Unit 1 1
Passage 1 Gift of Heaven 1
Passage 2 Hamburgers 4
Passage 3 Lift the Object Correctly 6
Passage 4 GPS 8
Unit 2 13
Passage 1 A Chance 13
Passage 2 E-book 15
Passage 3 Pearls and Oysters 17
Passage 4 Story Reader 19
Unit 3 23
Passage 1 Australia 23
Passage 2 Tips for a Successful College Life 26
Passage 3 A Nebraska Farmer 28
Passage 4 Using the Mind to Fight Diseases 30
Unit 4 34
Passage 1 O．Henry 34
Passage 2 Food and Health 37
Passage 3 Look at What You Have Found Along the Way！ 40
Passage 4 Building Good Relations with Others 42
Unit 5 46
Passage 1 A Good Singer 46
Passage 2 How to Become a Good Youth 48
Passage 3 Electronic Products Changed the Way We Live 50
Passage 4 Animal Emotions 52
Unit 6 56
Passage 1 Living in the Country 56
Passage 2 The Risk of a Credit Card 58
Passage 3 Women in the War in Iraq 61
Passage 4 Running Dry 63
Unit 7 67
Passage 1 School 67
Passage 2 The Development ofTeaching 70
Passage 3 Food's Effects on Our Health 73
Passage 4 Online Degrees 75
Unit 8 79
Passage 1 Richard Williams 79
Passage 2 T he Principles for Making a Good Budget 81
Passage 3 Problems with Tourism 84
Passage 4 Funeral Dance 86
Unit 9 90
Passage 1 Boy Scouts Camp 90
Passage 2 How to Request a Tour of the White House 93
Passage 3 Recording Music for Children 95
Passage 4 Haier Group 97
Unit 10 101
Passage 1 Tourism and Traffic 101
Passage 2 Google 104
Passage 3 Reading，a Kind ofConversation 107
Passage 4 The Film Industry of United States 109
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