Unit Ⅰ Texts 1-4 1
IA Reading for Comprehension and Speed 1
1.Soapy s Winter Home 1
2.The Hidden Power 6
3.Talking Birch Bark 11
4.An Open-classroom System 16
IB Learning about Skills and Words 21
IC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 23
5.King for a Meal 25
IIA Reading for Comprehension and Speed 25
Unit Ⅱ Texts 5-8 25
6.The Worthwhile Fight 30
7.To Help and Protect 35
8.The Case of the Mint and the Stamps 40
IIB Learning about Skills and Words 45
IIC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 47
Unit Ⅲ texts 9-12 49
IIIA Reading for Comprehension and Speed 49
9.The Make-believe Indian 49
10.A Lily in the Kitchen 54
11.Baron Munchausen Visits the Moon 59
12.Helen Keller 64
IIIB Learning about Skills and Words 69
IIIC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 71
Unit Ⅳ Texts 13-16 73
IVA Reading for Comprehension and Speed 73
13.The Girl in the Heather 73
14.Mr.Travers First Hunt(I) 78
15.A Killer on the Cliff 83
16.Mr.Travers First Hunt(II) 88
IVB Learning about Skills and Words 93
IVC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 96
Unit Ⅴ Texts 17--20 97
VA Reading for Comprehension and Speed 97
17.Christmas in Africa 97
18.The Park 102
19.Honest Scales 107
20.A Handful of History 112
VB Learning about Skills and Words 117
VC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 119
21.She Plays Music for Plants 121
Unit Ⅵ Texts 21-24 121
VIA Reading for Comprehension and Speed 121
22.The Heroes of Yellow Fever 126
23.Speaking of Heroes 132
24.The Woman Who Was Too Tall 137
VIB Learning about Skills and Words 142
VIC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 144
Unit Ⅶ Texts 25-28 146
VIIA Reading for Comprehension and Speed 146
25.Christmas with Dr.Grenfell 146
26.Learning by Doing 152
27.Pioneer in Space 157
28.The Mistake 162
VIIB Learning about Skills and Words 168
VIIC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 170
Unit Ⅷ Texts 28-32 172
VIIIS Reading for Comprehension and Speed 172
29.And They Shall Walk 172
30.The Rescue 177
31.Little Sure Shot 182
32.John Harold Johnson 187
VIIIB Learning about Skills and Words 192
VIIIC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 195
Unit Ⅸ Texts 33-36 197
IXA Reading for Comprehension and Speed 197
33.Strange Creatures of the High Snow 197
34.Danger in the Houes 202
35.The Salt of the Earth 207
36.Flying High 212
IXB Learning about Skills and Words 217
IXC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 220
Unit X Texts 37-40 222
XA Reading for Comprehension and Speed 222
37.The Farmer and the Snake 222
38.The Magician s Revenge 227
39.One August in the Red Sea 233
40.Welcome to Our Bank 239
XB Learning about Skills and Words 245
XC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed 247
Key to Exercises 249