Unit One 1
1.Learning a Foreign Language 1
Reading Comprehension 4
Context Clue 5
Topic for Writing 5
2.Words Can Make You Rich 6
Reading Comprehension 9
Context Clue 10
Questions for Discussion 10
3.The Language of Love 11
Reading Comprehension 13
Context Clue 14
Questions for Discussion 15
Word Quiz 15
Unit Two 17
1.Do the American and British Speak the Same Language? 17
Reading Comprehension 21
Context Clue 22
Questions for Discussion 23
2.Why Men and Women Can't Communicate 24
Reading Comprehension 28
Context Clue 30
Questions for Discussion 30
3.Friendship in Different Cultures 31
Reading Comprehension 34
Context Clue 35
Topic for Writing 36
Word Quiz 36
Unit Three 38
1.Bringing up Bold Babies 38
Reading Comprehension 41
Context Clue 42
Questions for Discussion 43
2.Ten Steps Toward Raising a Tolerant Child 44
Reading Comprehension 47
Context Clue 48
Topic for Writing 48
3.Exploring the Development of the Creative Mind 49
Reading Comprehension 51
Context Clue 52
Questions for Discussion 52
Word Quiz 53
Unit Four 55
1.How to Become a Scientist 55
Reading Comprehension 58
Context Clue 59
Questions for Discussion 59
2.The Brewer's Son 60
Reading Comprehension 63
Context Clue 64
Topic for Writing 64
3.A Young Girl's Spirit Lives On 65
Reading Comprehension 68
Context Clue 69
Questions for Discussion 69
Word Quiz 69
Unit Five 72
1.The Letter"A"(Ⅰ) 72
Reading Comprehension 76
Context Clue 77
Questions for Discussion 77
2.The Letter"A"(Ⅱ) 78
Reading Comprehension 82
Context Clue 83
Topic for Writing 83
3.Requiring Doctors to Treat AIDS Victims Invites Flawed and Hostile Care 84
Reading Comprehension 87
Context Clue 88
Questions for Discussion 88
Word Quiz 88
Unit Six 90
1.Just Say No to Rugs 90
Reading Comprehension 93
Context Clue 94
Questions for Discussion 94
2.Do Animals have a Culture? 95
Reading Comprehension 97
Context Clue 98
Questions for Discussion 99
3.My Friend,Sam 100
Reading Comprehension 102
Context Clue 103
Topic for Writing 103
Word Quiz 103
Unit Seven 105
1.Learn How to Listen 105
Reading Comprehension 109
Context Clue 110
Questions for Discussion 111
2.Manners for Bgeinners 112
Reading Comprehension 114
Context Clue 116
Questions for Discussion 116
3.A Standard of Excellence 117
Reading Comprehension 119
Context Clue 120
Topic for Writing 120
Word Quiz 120
Unit Eight 122
1.In Praise of Stairs 122
Reading Comprehension 126
Context Clue 127
Question for Discussion 127
Topic for Writing 127
2.Ten Minutes to Fitness 129
Reading Comprehension 131
Context Clue 132
Questions for Discussion 132
3.There Are No Heels in Heaven 133
Reading Comprehension 135
Context Clue 136
Questions for Discussion 136
Word Quiz 136
Unit Nine 138
1.A Team Full of Reasons 138
Reading Comprehension 144
Context Clue 145
Questions for Discussion 146
2.You Have Two Choices 147
Reading Comprehension 149
Context Clue 150
Questions for Discussion 150
3.The Rich Man and the Poor Man 151
Reading Comprehension 154
Context Clue 155
Topic for Writing 156
Word Quiz 156
Unit Ten 158
1.History of Computer 158
Reading Comprehension 162
Context Clue 163
Questions for Discussion 163
2.World Wide Web 164
Reading Comprehension 166
Context Clue 166
Questions for Discussion 167
3.Internet and E-mail 168
Reading Comprehension 170
Context Clue 171
Topic for Writing 172
Word Quiz 172
Unit Eleven 174
1.Culture Shock 174
Reading Comprehension 177
Context Clue 177
Questions for Discussion 178
2.How to Survive Culture Shock 179
Reading Comprehension 181
Context Clue 182
Topic for Writing 182
3.Japanese and American Baths 183
Reading Comprehension 185
Context Clue 186
Questions for Discussion 186
Word Quiz 186
Unit Twelve 189
1.By 2030,You Could Be Crossing the Atlantic by Train 189
Reading Comprehension 193
Contcxt Clue 194
Topic for Writing 195
2.Choose Optimism 196
Reading Comprehension 199
Context Clue 199
Questions for Discussion 200
3.Transformed by Tomatoes 201
Reading Comprehension 204
Context Clue 205
Questions for Discussion 205
Word Quiz 205
Unit Thirteen 207
1.Waking up the Lecture Hall 207
Reading Comprehension 210
Context Clue 211
Questions for Discussion 211
2.Knowledge and Hard Work 212
Reading Comprehension 214
Context Clue 215
Topic for Writing 215
3.Back to School 216
Reading Comprehension 219
Context Clue 220
Questions for Discussion 220
Word Quiz 220
Unit Fourteen 222
1.Hypothermia 222
Reading Comprehension 224
Context Clue 225
Topic for Writing 226
2.Heat Exhaustion 227
Reading Comprehension 229
Context Clue 230
Questions for Discussion 230
3.Climbing Walls of Ice 231
Reading Comprehension 234
Context Clue 235
Questions for Discussion 235
Word Quiz 236
Unit Fifteen 238
1.Technology Can Lift Barriers for Seniors 238
Reading Comprehension 241
Context Clue 242
Questions for Discussion 243
2.New Opportunities in New Media 244
Reading Comprehension 247
Context Clue 248
Topic for Writing 248
3.The World of Information Warfare 249
Reading Comprehension 251
Context Clue 252
Questions for Discussion 253
Word Quiz 253
Unit Sixteen 255
1.The Mobile Office 255
Reading Comprehension 257
Context Clue 258
Topic for Writing 258
2.A Survey of the Chinese Mobile Phone Market 260
Reading Comprehension 263
Context Clue 264
Questions for Discussion 264
3.Online Paging:China's Paging Service Helping Itself on the Internet 265
Reading Comprehension 267
Context Clue 268
Questions for Discussion 269
Word Quiz 269
Unit Seventeen 271
1.Weight Control:Which Sex's Perception Is Right? 271
Reading Comprehension 276
Context Clue 277
Questions for Discussion 277
2.Just Say Yes 278
Reading Comprehension 281
Context Clue 281
Questions for Discussion 282
3.Weighty Problem 283
Reading Comprehension 286
Context Clue 287
Topic for Writing 287
Word Quiz 287
Unit Eighteen 289
1.Future Soldiers 289
Reading Comprehension 293
Context Clue 294
Topic for Writing 294
2.Economics on the Edge 295
Reading Comprehension 298
Context Clue 299
Questions for Discussion 299
3.English Plus 300
Reading Comprehension 303
Context Clue 304
Questions for Discussion 304
Word Quiz 304
Test One 306
Test Two 312
Test Three 318
Test Four 324
Test Five 330
Keys to Each Unit 337
Keys to Test One～Five 345