comprehension and Composition Skills 36
Transition Two:Connecting through Time 36
Part B Reading for Comprehension and Speed 39
Passage Ⅰ Advertising:The Selling of a Product 39
Passage Ⅱ Interviews 47
Part C Reading for Composition and Comprehension 56
Passage Ⅰ Pockety Women Unite? 56
Passage Ⅱ The Chaser 61
Part D Practical Readings 68
Unit Three 71
Part A Building Comprehension and Composition Skill 71
Transition Three 71
Part B Reading for Comprehension and Speed 81
Passage Ⅰ Exploding the Myths about the American Family 81
Passage Ⅱ People and Computers:A Working Relationship 88
Part C Reading for Composition and Comprehension 99
Passage Ⅰ The Waltz 99
Passage Ⅱ First Dance 106
Part D Practical Readings 109
Unit Four 113
Part A Building Comprehension and Composition Skills 113
Paragraph 113
Part B Reading for Comprehension and Speed 121
Passage Ⅰ Culture Learning(Ⅰ) 121
Passage Ⅱ Culture Learning(Ⅱ) 130
Part C Reading for Composition and Comprehension 139
Passage:How It Feels to Be out of Work 139
Part D Practical Readings 145
Unit Five 148
Part A Building Comprehension and Composition Skills 148
Types of Writing:Description 148
Part B Reading for Comprehension and Speed 154
Passage Ⅰ Making Contact in Another Culture(Part Ⅰ) 154
Passage Ⅱ Making Contact in Another Culture(Part Ⅱ) 163
Part C Reading for Composition and Comprehension 173
Passage:My Lessons in the Classroom 173
Part D Practical Readings 178
Unit Six 183
Part A Building Comprehension and Composition Skills 183
Types of Writing:Narration 183
Part B Reading for Comprehension and Speed 188
Passage Ⅰ Reading Requires More Than Words 188
Passage Ⅱ The Soft Sell 195
Part C Reading for Composition and Comprehension 202
Passage"I Thought My Last Hour Had Come" 202
Part D Practical Readings 209
Unit Seven 214
Part A Building Comprehension and Composition Skills 214
Types of Writing:Exposition 214
Part B Reading for Comprehension and Speed 223
Passage Ⅰ How to Give a Good Speech 223
Passage Ⅱ Life in Death 230
Part C Reading for Composition and Comprehension 236
Passage:How to Fight Cold-Proneness 236
Part D Practical Readings 245
Unit Eight 248
Part A Building Comprehension and Composition Skills 248
Types of Writing:Argumentation 248
Part B Reading for Comprehension and Speed 253
Passage Ⅰ What You don't Know about Exercise 253
Passage Ⅱ Coping with Stress 260
Part C Reading for Composition and Comprehension 270
Passage:Why I Want a Wife 270
Part D Practical Readings 275
Unit Nine 277
Part A Building Comprehension and Composition Skills 277
Outline 277
Part B Reading for Comprehension and Speed 282
Passage Ⅰ Conversation with a Gorilla 282
Passage Ⅱ Social Class,Language and Education Failure 289
Part C Reading for Composition and Comprehension 296
Passage:Reflections on My Brother's Murder 297
Part D Practical Readings 303
Unit Ten 306
Part A Building Comprehension and Composition Skills 306
Summary 306
Part B Reading for Comprehension and Speed 313
Passage Ⅰ Educational Attitudes 313
Passage Ⅱ Consumer Needs and Motivation 324
Part C Reading for Composition and Comprehension 337
Passage:Immobilization 337
Part D Practical Readings 340
Supplementary Reading 344
Key to Exercises 407