Unit 1 1
Passage A Jamestown 1
Passage B Pilgrims and Plymouth 4
Passage C Massachusetts Bay Colony 7
Unit 2 9
Passage A The Peoples of Britain 9
Passage B Sports in Britain 12
Passage C A Police-court in Britain 15
Unit 3 18
Passage A The Dreams of Eduardo Ortega 18
Passage B Changing Major 21
Passage C Rules in the College Classroom 25
Unit 4 28
Passage A Asians in America 28
Passage B A Battle for Justice 31
Passage C Behind Barbed Wire 34
Unit 5 37
Passage A Money to Burn 37
Passage B Family Fortune 40
Passage C Argument Over Pay 43
Passage A The U.S.Congress(Ⅰ) 45
Unit 6 45
Passage B The U.S.Congress(Ⅱ) 49
Passage C The British Government 53
Unit 7 56
Passage A Women Hurt More,but Cope Better 56
Passage B Joan of Arc 60
Passage C Red Rose 65
Unit 8 69
Passage A School and Internet 69
Passage B Dangerous Games 72
Passage C PC Novice:Understanding Computer Viruses 75
Unit 9 79
Passage A Iron 79
Passage B Heat Transfer 84
Passage C Fatigue of Metals 89
Unit 10 94
Passage A What Will Olympics Bring? 94
Passage B Sports in the U.S 98
Passage C Mind Games 102
Passage A The World of Work 108
Unit 11 108
Passage B He Helped Us to Lift All the Boundaries 112
Passage C Modern Examinations 116
Unit 12 121
Passage A How Jazz Began 121
Passage B The Early Movies 126
Passage C William Shakespeare—Popular Then and Now 131
Unit 13 135
Passage A Hope for the Physically Dibbled 135
Passage B Doing Something about City Problems 140
Passage C Why Does Food Cost So Much? 144
Unit 14 147
Passage A A Musician's Fight against Failure 147
Passage B Simple Habits,Deep Thoughts 152
Passage C Lincoln's Autobiography 157
Unit 15 160
Passage A London 160
Passage B Broadway and Beyond 164
Passage C How New York Became America's Largest City 169
Passage A Valentine' s Day 172
Unit16 172
Passage B Who Are the Happiest People 176
Passage C Las Vegas 181
Unit 17 185
Passage A What Every Savvy Traveler Should Know 185
Passage B Telecommuters 189
Passage C Weekend Activities 193
Unit 18 197
Passage A Global Climate Change in Mobil's View 197
Passage B Oceans of Death 201
Passage C Black Holes 206
Unit 19 210
Passage A Seed of Controversy 210
Passage B Euthanasia 214
Passage C How Doctors Look at Death 219
Unit 20 222
Passage A E-mail Nation 222
Passage B The Age of Information(Ⅰ) 226
Passage C The Age of Information(Ⅱ) 231
Key to Exercises 236