Unit 1 1
Passage 1 Head over Heels 1
Passage 2 The Will to Win 5
Passage 3 The Origin of Washington,D.C 7
Passage 4 High Legal Standing of Wives in Southern Europe 10
Unit 2 14
Passage 1 The Art of Gift Giving 14
Passage 2 Be a Volunteer 18
Passage 3 The United Nations 20
Passage 4 What Is Teaching? 23
Unit 3 26
Passage 1 The Olympic Games 26
Passage 2 Beautiful Sri Lanka 30
Passage 3 Food Industry and Americans'Obesity 33
Passage 4 Understanding of Personal Growth 35
Unit 4 39
Passage 1 What Successful People Have in Common 39
Passage 2 The Influence of the Press 43
Passage 3 Different Drinking Habits 46
Passage 4 Help Elderly People with Failing Memory 49
Unit 5 52
Passage 1 Picnic in the Dining-Room 52
Passage 2 Americans and Food 55
Passage 3 Modern Science Fiction 57
Passage 4 Nonverbal Communication:Space 60
Unit 6 63
Passage 1 Indoor Pollution 63
Passage 2 Helicopters Are Useful to Explorers 67
Passage 3 An Advertisement 68
Passage 4 Customer Service 71
Unit 7 74
Passage 1 Health and Fitness Make the Difference between Living Well and Living 74
Passage 2 The Purposes for Schools 79
Passage 3 Judging People by Clothes 81
Passage 4 Eclipses 83
Unit 8 86
Passage 1 Dealing with Fear 86
Passage 2 On Elephant 91
Passage 3 Senses of Man 93
Passage 4 Films 95
Unit 9 98
Passage 1 Hurricanes 98
Passage 2 The World's Most Expensive City—Hong Kong 102
Passage 3 Being a Writer 104
Passage 4 Baby Early Pattern of Language Learning 106
Unit 10 110
Passage 1 How Advertisement Is Done? 110
Passage 2 Being a Positive Relationship with Your Roommates 115
Passage 3 A Human Mistake 117
Passage 4 The Effect of Noise on People 119
Unit 11 122
Passage 1 Car:on a Road to Nowhere 122
Passage 2 Rumor 125
Passage 3 On Home Schooling 127
Passage 4 Man's Mind—Tool of Survival 129
Unit 12 132
Passage 1 Don't Get Fooled Again 132
Passage 2 Mental Health and Emotional Health 135
Passage 3 No Limit to Your Dreams 137
Passage 4 We Are Not Alone 139