Unit 1 Education

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 Higher Education

Text 2 Children with High Intelligence

Text 3 Over Test

Unit 2 Humanity

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 For Conversation,Press 1

Text 2 Tech Teacher

Text 3 Choosing to Be Kind

Unit 3 Culture

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 Indian Religious Life

Text 2 Street Justice

Text 3 Oprera

Unit 4 Computer and Intemet

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 English Lessons on Net

Text 2 PCs Offer Consumers Nothing New

Text 3 Caught in the Web of the Internet

Test Yourself(1)

Unit 5 Technology

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 Europe's Biotech Industry Still Losing to US

Text 2 Cloning Draws Fierce Criticism

Text 3 Nanotechnology Puts on Uniform

Unit 6 Women

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 British Professional Women

Text 2 That"Other Woman"in My Life

Text 3 Behind the Geisha's Painted Smile

Unit 7 Biography

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 Samaranch,the Olympic Patriarch

Text 2 Thomas Jefferson:America's Leonardo da Vinci

Text 3 Alexander Graham Bell

Unit 8 Business and Economy

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 The Way to Advertise

Text 2 The Future Marketplace on the Internet

Text 3 Unique Problems in International Trade

Test Yourself(2)

Unit 9 People and Environment

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 Ecology and Economy

Text 2 Where the Rubber Hits the Road

Text 3 Oceans of Death

Unit 10 Science

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 What Computer Can Do for the Future?

Text 2 The Biotech Century

Text 3 Cloning Has Popular Connotation That Is Impossible to Dislodge

Unit 11 Politice

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 Three Palestinians Killed in Clashes in Gaza Strip

Text 2 Even This Prime Minister Cannot Perform Miracles

Text 3 UN Summit Sets War on Hunger

Unit 12 Travel

Part One Timed Reading

Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development

Text 1 In Case You Lose Your Luggage

Text 2 Tourism in New York After the Attack

Text 3 Travel by Air:Funny or Frightening?

Test Yourself(3)

Key

Glossary