Unit 1 ArtsPassage A The Voice of God 2
Passage B Canadian Arts and Crafts 6
Passage C Chinese Painting 11
Unit 2 Sleep and DreamsPassage A Sleep Less,Live Longer 15
Passage B What Do Animals Dream About？ 19
Passage C Enough Sleep for Teens 23
Unit 3 Genetic EngineeringPassage A Rice Genome Sequence Means More Food for the Future 27
Passage B Genetically Modified Foods：Toxins and Reproductive Failures 31
Passage C Medicine and Genetic Research 37
Unit 4 SpeechesPassage A A Speech of Tribute 42
Passage B Stay Hungry,Stay Foolish 46
Passage C We Are What We Choose 51
Unit 5 CareerPassage A How to Find a Job You'll Love 55
Passage B Blogs Review：The Youth Unemployment Crisis 60
Passage C The Path to Becoming a CEO 65
Unit 6 LiteraturePassage A The Immigration Experience in Asian American Literature 69
Passage B Alice Munro Wins Literature Nobel Prize 73
Passage C Why Literature 78
Unit 7 The Internet and ComputersPassage A Vulnerability of Information in the Digital Age 82
Passage B Illiteracy in the Information Age 86
Passage C The Top 10 IT Disasters of All Time 90
Unit 8 PoliticsPassage A Political Scandals in the U.S.A. 96
Passage B Commons War Debates of the Past 101
Passage C Why Are American Politics a Mess？ 106
Key to the Exercises 111
Records of Your Reading Rate＆Comprehension Rate 113