Unit 1 Sports

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 Men's World Cup

Text 2 Palace for Basketball Players

Text 3 Keeping Fit

Unit 2 Education

Part One Timed Reading

Text 1 Parents at School

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 2 How Ruth Made History at Oxford

Text 3 Community College

Unit 3 Food

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 Cheese Making

Text 2 Dried Food

Text 3 Food in the 21st Century

Unit 4 Wonderful Network

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 Digital Leisure

Text 2 From E-commerce to E-business

Text 3 Hacker in Russia

Test Yourself (1)

Unit 5 Anti-Terrorism

Part One Timed Reading

Text 1 Pentagon Crash Survivor

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 2 The Last Miracle

Text 3 Customs Agents Seize $ 6.2m in Anti-terror Program

Unit 6 Modern War

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 Information Warfare

Text 2 Soldiers in Cyberspace

Text 3 Electromagnetic Eavesdropping

Unit 7 Business

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 Coca Cola

Text 2 How to Be a Boss

Text 3 Trademarks

Unit 8 Traveling

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 Big Ben

Text 2 New York

Text 3 The British Museum

Test Yourself (2)

Unit 9 Family and Children

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 Divorce

Text 2 Should You Spy on Your Teen?

Text 3 Generation Gap

Unit 10 Environment

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 The Threats to the Lakes

Text 2 The Alarm Caused by Kursk

Text 3 A Letter from Three Zoophilists

Unit 11 Persons of Reputation

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 Graf-an Everlasting Star in Tennis Court

Text 2 William (Bill) H. Gates

Text 3 The God in Youth -Jorden

Unit 12 Civilization

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 FBCs Are Deserting Their Culture

Text 2 Old Taboos Cause Marriage Crisis

Text 3 Easter Day

Test Yourself (3)

Key

Glossary