前言
UNIT 1
Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)
Passage 1 Are You Money Savvy Or a Money Slave?
Passage 2 How to Improve Your Pronunciation
Section B Banked Cloze
Passage 1 Yelling
Passage 2 British and the Postcards
Section C Short Answer Questions
Moral Values {or Americans
UNIT 2
Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)
Passage 1 Find What You Love
Passage 2 Having a Career or Making Time for Love
Section B Banked Cloze
Passage 1 Food
Passage 2 Tropical Warming Tied to Flooding Rains
Section C Short Answer Questions
My Trip to Italy
UNIT 3
Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)
Passage 1 Five Types of Books that Increase Intelligence
Passage 2 Seven Secrets to a Great Life
Section B Banked Cloze
Passage 1 The Boat Race
Passage 2 Finding Water in Our Solar System
Section C Short Answer Questions
The Tense Middle
UNIT 4
Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)
Passage 1 Getting Organized: Where Did I Put My Keys?
Passage 2 Chinese Americans
Section B Banked Cloze
Passage 1 On Watching TV
Passage 2 The Church in Italian Life
Section C Short Answer Questions
Exercise Myths
UNIT 5
Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)
Passage 1 Girls as Good at Math as Boys, Finds Study
Passage 2 Customs Vary with Culture
Section B Banked Cloze
Passage 1 Magnitude 6.6 Quake Hits Eastern Japan
Passage 2 Women Today
Section C Short Answer Questions
Academic Failure
UNIT 6
Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)
Passage 1 To Be a Better Friend
Passage 2 Is Your Home Unhealthy?
Section B Banked Cloze
Passage 1 Mystery of Language
Passage 2 Artists' Mission
Section C Short Answer Questions
Avoid Overspending
UNIT 7
Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)
Passage 1 Money Can't Buy You Style
Passage 2 We Are What We Eat
Section B Banked Cloze
Passage 1 Take a Hike
Passage 2 Fans in China
Section C Short Answer Questions
Are These the Best Years of Your Life?
UNIT 8
Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)
Passage 1 Breaking Your Bad Habits
Passage 2 The Attacks September 11th
Section B Banked Cloze
Passage 1 Noise and Sound
Passage 2 The White House
Section C Short Answer Questions
Examinations
UNIT 9
Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)
Passage 1 Animals
Passage 2 Harry Potter
Section B Banked Cloze
Passage 1 A Beautiful Dress
Passage 2 The History of the Christmas Tree
Section C Short Answer Questions
Weddings in the United States
UNIT 10
Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)
Passage 1 Return to Titanic
Passage 2 Why Cats Nap and Whales Snooze
Section B Banked Cloze
Passage 1 Teddy Bears and Animal loving President
Passage 2 Color and Life
Section C Short Answer Questions
Edison's Failed Inventions
UNIT 11
Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)
Passage 1 The Joy of SOHO. Making a Life While Making a
Living
Passage 2 Non-Verbal Communication
Section B Banked Cloze
Passage 1 We Pollute the Air
Passage 2 Chinese Tea Culture
Section C Short Answer Questions
American Thanksgivings
UNIT12
Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)
Passage 1 Benefits of Failure
Passage 2 Learning to Be Practical
Section B Banked Cioze
Passage 1 That's Secretary Clinton, to You!
Passage 2 Is the Comedian Really a Star?
Section C Short Answer Questions
Smart Shopping
Key to Exercises
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