Unit 1 1
1 Text The Art of Creative Thinking 1
2 Reading Skills Newspapers and Headlines 8
3 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 10
4 Home Reading Mapping Creativity 15
Unit 2 22
1 Text The English Reserve and Politeness 22
2 Reading Skills Understanding Headline Vocabulary 27
3 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 32
4 Home Reading The American Character 36
Unit 3 43
1 Text Bursting the Magic Bubble 43
2 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 50
3 Home Reading What Is So Funny About Humor？ 55
Unit4 60
1 Text Seeking Steady Arm to Lean On 60
2 Reading Skills The Newspaper Lead 69
3 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 71
4 Home Reading The CommencementAddress at Stanford 76
Unit 5 82
1 Text It's Tough at the Top 82
2 Reading Skills Reading the News Story 89
3 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 93
4 Home Reading Visions on Ice 97
Unit 6 103
1 Text Right Drug，Wrong Patient 103
2 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 110
3 Home Reading Hidden Dangers of Over-the-Counter Drugs 115
Unit 7 121
1 Text A Room of One's Own 121
2 Reading Skills Reading the Feature Story in a Newspaper 129
3 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 132
4 Home Reading Aptitude Aplenty 136
Unit 8 143
1 Text Three Days to See 143
2 Reading Skills Popular Magazines and Magazine Articles 149
3 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 151
4 Home Reading Intelligence 156
Unit 9 161
1 Text Are Dreams as Vitalas Sleep？ 161
2 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 168
3 Home Reading Mind Over Time 173
Unit 10 179
1 Text The Credibility Principle 179
2 Reading Skills Reading Advertizements 187
3 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 189
4 Home Reading Nurture YourNature 193
Unit 11 200
1 Text Nonverbal Communication 200
2 Reading Skills Reading Instructions 207
3 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 210
4 Home Reading Your Actions Speak Louder 213
Unit 12 219
1 Text Why Are You So Smart？ 219
2 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 225
3 Home Reading The Different Ways of Being Smart 230
Unit 13 236
1 Text Morals，Apes and Us 236
2 Reading Skills Reading Scholarly Writing 244
3 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 246
4 Home Reading Pepperberg's Parrots 250
Unit 14 256
1 Text How Do You Know It's Good？ 256
2 Reading Skills Reading the Administrative Language 263
3 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 267
4 Home Reading How We Listen to Music 271
Unit 15 277
1 Text Love of Life（Ⅰ） 277
2 Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 287
3 Home Reading Love of Life（Ⅱ） 292
Sources of Reading Materials 299