Unit 1 1
(A)Ranch Life 1
Criteria of Reading Ability 10
Introductory Remarks 14
(B)Peoples of the World 15
(C)Eskimos 22
Unit 2 26
(A)Racing 26
Making Use of Word Formation:Prefixation 35
(Ⅰ)Watching out for the Proper Forms of Tenses 37
(Ⅱ)A Brief Introduction to Combination 38
Combination:Continuation and Adding 39
(B)The Olympics 40
(C)Women in Sports 47
Unit 3 51
(A)How to Fight Fear 51
Making Use of Word Formation:Suffixation 62
(Ⅰ)Taking Care of Tense Sequence 64
(Ⅱ)Combination:Contrast 65
(B)What to Do in Case of Fire 66
(C)Early Development 73
Unit 4 77
(A)Christmas 77
Making Use of Word Formation:Compounding 87
(Ⅰ)Subject-Verb Agreement(Ⅰ) 89
(Ⅱ)Combination: Alternation 91
(B)Social Customs in America 92
(C)First or Last Names? 98
Unit 5 102
(A)I Don’t Feel Second-Class 102
Making Use of Word Formation:Conversion 113
(Ⅰ)Subject-Verb Agreeiment(Ⅱ) 114
(Ⅱ)Combination:Consequence 116
(B)The King of Kodak 117
(C)The Man Who Made You Laugh 124
Unit 6 128
(A)Hobbies 128
(B)How to Collect Stamps 138
Review Exercises(Ⅰ) 144
Unit 7 156
(A)Hostels 156
Making Use of Context Clues:Synonymy and Antonymy 166
(Ⅰ)Avoiding Pronoun Shifts 169
(Ⅱ)Subordination(Ⅰ) 170
(B)Hotels 172
(C)Motels 178
Unit 8 183
(A)London 183
Making Use of Context Clues:Word Relations 194
(Ⅰ)Avoiding Subject Shifts 195
(Ⅱ)Subordination(Ⅱ) 196
(B)Producing a “Global Village” 197
(C)How to Use London Telephones 204
Unit 9 208
(A)Homes of Today 208
Making Use of Context Clues:Defining and Exemplifying 220
(Ⅰ)Avoiding Awkward Separations 222
(Ⅱ)Combination or Subordination 223
(B)Some Problems Facing Town Planners 224
(C)Danger! Your Home May Be Wired for Death 231
Unit 10 235
(A)Space Adventure—An Apollo Astronaut Remembers(Ⅰ) 235
Making Use of Context Clues:Rephrasing 247
(Ⅰ)Watching out for Fragments 248
(Ⅱ)Coordination and Subordination Working Together(Ⅰ) 249
(B)Space Adventure—An Apollo Astronaut Remembers(Ⅱ) 250
(C)“I Am Omega” 258
Unit 11 263
(A)English,English Everywhere 263
Discerning the Meaning of a Word 276
(Ⅰ)Eliminating Run-on Sentences 278
(Ⅱ)Coordination and Subordination Working Together(Ⅱ) 279
(B)Education Around the World 279
(C)How to Read Faster 286
Unit 12 290
(A)Time and the Calendar 290
(B)Biological Clocks 301
Review Exercises(Ⅱ) 307
Supplementary Reading 316
Glossary 345
List of Phrases and Expressions 371