Unit 1 1
Passage A Sculpting Minds 1
Passage B Can an Office Romance End Happily Ever After? 5
Passage C New Economy Dressing for Success 9
Unit 2 14
Passage A Family 14
Passage B The Blair Project—Emotional Literacy in Britain 17
Passage C You've Got Face 21
Unit 3 24
Passage A Housework or Your Life 24
Passage B How Much Money Is Needed to Raise a Child? 28
Passage C Space Exploration 32
Unit 4 35
Passage A Telecommuting:Technology Instead of Traffic 35
Passage B There's No Way to Go but Ahead 38
Passage C Chance or Probability 42
Unit 5 47
Passage A Why Don't Girls Think Like Boys? 47
Passage B Women' s Liberation 51
Passage C Women in Sports 55
Passage A Born to Win 58
Unit 6 58
Passage B The Key to Success 62
Passage C E-money 66
Unit 7 70
Passage A Upsetting the Balance of Nature 70
Passage B Endangered Species:Birds 74
Passage C Poisoned by a Hail of Lead 78
Unit 8 83
Passage A Housing 83
Passage B Parking 88
Passage C The Domain of Urban Design 93
Unit 9 97
Passage A The Paralysis of No-Pain Politics 97
Passage B There Ought to Be a Law Against Such Laws 102
Passage C Two Crimes,Two Punishments 106
Unit 10 111
Passage A Words That Work Miracles 111
Passage B Rock of Ages 115
Passage C Our Pursuit of Happiness 118
Passage A Telemedicine Is Coming to You 121
Unit 11 121
Passage B Echinacea—A Snake Oil Remedy That May Actually Work 125
Passage C Travelling by Space Shuttle 128
Unit 12 131
Passage A Green Food in China 131
Passage B How Americans Eat and Drink 134
Passage C Friends Indeed 137
Unit 13 140
Passage A The Global Brain Drain—America's Gain Is Often Another Country's Loss 140
Passage B Preserving Our Planet 143
Passage C Cities in the Sea 146
Unit 14 150
Passage A American Innovator 150
Passage B Introduction to Physical Science 154
Passage C Is a Race of Robot Possible 157
Unit 15 161
Passage A 1920's—The Arts 161
Passage B WSU Dining Facilities 166
Passage C The Personality Genes 172
Passage A What Men Admire in Women 176
Unit 16 176
Passage B Mystery of Time 180
Passage C Crime on Campus—How Safe Are Students 184
Unit 17 189
Passage A Soccer Chic 189
Passage B Family Influence on Young Michael 195
Passage C The Cult of Personality 199
Unit 18 203
Passage A Light and Health 203
Passage B Advertising on the Web 207
Passage C Software Strong Man—Bill Gates 211
Unit 19 214
Passage A The Web Lifestyle 214
Passage B A Man Who Had No Eyes 218
Passage C Choose Optimism by Rich Devos 222
Unit 20 225
Passage A Changing World,Lasting Value 225
Passage B Why We Are Fat 228
Passage C Economy,Energy and Environment 231
Key to Exercises 234