Unit 1 Arts 1
Text 1 Chinese Painting 1
Text 2 Spotlight on Florence 4
Text 3 The Voice of God 7
Text 4 The British Museum 11
Text 5 Musical Film 14
Unit 2 Sleep and Dreams 17
Text 1 Sleep Behavior 17
Text 2 What Do Our Dreams Mean? 20
Text 3 Lack of Sleep Affects Kids'Alertness 23
Text 4 A Good Night's Sleep 26
Text 5 Sweet Dream:Sleep Less,Live Longer 29
Unit 3 Genetic Engineering 33
Text 1 What Are Genetically Modified（GM）Foods? 33
Text 2 Feeding the World—Facts versus Fiction 36
Text 3 GE Agriculture and Genetic Pollution 39
Text 4 What Are the Risks of Cloning? 41
Text 5 Rice Genome Sequence Means More Food for the Future 44
Unit 4 Speeches 48
Text 1 Toast 48
Text 2 What Is Worth Writing about 51
Text 3 Let Us All Unite 53
Text 4 Blood,Toil,Tears,and Sweat 56
Text 5 Mourn for Challenger 59
Unit 5 Career 62
Text 1 Never Say These Five Things in a Job Interview 62
Text 2 Eight Biggest Career Mistakes Young Workers Make 66
Text 3 Why"Follow Your Passion"Is Bad Advice 69
Text 4 The Surprising Secret to Selling Yourself 73
Text 5 Blogs Review:The Youth Unemployment Crisis 76
Unit 6 Literature 80
Text 1 Shakespeare or Science? 80
Text 2 Truth Be Told,It's All One Big Lie 83
Text 3 The Immigration Experience in Asian-American Literature 86
Text 4 Preface to The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes 90
Text 5 Why Literature 93
Unit 7 The Internet and Computers 97
Text 1 What Is Cyberlove? 97
Text 2 Personal Communication in the Age of the Internet 100
Text 3 E-Education:The Debate on Online Classes 103
Text 4 Chat Room Briton Saves US Family from Poisoning 106
Text 5 Artificial Intelligence in the Game of Go 109
Unit 8 Politics 112
Text 1 The Maginot Line 112
Text 2 The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall 115
Text 3 Gun Politics in the United States 117
Text 4 Roman Government 121
Text 5 Mahatma Gandhi 124
Answers 127