CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCING ONESELF 1
Reading 1: Letters of Self-introduction 2
Reading 2: A Resume 5
Reading 3: "College" by Anzia Yezierska 8
READING TECHNIQUE: CONTEXT CLUES 20
CHAPTER 2 27
INTRODUCING SOMEONE 27
Reading 1: A Letter of Reference 28
Reading 2: "The Man Who Turned Ebony into Gold" 30
Reading 3: "My Alma Mater" by Malcolm X 36
READING TECHNIQUE: SKIMMING 46
CHAPTER 3 51
DESCRIBING PEOPLE 51
Reading 1: "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens 52
Reading 2: "The Filipino and the Drunkard" by William Saroyan 54
Reading 3: "He Rocked, I Reeled" by Tama Janowitz 62
READING TECHNIQUE: ANTICIPATING WHILE READING 68
EHAPTER 4 76
DESCRIBING AN EVENT 76
Reading 1: "How I Got Smart" by Steve Brody 77
Reading 2: "Of My Friend Hector and My Archilles" Heel" by Michael Kaufman 86
READING TECHNIQUE: MAKING INFERENCES 93
CHAPTER 5 101
DESCRIBING AN EXPERIENCE 101
Reading 1: "My Mother's English" by Amy Tan 101
Reading 2: "Child of the Owl" by Laurence Yep 112
READING TECHNIQUE: FINDING MAIN IDEAS 117
CHAPTER 6 128
ANALYZING A PROCESS 128
Reading 1: "How to Take a Job Interview" by Kirby W. Stanat 129
Reading 2:"How to Argue with Your Boss" by Richard Green 137
Reading 3: "In Social Interactions, Small Talk Has a Big Role" by Craig Tomashoff 143
READING TECHNIQUE: UNDERSTANDING ANALOGIES AND FIC-URATIVE LANGUAGE 148
CHAPTER 7 155
STATING FACTS, MAKING INFERENCES,GIVING OPINIONS, MAKING JUDGMENTS AND GENERALIZATIONS 155
Reading 1: "Who Lives Longer" by Patricia Skalka 156
Reading 2: "Make Love, Not War" by Alfie Kohn 163
Reading 3:"Lies Are so Commonplace, They almost Seem Like the Truth" by Terry Lee Goodrich 170
READING TECHNIQUE: RECOGNIZING FACTS,INFERENCES, OPINIONS, JUDGMENTS AND GENERALIZATIONS 173
CHAPTER 8 178
COMPARING AND CONTRASTING 178
Reading 1: "American Space, Chinese Place" by Yi-Fu Tuan 179
Reading 2: "Winners, Losers or Just Kids" by Dan Wightman 183
Reading 3: "No Entrance" by Marta W. Martino 189
READING TECHNIQUE: SENTENCE READING 196
CHAPTER 9 201
EXPLAINING BY ILIJUSTRATION, EXAMPLE, AND CAUSE AND EFFECT 201
Reading 1: "The Baffling Question" by Bill Cosby 202
Reading 2: "Talking to Babies" by Roger Brown and Katherine Snow 208
Reading 3: "New Questions on Human Birth" 213
READING TECHNIQUE: UNDERSTANDING CAUSE AND EFFECT AND EXAMPLE/ILLUSTRATION PARAGRAPH PATTERNS 220
CHAPTER 10 227
SUMMARIZING IDEAS AND MAKING AN APPEAL 227
Reading 1: "Using the Mind to Help the Body" 228
Reading 2: "Is There a Doctor in the Body?" 233
Reading 3: "Have You Learned the Most" by Elie Wiesel 238
READING TECHNIQUE: SUMMARIZING 246
APPENDIXⅠ 250
TEST-TAKING SKILLS 250
SAMPLE READING TESTS 252
APPENDIXⅡ 295
ANSWER KEY 295