Unit 1 Changes in the way We Live 6
Part 1 Reading Text Immaterial World:Economic Woes Prompt Some to Reevaluate Their Attitude Toward Materialism 6
Part 2 Reading Skill Skimming and scanning 13
Part 3 Reading Practice 18
Part 4 Home Reading A Lifestyle 24
Unit 2 Civil Rights Heroes 32
Part 1 Reading Text Holocaust Memorial Day Recalls Horrors 32
Part 2 Reading Practice 40
Part 3 Home Reading How to Deal with the Outlaw of Racial Preferences in College Admissions? 45
Unit 3 Security 52
Part 1 Reading Text One Month After Littleton Massacre,Six Are Shot at Georgia School 52
Part 2 Reading Practice 59
Part 3 Home Reading Rampage Gunman Was Student;Warning Lag Is Tied to Bad Lead 64
Unit 4 Extraterrestrials 72
Part 1 Reading Text Life on Mars?Is There Anyone Out There? 72
Part 2 Reading Practice 79
Part 3 Home Reading Outer Space Exposure 85
Test 1(Units 1-4) 92
Unit 5 How to celebrate Holidays 106
Part 1 Reading Text The True History of Thanksgiving 106
Part 2 Reading Practice 115
Part 3 Home Reading Fast and Thanksgiving Days of Plymouth Colony 120
Unit 6 The Human Touch 128
Part 1 Reading Text Petra's Story 128
Part 2 Reading Practice 135
Part 3 Home Reading In Sickness,in Health 139
Unit 7 Life of Salesmen 146
Part 1 Reading Text A Salesman's Christmas Parable 146
Part 2 Reading Practice 153
Part 3 Home Reading The Life of a Traveling Salesman and His Family 157
Unit 8 Cloning 164
Part 1 Reading Text Everything You Need to Know About Cloning 164
Part 2 Reading Practice 172
Part 3 Home Reading Cloning:Huckster or Hero? 178
Test 2(Units 5-8) 185
Answer Key 198