Unit One 1
1．Brother and Sister 1
2．Twenty-five Minutes to Live 8
Exercises 12
Unit Two 14
3．King Lear 14
Exercises 24
Unit Three 26
4．My Mother Breaks Her Pearls 26
5．Fair Exchange 35
Exercises 42
Unit Four 44
6．Tom's Joys and Sorrows 44
7．Who Helped the Convict 56
Exercises 65
Unit Five 68
8．How New York Became America's Largest City 68
9．The Man Who Planned the City of Washington 70
10．The Buffalo Dance 72
11．Greenland 79
Exercises 82
Unit Six 86
12．Simple Habits,Deep Thoughts 86
13．The Declaration of Independence 90
14．Alfred Nobel---A Man of Contrasts 96
15．The Nobel Prizes 98
Exercises 102
Unit Seven 105
16．The Sky Above Us 105
Exercises 115
Unit Eight 118
17．Moneywise 118
Exercises 132
Unit Nine 135
18．A Dream Comes True 135
19．How Computers Are Changing Our World 142
Exercises 145
Unit Ten 147
20．Robert Frost 147
Exercises 153
Unit Eleven 156
21．The Necklace 156
22．Steamboat A-comin' 165
Exercises 171
Unit Twelve 173
23．David Copperfield 173
Exercises 183
Unit Thirteen 186
24．Thomas Alva Edison 186
Exercises 195
Unit Fourteen 197
25．The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 197
Exercises 211
Unit Fifteen 214
26．Vanity Fair 214
Exercises 225
Unit Sixteen 228
27．Jane Eyre 228
Exercises 238
Unit Seventeen 240
28．Jane Eyre 240
Exercises 250
Unit Eighteen 253
29．Jane Eyre 253
Exercises 262