Unit 1
Section Ⅰ Main Ideas and Important Details 1
Passage 1 The Number of the Locked Case 1
Passage 2 The Message Left in the Captain's Cabin 3
Passage 3 A Motorcycle Wreck 4
Section Ⅱ Listening-Based Integrated Exercises 6
Passage 1 A"Hopeless"Soldier 6
Passage 2 Quit a Good Job in a Big Company 8
Passage 3 Climbing Mountains for the Beautiful View 10
Section Ⅲ Optional Listening Exercises 12
Passage 1 Running Home at Night 12
Passage 2 Putting an Obituary on the Local Paper 14
Passage 3 Making Plans for the Baby's Arrival 16
Unit 2
Section Ⅰ Main Ideas and Important Details 19
Passage 1 The Old Man Losing His Way in the Park 19
Passage 2 A Motorist Speeding down the Main Street 21
Passage 3 Something Interesting in a Family 23
Section Ⅱ Listening-Based Integrated Exercises 25
Passage 1 Two Oranges for Two Brothers 25
Passage 2 Waiting for the Husband to Come Home 27
Passage 3 A Stranger? 29
Section Ⅲ Optional Listening Exercises 31
Passage 1 On the Way Home After the Examination 31
Passage 2 A Smart Weighing Machine 33
Passage 3 A Suitable Manner 34
Unit 3
Section Ⅰ Main Ideas and Important Details 37
Passage 1 Disliking Heights 37
Passage 2 The Presence of Old Uncle Ezra 39
Passage 3 What Happened to a Famous Boxer in a Restaurant? 41
Section Ⅱ Listening-Based Integrated Exercises 43
Passage 1 Why Didn't the Girl Talk to the Solicitor? 43
Passage 2 The Dying Husband and His Weeping Wife 45
Passage 3 Accepting the Doctor's Advice After Examination 47
Section Ⅲ Optional Listening Exercises 49
Passage 1 A Smart Idea 49
Passage 2 One Last Cookie 51
Passage 3 The Message for an Opening Congratulation 53
Unit 4
Section Ⅰ Main Ideas and Important Details 55
Passage 1 Use the Imagination to Have Your Life Insured 55
Passage 2 Husbands Having Bad Memories 57
Passage 3 A Man Running Red Lights 59
Section Ⅱ Listening-Based Integrated Exercises 61
Passage 1 Rewarding Himself Occasionally Despite the Diet 61
Passage 2 Winning Ten Thousand Pounds on the Lottery 63
Passage 3 A Big Lobster's Life in the Aquarium 64
Section Ⅲ Optional Listening Exercises 66
Passage 1 A Football Player's Common Sense 66
Passage 2 Lost by One Point 68
Passage 3 The Tricks Among Good Friends 70
Unit 5
Section Ⅰ Main Ideas and Important Details 73
Passage 1 Bigger Isn't Always Better 73
Passage 2 Buying Gifts Before the Christmas Day 75
Passage 3 The Observing of the Fleas'Strange Habit 77
Section Ⅱ Listening-Based Integrated Exercises 79
Passage 1 Facing Adversities 79
Passage 2 Wealth,Success and Love 81
Passage 3 Some Secrets to Staying Young 82
Section Ⅲ Optional Listening Exercises 84
Passage 1 Let Go and Reach Out—the Way to Be Happy 84
Passage 2 Setting Off in High Spirits to Find Death 86
Passage 3 The Longest Marriage and Their Success 88
Unit 6
Section Ⅰ Main Ideas and Important Details 91
Passage 1 Stress at Work in American Companies 91
Passage 2 A Nation of Immigrants 93
Passage 3 Children Living with Their Grandparents 95
Section Ⅱ Listening-Based Integrated Exercises 97
Passage 1 Emails in Our Lives 97
Passage 2 Attending Colleges and Universities in the United States 99
Passage 3 Wealthy British Women 100
Section Ⅲ Optional Listening Exercises 102
Passage 1 Keeping Planes Lighter 102
Passage 2 Horror Films 104
Passage 3 The Last Two Weeks:Full of Papers and Projects 106
Unit 7
Section Ⅰ Main Ideas and Important Details 109
Passage 1 Biological Clocks and Genetic Mutations 109
Passage 2 Metabolism and the Way to Stay Slim 111
Passage 3 Snake's Sensory System 113
Section Ⅱ Listening-Based Integrated Exercises 115
Passage 1 The Things You Should Remember While Traveling 115
Passage 2 Drinking Habits and Health 117
Passage 3 The Survey of Making a Will 119
Section Ⅲ Optional Listening Exercises 121
Passage 1 The US Rising Prison Population 121
Passage 2 X Chromosome and the Ability to Distinguish Color 123
Passage 3 Workforce Cutbacks and the Basic Strategy 125
Unit 8
Section Ⅰ Main Ideas and Important Details 129
Passage 1 Testing Students on Physics in London 129
Passage 2 Choosing the Same Student Day After Day 131
Passage 3 The Suspicion of a Student's Cheating on Tests 132
Section Ⅱ Listening-Based Integrated Exercises 134
Passage 1 Studying History at the University 134
Passage 2 Keys or Kiss? 136
Passage 3 The Strict Professor and His Student 138
Section Ⅲ Optional Listening Exercises 140
Passage 1 Whistling a Sharp,Idle Whistle 140
Passage 2 The Young Girls Kissing the Mirror 142
Passage 3 Seeking Peace on a Train 144
Unit 9
Section Ⅰ Main Ideas and Important Details 147
Passage 1 A Coincidence About Abraham Lincoln 147
Passage 2 Who Discovered America? 149
Passage 3 Giving Lectures on the Theory of Relativity 150
Section Ⅱ Listening-Based Integrated Exercises 152
Passage 1 Explaining the Phenomenon of Gravity to a Woman 152
Passage 2 Columbus and an Eclipse of the Moon 154
Passage 3 Animated Films and Disney Studios 156
Section Ⅲ Optional Listening Exercises 158
Passage 1 The Wizard of OZ—the 20th Best-Selling Book 158
Passage 2 Big Ben in London 160
Passage 3 Americans'Thanksgiving Holiday 162
Unit 10
Section Ⅰ Main Ideas and Important Details 165
Passage 1 Planning a"Brief Date"in America 165
Passage 2 The Official Greeter of Juneau,Alaska 167
Passage 3 Christmas Season in Vienna,Austria 169
Section Ⅱ Listening-Based Integrated Exercises 170
Passage 1 Christmas Gifts for Friends 170
Passage 2 Bilingual Singaporeans and Their Activities 172
Passage 3 The Outline of Mountainous Malaysia 174
Section Ⅲ Optional Listening Exercises 175
Passage 1 The Core Part of Australian Culture 175
Passage 2 The Fall Break in National Parks 177
Passage 3 Holidaymakers and Their Most Popular Destinations 179
Key to Exercises and Transcript 181