Unit 1 1
Passage 1 What Has Gone Wrong with Britain? 1
Passage 2 The Great Wall of China 3
Passage 3 Ronald Reagan 5
Passage 4 How to Avoid Video Game Addiction 8
Unit 2 12
Passage 1 English as a National Foreign Language 12
Passage 2 How to Make Every Day Valentine's Day 15
Passage 3 Be Happy 19
Passage 4 How to Learn Speed Reading 22
Unit 3 25
Passage 1 Eskimos in a Changing World 25
Passage 2 Have You Ever Seen a Flying Saucer? 28
Passage 3 Skills for Qualified Employees in the 21st Century 31
Passage 4 Disease：Its Symptoms and Treatments 32
Unit 4 36
Passage 1 Healthy Travel in Tibet 36
Passage 2 Energy Sense Makes Future Sense 39
Passage 3 Highway 42
Passage 4 Walt and Roy Disney 44
Unit 5 47
Passage 1 Gender Differences 47
Passage 2 Cloning：Why We Shouldn't Be Against It 51
Passage 3 The Origin of Mother's Day in the USA 55
Passage 4 Dating Patterns in the USA 58
Unit 6 61
Passage 1 Why Is America a Country of Violence? 61
Passage 2 A Federal Effort to Push Junk Food Out of Schools 65
Passage 3 Computer Crime 69
Passage 4 Theft Deterrent System 71
Unit 7 75
Passage 1 15 Secrets the Emergency Room Staff Won't Tell You 75
Passage 2 Improve Your Life 78
Passage 3 Angels：Why We Believe 82
Passage 4 Burned by the Sun 86
Unit 8 90
Passage 1 Protect Yourself Online 90
Passage 2 Tobacco Smoke and Nicotine 93
Passage 3 Driving Lesson 96
Passage 4 My First Job 99
参考答案 103