Unit 1
1.The World Is Heating Up—and Fast 1
2.Acid RainPlagues Europe 6
3.Cold Exterior,Warm Heart 12
Unit 2
4.My Luck 13
5.A Marriage of Convenience 21
6.ADangerous Place 27
Unit 3
7.Big Bill for a Big Spill 29
8.The Last Voyage of Pelican 35
9.High-Spying Blimps 40
Unit 4
10.Cancer:Killer on the Rise 42
11.UFO Update 49
12.Smash-up 54
Unit 5
13.Japan's'Economic Miracle' 56
14.Japan's Economic Problems 62
15.London's Tourist Attractions 67
Unit 6
16.Energy Futures 69
17.Alaska's Oil Boom 75
18.Goats in Space 80
Unit 7
19.Making Free Enterprise Click 82
20.Talk Talk 88
21."Hard Times" 95
Unit 8
22.The Old Ways Are Coming Back 97
23.A Letter from London 104
24.A Bad Way to Begin a Marriage 109
Unit 9
25.Horsemeat 111
26.My Dog and I 117
27.Aspirin Panic 123
Unit 10
28.Noise 125
29.Supersonic Bale-out 137
30.A Hi-fi Dream 142
Unit 11
31.Britain vs. Yugoslavia 144
32.The United Nations 150
33.Rivals 155
Unit 12
34.Puma Humour 158
35.The Inspector's Hunch 163
36.Bear Hoax 168
Unit 13
37.School and Life 170
38.Factory Life—A Student's Experience 178
39.Bagging Industry 185
Unit 14
40.Making a Fortune out of Fickle Culture 187
41.A Guide Issued for Cleaning Up British English 192
42.Secret Milk Ingredients 196
Unit 15
43.Cleaner 197
44.Asking for Trouble 203
45.The Hunt for House 208
Uuit 16
Practice Test Ⅰ 210
Practice Test Ⅱ 226