Unit 1 Universe 1
Focus 1
Text A A Universe Stranger Than We Can't Imagine 2
Reading Skills Preparing for TEM 4:General Skills 7
Text B Life,the Universe and Everything 9
Text C 15
2012 Apocalypse 15
Jerusalem UFO"Almost Certainly a Hoax" 18
The Red Planet 20
Test Preparation 22
Reading for Fun 27
Unit 2 Philosophy 29
Focus 29
Text A Philosophy:Who Needs It? 31
Reading Skills Preparing for TEM 4:Word Formation 37
Text B What Makes People Unhappy? 40
Text C 47
What Is Philosophy? 47
Life of Plato 49
Wu Hsing:the Five Material Agents 51
Model Test 52
Reading for Fun 57
Unit 3 Energy 60
Focus 60
Text A If Green's So Great...? 62
Reading Skills Preparing for TEM 4:Summary of the Main Structures in EST 72
Text B Food Bubble Collapse Threatens Survival of Human Civilization 73
Text C 79
Solar Power Emergency 79
Elephant Dung to Power Green Energy Plans at Paignton Zoo 81
How Hybrid Cars Work 82
Model Test 84
Reading for Fun 89
Unit 4 Art 92
Focus 92
Text A Aesthetic Commentary:Post-Postmodern Art 94
Picasso's Blue Period 100
Reading Skills Figures of Speech(1):Comparison and Contrast 101
Text B Graffiti 102
Text C 108
Chinese Seals 108
Chinese Shadow Puppetry 109
Chinese Embroidery 111
Model Test 117
Reading for Fun 122
Unit 5 Artificial Intelligence 124
Focus 124
Text A Rise of the Robots—The Future of Artificial Intelligence 126
Reading Skills Preparing for TEM4:Numerical Expressions in EST 133
Text B How Driverless Cars Will Work 134
Text C 141
Next Generation Surgical Robots:Where's the Doctor? 141
RoboCup 2010:Could Robot versus Human Be Far Behind? 143
Microsoft Bets on Gesture over Touch 146
Model Test 148
Reading for Fun 152
Unit 6 Politics 155
Focus 155
Text A Obama Acceptance Speech 156
Reading Skills Figures of Speech(2):Parallelism,Repetition,Climax and Antithesis 162
Text B 6 Things You Won't Believe Can Brainwash You On Election Day 164
Text C 170
A Breast-Feeding Plan Mixes Partisan Reactions 170
Intemet,Mobile at Forefront of Election Coverage 172
Urban League Study Focuses on Plight of African Americans 173
Test Preparation 175
Reading for Fun 181
Unit 7 New Technology 184
Focus 184
Text A Human-Motion Detection-Nanotechnology Takes Interactivity to a New Level 185
Reading Skills Preparing for TEM 4:Reading Strategies for Different Genres 191
Text B 10 Profound Innovations Ahead 192
Text C 199
Loving and Hating the iPad 199
Students Inventing the Future 201
How Nanotechnology Works 203
Model Test 205
Reading for Fun 210
Unit 8 Economy 213
Focus 213
Text A How Asia's Binge Shoppers Will Help the West 214
Reading Skills Use Diagrams to Summarize and Analyze the Text 220
Text B On the Natural Progress of Opulence 221
Text C 226
The Confucian Consumer 226
No Bubbles in Beijing 228
Why Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger Were Right 230
Model Test 232
Reading for Fun 236
Unit 9 Metaphysics 240
Focus 240
Text A Feng-shui and Housing 241
Reading Skills Preparing for TEM 4:Question Types 249
Text B Zodiac Signs VS.Constellations 251
Text C 258
How to Read Palms 258
Welcome to the Zodiac,Ophiuchus.But Who Are You? 260
Chinese Astrology:More than 12 Animals 262
Model Test 266
Reading for Fun 270
Unit 10 Genetic Engineering 273
Focus 273
Text A American Judges,European Citizens—and the Vatican:It's NO to GE! 274
Reading skills Preparing for TEM 4:Debate 281
Text B Ethical Dangers of Genetic Engineering 283
Text C 288
Fancy a Cat Clone? 288
Gods and Monsters 291
Pig Welfare VS Human Rights 293
Model Test 297
Reading for Fun 302