Unit 1 College Life 1
Passage 1 A Turning Point in My Life 1
Passage 2 Not Always Bad 5
Passage 3 Credits and Student Affairs 8
Passage 4 The Worker 12
Unit 2 Outstanding Characters 16
Passage 1 The Work of John Steinbeck 16
Passage 2 Martin Luther King and His Childhood 20
Passage 3 Franklin D.Roosevelt 23
Passage 4 Alfred Nobel:Founder of the Nobel Prize 26
Unit 3 Environmental Protection 31
Passage 1 Water Pollution 31
Passage 2 Protecting the Environment 35
Passage 3 People and the Environment 39
Passage 4 Industry and the Environment 42
Unit 4 Traveling Around 46
Passage 1 Around the World Alone 46
Passage 2 Traveling to the Catskills 49
Passage 3 A Different Kind of Vacation 52
Passage 4 My Remote Spot 55
Unit 5 Common Science 59
Passage 1 Search for Long Life Genes 59
Passage 2 The Laugh Lab Project 62
Passage 3 Can Waves Make Electricity? 66
Passage 4 Cloning Humans 70
Unit 6 Positive Thinking 73
Passage 1 The Elephant,the Ostrich and the Woodpecker 73
Passage 2 From Average to an Above Average Person 77
Passage 3 Ways to Be Optimistic 81
Passage 4 The Key's in the Hole.Now Turn it! 85
Unit 7 Business 89
Passage 1 Getting the Most Out ofMeetings 89
Passage 2 Rising Yuan Pushes China Upmarket 93
Passage 3 Oil Barrels Hit Record High 97
Passage 4 Bill and His Billionaire Friend 101
Unit 8 Job Application and Interview 105
Passage 1 Your CV 105
Passage 2 Your Covering Letter 110
Passage 3 Overview of Job Interviews 115
Passage 4 Advantages and Disadvantages of Job Interviews 119
Key to the Exe？ 123