Unit 1．TEXT:Stamps by the Million,to Use,to Collect 1
PASSAGE:Pizza----That Favorite Pie 8
Unit 2．TEXT:The Princess and the Tin Box 10
PASSAGE:Oil That Grows on Trees 17
Unit 3．TEXT:Time to Give Reading a Break 19
PASSAGE:Art to Eat 26
Unit 4．TEXT:The Computer 29
PASSAGE:The First Iron Lion 36
Unit 5．TEXT:Noab Webster 38
PASSAGE:Electronic Music 45
Unit 6．TEXT:Medicine:Its History and Folklore 48
PASSAGE:A Medical Mystery in Spain 55
Unit 7．TEXT:Teaching My Grandmother to Read 58
PASSAGE:HoW Come the Rainbow 65
Unit 8．TEXT:Professor Agassiz and the Fish 68
PASSAGE:A New Way to Look at the World 75
Unit 9．TEXT:Chimpanzee Play 78
PASSAGE:Intelligence in Animal 85
Unit 10．TEXT:Why You Should Read to Your Kids 88
PASSAGE:Dependence in the Infant 95
Unit 11．TEXT:How Expert Cope with Stress 98
PASSAGE:Growth of Conscience 105
Unit 12．TEXT:Scandinavian Influence on the English Vocabulary 108
PASSAGE:Jules Verne 115
Unit 13．TEXT:Why Women Live Longer Than Men 118
PASSAGE:The World FoodProgram 125
Unit 14．TEXT:Deciding to Let Your Parents Die 128
PASSAGE:The New Awareness towards Energy Resources 135
Unit 15．TEXT:Make Sure Your Kids Never Start Smoking 138
PASSAGE:If I were 21 146
Unit 16．TEXT:Mars-----A Favorite Planet 149
PASSAGE:Sports and Education 156
Unit 17．TEXT:The English and the Americans 159
PASSAGE:The Nature of Alcohol 166
Unit 18．TEXT:Looking Forward,Looking Back 169
PASSAGE:Standing Room Only 176
Appendix Key to the Exercises 179