Unit 1 College culture 1
Passage 1 Meeting and Making Friends on Campus 1
Passage 2 Best Jobs for College Students 5
Passage 3 Fraternities and Sororities:the Secret History of Greek Societies 8
Passage 4 College See Rise in Mental Health Issues 12
Unit 2 Mixed feelings 15
Passage 1 The Home-school Connection 15
Passage 2 The Gap Generation 19
Passage 3 Helping Children with Grief 22
Passage 4 Really Smile,It Is Good for Health and Business 26
Unit 3 Crime watch 29
Passage 1 Baseball and America's Crime Problem 29
Passage 2 How to Protect Your Online Identity 33
Passage 3 Campus Crime Figures Don't Tell the Whole Story 36
Passage 4 Has Online Piracy Reached a Tipping Point? 40
Unit 4 News 24/ 7
Passage 1 Influence of the Media on Young People 43
Passage 2 Social Media Is Changing Our Daily Lives 47
Passage 3 Tips for Talking with Kids About the News 50
Passage 4 Why Do People Still Read Newspapers? 54
Unit 5 The world at war 57
Passage 1 Why Nations Go to War 57
Passage 2 US and Europe Near Agreement on Private Data 61
Passage 3 Behind the War 64
Passage 4 Honour Bound 68
Unit 6 Sporting life 71
Passage 1 Modern Olympic Symbols and Traditions 71
Passage 2 The Incredible Benefits of Regular Exercise 75
Passage 3 How to Be a Supportive Parent of a Sports Kid 78
Passage 4 High-tech Swimsuits 82
Unit 7 Animal planet 85
Passage 1 Keeping Pets Safe in Hot Weather 85
Passage 2 The Benefits of Automatic Pet Feeders and Waterers 89
Passage 3 The Amazing Psychic World of Animals 92
Passage 4 Keeping Your Dog Occupied When You're Not Home 96
Unit 8 Time off 98
Passage 1 Americans Work Less and Have More Leisure Time than Ever Before 98
Passage 2 Five New Hobbies for the Creative Person 102
Passage 3 How to Fill Leisure Time Intelligently 105
Passage 4 Leisure Activities in Ancient Egypt 109
Unit 9 Have you got what it takes? 112
Passage 1 What to Do After Graduation 112
Passage 2 15 Ways to Annoy Your Job Interviewer 115
Passage 3 Bringing the College Inside 118
Passage 4 Graduating College Students Considering Peace Corps 122
Unit 10 Science fact or science fiction? 125
Passage 1 Music from the Stars 125
Passage 2 The Science of Laughter 129
Passage 3 Sleep Success:How to Make ZZZs=Memory 132
Passage 4 Morning Person or Late Riser? 136
Answer Key 139