Unit 1 1
Text A-1 How to Study 1
Text A-2 Learning to Keep Your Cool During Tests 5
Text B-1 Paying Your Way 9
Text B-2 The Day I Went to Open a Bank Account 13
Unit 2 19
Text A-1 Remembering My Grandparents 19
Text A-2 Leaf and Loaf 23
Text B-1 The True Story of a Young Man 29
Text B-2 A Game of Light and Shade 33
Unit 3 37
Text A-1 A Long Walk Home 37
Text A-2 Two Kinds 41
Text B-1 Rites of Passage 45
Text B-2 The Last Adventure 49
Unit 4 55
Text A-1 The Fun and Excitement of “Reality” 55
Text A-2 Future Talk 59
Text B-1 Electronic Mail Brings Business Closer Together 65
Text B-2 Talk to Me 69
Unit 5 73
Text A-1 A Young， Blind Expert on Computers 73
Text A-2 As Dream Comes True 77
Text B-1 Go for the Gold 81
Text B-2 Across the Frozen Sea 85
Unit 6 91
Text A-1 Feminine Force 91
Text A-2 Women 95
Text B-1 Women in the Workforce 99
Text B-2 Pockety Women Unite？ 103
Unit 7 107
Text A-1 Why English？ 107
Text A-2 Reading — the Most Important Way to Learn English 111
Text B-1 Two Languages 117
Text B-2 Conversational Ball Games 121
Unit 8 125
Text A-1 Acid Rain 125
Text A-2 Industry and the Environment 129
Text B-1 Global Warming May Not End up Being Warm at All 133
Text B-2 Rubbish Disposal 137
Appendix 141
Key to Comprehension Exercises 141