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 7
Reading Comprehension 10
Context Clue 11
Questions for Discussion 11
3．The Language of Love 12
Reading Comprehension 14
Context Clue 15
Questions for Discussion 16
Word Quiz 16
Unit Two 18
1．Do the American and British Speak the Same Language? 18
Reading Comprehension 22
Context Clue 23
Questions for Discussion 24
2．Why Men and Women Can't Communicate 25
Reading Comprehension 29
Context Clue 31
Questions for Discussion 31
3．Friendship in Different Cultures 32
Reading Comprehension 35
Context Clue 36
Topic for Writing 37
Word Quiz 37
Unit Three 39
1．Bringing up Bold Babies 39
Reading Comprehension 42
Context Clue 43
Questions for Discussion 44
2．Ten Steps Toward Raising a Tolerant Child 45
Reading Comprehension 48
Context Clue 49
Topic for Writing 49
3．Exploring the Development of the Creative Mind 50
Reading Comprehension 52
Context Clue 53
Questions for Discussion 53
Word Quiz 54
Unit Four 56
1．How to Become a Scientist 56
Reading Comprehension 59
Context Clue 60
Questions for Discussion 61
2．The Brewer's Son 62
Reading Comprehension 65
Context Clue 66
Topic for Writing 66
3．A Young Girl's Spirit Lives On 67
Reading Comprehension 70
Context Clue 71
Questions for Discussion 71
Word Quiz 71
Unit Five 74
1．The Letter"A"（Ⅰ） 74
Reading Comprehension 78
Context Clue 79
Questions for Discussion 79
2．The Letter"A"（Ⅱ） 81
Reading Comprehension 85
Context Clue 86
Topic for Writing 86
3．Requiring Doctors to Treat AIDS Victims Invites Flawed and Hostile Care 87
Reading Comprehension 90
Context Clue 91
Questions for Discussion 91
Word Quiz 92
Unit Six 94
1．Just Say No to Rugs 94
Reading Comprehension 97
Context Clue 98
Questions for Discussion 99
2．Do Animals have a Culture? 100
Reading Comprehension 102
Context Clue 103
Questions for Discussion 104
3．My Friend,Sam 105
Reading Comprehension 107
Context Clue 108
Topic for Writing 108
Word Quiz 108
Unit Seven 110
1．Learn How to Listen 110
Reading Comprehension 114
Context Clue 115
Questions for Discussion 116
2．Manners for Beginners 117
Reading Comprehension 119
Context Clue 121
Questions for Discussion 122
3．A Standard of Excellence 123
Reading Comprehension 125
Context Clue 126
Topic for Writing 127
Word Quiz 127
Unit Eight 129
1．In Praise of Stairs 129
Reading Comprehension 133
Context Clue 134
Question for Discussion 134
Topic for Writing 134
2．Ten Minutes to Fitness 136
Reading Comprehension 138
Context Clue 139
Questions for Discussion 140
3．There Are No Heels in Heaven 141
Reading Comprehension 143
Context Clue 144
Questions for Discussion 144
Word Quiz 145
Unit Nine 147
1．A Team Full of Reasons 147
Reading Comprehension 153
Context Clue 154
Questions for Discussion 155
2．You Have Two Choices 156
Reading Comprehension 158
Context Clue 159
Questions for Discussion 160
3．The Rich Man and the Poor Man 161
Reading Comprehension 164
Context Clue 165
Topic for Writing 166
Word Quiz 166
Unit Ten 168
1．History of Computer 168
Reading Comprehension 172
Context Clue 173
Questions for Discussion 173
2．World Wide Web 174
Reading Comprehension 176
Context Clue 176
Questions for Discussion 177
3．Internet and E-mail 178
Reading Comprehension 180
Context Clue 181
Topic for Writing 182
Word Quiz 182
Unit Eleven 184
1．Culture Shock 184
Reading Comprehension 187
Context Clue 187
Questions for Discussion 188
2．How to Survive Culture Shock 189
Reading Comprehension 191
Context Clue 192
Topic for Writing 193
3．Japanese and American Baths 194
Reading Comprehension 196
Context Clue 197
Questions for Discussion 197
Word Quiz 197
Unit Twelve 200
1．By 2030,You Could Be Crossing the Atlantic by Train 200
Reading Comprehension 204
Context Clue 205
Topic for Writing 206
2．Choose Optimism 207
Reading Comprehension 210
Context Clue 210
Questions for Discussion 211
3．Transformed by Tomatoes 212
Reading Comprehension 215
Context Clue 216
Questions for Discussion 216
Word Quiz 217
Unit Thirteen 219
1．Waking up the Lecture Hall 219
Reading Comprehension 222
Context Clue 223
Questions for Discussion 223
2．Knowledge and Hard Work 225
Reading Comprehension 227
Context Clue 228
Topic for Writing 228
3．Back to School 229
Reading Comprehension 232
Context Clue 233
Questions for Discussion 233
Word Quiz 233
Unit Fourteen 235
1．Hypothermia 235
Reading Comprehension 237
Context Clue 238
Topic for Writing 239
2．Heat Exhaustion 240
Reading Comprehension 242
Context Clue 243
Questions for Discussion 243
3．Climbing Walls of Ice 244
Reading Comprehension 247
Context Clue 248
Questions for Discussion 248
Word Quiz 249
Unit Fifteen 251
1．Technology Can Lift Barriers for Seniors 251
Reading Comprehension 254
Context Clue 255
Questions for Discussion 256
2．New Opportunities in New Media 257
Reading Comprehension 260
Context Clue 261
Topic for Writing 261
3．The World of Information Warfare 262
Reading Comprehension 264
Context Clue 265
Questions for Discussion 266
Word Quiz 266
Unit Sixteen 268
1．The Mobile Office 268
Reading Comprehension 270
Context Clue 271
Topic for Writing 272
2．A Survey of the Chinese Mobile Phone Market 273
Reading Comprehension 276
Context Clue 277
Questions for Discussion 278
3．Online Paging:China's Paging Service Helping Itself on the Internet 279
Reading Comprehension 281
Context Clue 282
Questions for Discussion 283
Word Quiz 283
Unit Seventeen 285
1．Weight Control:Which Sex's Perception Is Right? 285
Reading Comprehension 290
Context Clue 291
Questions for Discussion 291
2．Just Say Yes 292
Reading Comprehension 295
Context Clue 295
Questions for Discussion 296
3．Weighty Problem 297
Reading Comprehension 300
Context Clue 301
Topic for Writing 301
Word Quiz 301
Unit Eighteen 303
1．Future Soldiers 303
Reading Comprehension 307
Context Clue 308
Topic for Writing 308
2．Economics on the Edge 309
Reading Comprehension 312
Context Clue 313
Questions for Discussion 313
3．English Plus 314
Reading Comprehension 317
Context Clue 318
Questions for Discussion 318
Word Quiz 318
Test One 321
Test Two 327
Test Three 333
Test Four 339
Test Five 345
Keys to Each Unit 352
Keys to Test One～Five 360