Unit 1 1
Passage 1 Indonesian Tsunami Disaster 1
Passage 2 Shinzo Abe Faces a Tough Balancing Act 6
Passage 3 Why the Twin Towers Fell 8
Passage 4 The Speed of Time 11
Unit 2 14
Passage 1 Global Warming 14
Passage 2 A Dose of Reality 19
Passage 3 Adaptations of Desert Animals 21
Passage 4 The Study of Botany 24
Unit 3 28
Passage 1 Are You Safe from On-line Cheats? 28
Passage 2 Fact or Fiction 34
Passage 3 Overweight in Britain 35
Passage 4 Is Uniform Necessary? 38
Unit 4 41
Passage 1 Forces that Shaped American Culture 41
Passage 2 Can Beckham Fill Fashion Void in U.S.? 46
Passage 3 The Way of Life of American Indians 48
Passage 4 Can the Norwegian Oil Industry Be Under Control? 50
Unit 5 54
Passage 1 16 ways to save $100 54
Passage 2 Positive News In Russia 59
Passage 3 The Railroad Novel 62
Passage 4 Genetic Engineering,a Menace Or a Blessing 65
Unit 6 68
Passage 1 Jobs for the Future 68
Passage 2 Blueberries 73
Passage 3 Physical Punishment of Children in American Families 75
Passage 4 A Study of Online Personal Ads 77
Unit 7 81
Passage 1 Don't Let Depression Ruin a Good Thing 81
Passage 2 Finding Flowers That Beautify Your Home and Garden 85
Passage 3 Test-tube Babies 87
Passage 4 Two Aspects of Women's Well-being 90
Unit 8 93
Passage 1 Euro 93
Passage 2 Formula One 98
Passage 3 How to Adopt a New Pay System 100
Passage 4 The Myth on the Golden Era of Education 102
Unit 9 105
Passage 1 Foods That Fight Disease 105
Passage 2 Allergies Nothing to Sneeze at 110
Passage 3 Some Things We Know about Language 112
Passage 4 Healing Arts 114
Unit 10 118
Passage 1 Oil and Troubled Waters 118
Passage 2 Pearl Harbor Speech 123
Passage 3 Auction 126
Passage 4 Japanese Women Demand Equality 128
Unit 11 132
Passage 1 The Internet and the World Wide Web 132
Passage 2 Enforcing Rule of Law 137
Passage 3 Can Rice Grow in Salty Soil? 139
Passage 4 Live Without War 142
Unit 12 145
Passage 1 My Miraculous Family 145
Passage 2 Turn Food into Fuel 150
Passage 3 Are Earthquakes Controllable? 152
Passage 4 Air Pollution and Its Possible Solutions 155