Unit One 1
Reading A Planning a Schedule 1
Reading B Improving Your Reading Rate 3
Reading C Reading to Remember 7
Unit Two 13
Reading A Following the Rules 13
Reading B Higher Education in the USA 15
Reading C How to Take Tests 20
Unit Three 25
Reading A The Value of Education 25
Reading B My First Pay of School 27
Reading C Working for the Future 32
Unit Four 37
Reading A The Blues 37
Reading B The Ambitious Guest 39
Reading C Samuel F.B.Morse 44
Unit Five 50
Reading A Is It Love or Infatuation 50
Reading B The Last Night of the World 52
Reading C Tell the World 58
Unit Six 62
Reading A Loneliness 62
Reading B The Moccasin Goalie 64
Reading C Take the Sting Out of Criticism 69
Unit Seven 75
Reading A Traveling Light 75
Reading B The Seven Gifts 78
Reading C Oil and Water Don't Mix 82
Unit Eight 88
Reading A The Dawn of Tomorrow 88
Reading B The Fun They Had 91
Reading C The Day of Ahmed's Secret 96
Unit Nine 102
Reading A Being on Time 102
Reading B Ambush 104
Reading C The Importance of Just Being There 109
Unit Ten 114
Reading A Wildlife Activities 114
Reading B The White Stone Canoe 116
Reading C Going Buggy in the Trees 122
Key to Exercises 127
Glossary 137