Passage 1 The World's Greatest Wonders 1
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Passage 2 Van Gogh 4
Unit 5
Passage 3 An Unusual Homework 6
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
Passage 4 How to Sense 9
Unit 9
Unit 10
Unit 11
Passage 5 Sea Resources 11
Unit 12
Unit 13
Unit 14
Passage 1 Pyramid 15
Unit 15
Passage 2 Talented Singer 18
Passage 3 The Fate of an Old Pear Tree 20
Passage 4 Canada's Economy 23
Passage 5 My Absent-Minded Son 26
Passage 1 Daddy Doll Under the Bed by Erma Bombeck 29
Passage 2 The Special"Mother Contract" 32
Passage 3 Boston Marathon 35
Passage 4 Abraham Lincoln 38
Passage 5 41
Passage 1 Catch the Thief 44
Passage 2 Ozone 46
Passage 3 Happiness 49
Passage 4 The Norwegian's Oil Industry 52
Passage 5 Pay Taxes for Dog 55
Passage 1 A Timid Farmer 58
Passage 2 A Story of Michael Jordan 60
Passage 3 The Healthful Food 63
Passage 4 Valentine's Day 66
Passage 5 68
Passage 1 "Where Am I?" 72
Passage 2 What Will You Be? 74
Passage 3 A Greedy King 78
Passage 4 The Man Never Gave Up 80
Passage 5 Digital Technology 83
Passage 1 Tax 87
Passage 2 Traveling Circle the Globe 89
Passage 3 "Money and the Meaning of Life" 92
Passage 4 Mickey Mouse—the Most Popular Mouse 95
Passage 5 Register Brand 98
Passage 1 Love Is no Charge 101
Passage 2 Photograph a Sunrise 103
Passage 3 Undersea World 107
Passage 4 Do You Know the Cold? 110
Passage 5 113
Passage 1 A Funny Thing 116
Passage 2 The Plane 118
Passage 3 Robot in China 121
Passage 4 Lead Pollution 123
Passage 5 The Top 4 Lies Girls Hear 126
Passage 1 The Dangerous Night 129
Passage 2 Children's Curiosity 131
Passage 3 Sport 134
Passage 4 Standley and Pirates 137
Passage 5 The Origin of Mother's Day 139
Passage 1 Go to Court 143
Passage 2 Medical Evidence 146
Passage 3 149
Passage 4 Money Is Most Important? 152
Passage 5 Cambridge 154
Passage 1 A Heavy Rain 157
Passage 2 Tie a Know in the Equator 160
Passage 3 Shopping Online 163
Passage 4 Time to Learn Broadly 166
Passage 5 Mr.Wu's Neighbor 169
Passage 1 Roller Skating 172
Passage 2 174
Passage 3 Sleeping 177
Passage 4 A Fly in the Beer 180
Passage 5 English From Different Languages 182
Passage 1 ESP 186
Passage 2 A Great Mother 188
Passage 3 An Unforgettable Lesson 190
Passage 4 193
Passage 5 Young Beggars 196
Passage 1 George Stephenson and Engine 200
Passage 2 Tai Mahal 203
Passage 3 A Pair of Old Shoes 205
Passage 4 Driving an Old Ambulance to Work? 208
Passage 5 Pictures to Shock Smokers 210