Unit One 1
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information 1
Pre-reading Questions 1
Text:Animal Minds 1
Exercises 14
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure 15
Text 1:What Now for Our Feverish Planet? 15
Exercise 27
Text 2:Genetic Encores:The Ethics of Human Cloning 27
Exercise 38
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading 38
Beware of the Dog 38
Exercises 45
Unit Two 47
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information 47
Pre-reading Questions 47
Text:The Adventure of the Dying Detective 47
Exercises 62
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure 62
Text 1:Detective Story 62
Exercise 70
Text 2:The Guarded Secrets 70
Exercise 78
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading 78
The Message 78
Exercises 86
Unit Three 88
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information 88
Pre-reading Questions 88
Text:2008 Presidential Debates 88
Exercises 105
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure 106
Text 1:The Surprising Causes of Those College Tuition Hikes 106
Exercise 112
Text 2:Hip-Hop Nation 113
Exercise 124
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading 124
Talk in the Intimate Relationship:His and Hers 124
Exercises 131
Unit Four 134
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information 134
Pre-reading Questions 134
Text:Bleeding Jungle 134
Exercises 149
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure 149
Text 1:Return of the Time Lord 149
Exercise 158
Text 2:What Makes Us Moral 158
Exercise 166
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading 167
How Soon Can I Leave? 167
Exercises 173
Unit Five 176
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information 176
Pre-reading Questions 176
Text:An Analysis of Quality of Work Life and Career-Related Variables 176
Exercises 197
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure 198
Text 1:Is This the Greenest City in the World? 198
Exercise 207
Text 2:To Catch an Identity Thief 207
Exercise 213
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading 213
Romantic Jealousy 213
Exercises 220
Unit Six 222
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information 222
Pre-reading Questions 222
Text:Gimpel the Fool 222
Exercises 235
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure 236
Text 1:The Exit Meeting 236
Exercise 243
Text 2:Generation Gap:U R 2 Old (JK) 243
Exercise 249
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading 249
From Brain Drain to Bright Future 249
Exercises 256
Appendix Ⅰ Glossary 258
Appendix Ⅱ Key to Test Your Reading 275