Unit One Speeches about Olympics 1
Text A Opening Speeches on Olympic Games 3
Text B Speeches for the ⅩⅢ Paralympic Games 12
写作扩充 审题和草拟提纲 16
Unit Two Sports Skill or Technology 24
Text A Swimming Records Fall：Is There Something in the Water？ 25
Text B High-tech Devices at the Olympic Games 32
写作扩充 主题句的形式和位置 37
Unit Three Iconic Sportsmen 40
Text A Great Olympic Moments：Daley Thompson and the Decathlon 42
Text B Tales of Life after the Olympics 57
写作扩充 用于段落主题扩展的常见方法和句型 62
Key to Test One 65
Unit Four Learning Revolution 66
Text A A Do-it-yourself Guide 67
Text B Relearn How to Read—Faster， Better，More Easily 76
写作扩充 常见的文章结尾方式和句型 80
Unit Five Memory 83
Text A Visual Memory 84
Text B Memory Aids 97
写作扩充 段落扩展 104
Unit Six Film： Past and Future 109
Text A A Brief History of AMPAS 110
Text B The Future of Movies 128
写作扩充 段落扩展 135
Key to Test Two 138
Unit Seven Effective Learning Strategy 139
Text A Holistic Learning Strategy 140
Text B Master Chinese to Excel in English 150
写作扩充“启、承、转、合”过渡方式 156
Unit Eight Power of Music 161
Text A Coldplay—Brit-Pop’s New Force 162
Text B The Power of Mozart 176
写作扩充 如何避免写作常见错误 183
Unit Nine One Picture Is Worth Ten Thousand Words 190
Text A The Intriguing Mona Lisa 191
Text B Cartoons in America 203
写作扩充 议论文 209
Key to Test Three 213
Unit Ten Leadership in a New and Challenging Era 214
Text A The Complex Challenges in the New Era 215
Text B On Military Leadership 225
写作扩充 说明文 231
Unit Eleven Wings of Success—Attitude 235
Text A Aptitude + Attitude = Altitude 236
Text B Positive Attitude for Unlimited Success 248
写作扩充 应用文 253
Unit Twelve Public Speeches 258
Text A President-Elect Barack Obama’ s Victo Speech 260
Text B 2008 Stanford Graduates Commencement Address 274
写作扩充 文章摘要 282
Key to Test Four 285