1 The summer holidays 1
2 In the lab 12
3 American English 24
4 Travel 35
5 Why do you do that? 48
6 A new factory 60
7 Earthquakes 72
8 Mainly revision 84
Grammar Items Classification and Practice（Ⅰ） 96
Mid-Term Examination Paper 100
9 Computers 113
10 Sports 126
11 Country music 137
12 English programmes 152
13 Abraham Lincoln 164
14 Mainly revision 177
Grammar Items Classification and Practice（Ⅱ） 189
Terminal Examination Paper 193
15 Healthy eating 205
16 Fire! 217
17 Nature 231
18 The necklace 243
19 Jobs 256
20 Mainly revision 269
Grammar Items Classification and Practice（Ⅰ） 281
Mid-Term Examination Paper 284
21 Karl Marx 297
22 Britain and Ireland 309
23 Rescuing the temple 323
24 The science of farming 337
25 At the conference 349
26 Mainly revision 360
Grammar Items Classification and Practice（Ⅱ） 372
Terminal Examination Paper 375
Answer Key 387