CONTENTS 1
Revision Exercises of Book One 1
BOOK 2
UNIT ONE 19
Text:Glass Goes Modern 19
Grammar:Noun Clauses 24
Reading Materials: 36
1．Memory 36
2．Two Important Tests 39
3．A Sense of Direction 42
A Proverb 47
UNIT TWO 48
Text:Albert Einstein 48
Grammar:Direct Speech and Indirect Speech 55
Reading Materials: 68
1．In Memory of Thomas Alva Edison 68
2．Beethoven 71
3．Pele—Superstar 76
A Proverb 80
UNIT THREE 81
Text:A Great Gift to the World 81
Grammar:The Subjunctive Mood（Ⅰ） 87
Reading Materials: 98
1．More about Alexander Graham Bell 98
2．Radio-telephones 101
3．Speaking on the Telephone 104
A Proverb 107
UNIT FOUR 108
Text:Surprise Attack on Pearl Harbor 108
Grammar:The Subjunctive Mood（Ⅱ） 114
Reading Materials: 126
1．The Trojan Horse（Ⅰ） 126
2．The Trojan Horse（Ⅱ） 131
3．The Sinking of the Titanic 137
A Proverb 141
UNIT FIVE 142
Text:Computers 142
Grammar:Modal Verbs（Ⅰ） 148
Reading Materials: 159
1．Push-Button English 159
2．Computers in the Future 163
3．Computers in Our Daily Lives 167
A Proverb 172
UNIT SIX 173
Text:How to Use Scientific Methods 173
Grammar:Modal Verbs（Ⅱ） 181
Reading Materials: 191
1．How to Enlarge Your Vocabularies 191
2．How to Take Tests 197
3．How to Study 201
A Proverb 206
UNIT SEVEN 208
Text:The Conquest of Air and Space 208
Grammar:Emphatic and Inversion 215
Reading Materials: 225
1．Oil on Venus? 225
2．In How Many Places is Life Possible? 229
3．Why Explore the Moon? 233
A Proverb 238
UNIT EIGHT 239
Text:The Nobel Prize 239
Grammar:Ellipsis 245
Reading Materials: 256
1．Alfred Nobel—a Man of Contrasts 256
2．The United Nations:The World in One Building 261
3．The Olympic Games 267
A Proverb 274