Questions for Self Understanding
I.Reading Passages
Passage 1 Computers and Girls
Passage 2 Beauty May Become a Liability
Passage 3 Campaign Finance Reform
Passage 4 Who Really Survive? .
Passage 5 New York Times Wins Pulitzer
Passage 6 Americans are More Willing to Admit to Having Mental Health Problems
Passage 7 Do Not Touch
Passage 8 Work Ethic
Passage 9 "Hamlet" is Best English Work
Passage 10 G-films Mean Profit
Passage 11 Three Important Changes in the Future
Passage 12 The Imperfect Aspects of Computers
Passage 13 Depression and Retirement
Passage 14 Are Bigger Babies Brighter?.
Passage 15 Eastern Medicine
Passage 16 Born to Be Sociable
Passage 17 Can You See What I'm Saying?
Passage 18 Harmless Revenge
Passage 19 The Secrets of Long Life
Passage 20 The Difference between the Lives of Real Policemen and their Image on IV
Passage 21 A Sense of Direction
Passage 22 The Origin of Language
Passage 23 The Importance of Emotions
Passage 24 So You Want to Be a Doctor High School Year
Passage 25 So You Want to Be a Doctor Freshman Year
Passage 26 So You Want to Be a Doctor Sophomore Year
Passage 27 Work Values in U.S.A..
Passage 28 Blues Music and the Black Culture
Passage 29 Tips in Doing Business with the Arabs
Passage 30 Use Your Dreams to Improve Your Life
Passage 31 The English Language
Passage 32 Arranged Marriages in the United States
Passage 33 Crime is Falling in Britain
Passage 34 Colleges Adjust to Teach New Skills
Passage 35 The Standard of Living
Passage 36 Where Did All This Peanut Stuff Come from?
Passage 37 Strategies for Trash
Passage 38 Sleep
Passage 39 How to Give a Good Speech
Passage 40 Sally Ride
Passage 41 Want Your Kids to be Happy and Successful?
Passage 42 The Enormous Egg
Passage 43 Making Friends in American Culture
Passage 44 Ancient Greek and Romans
Passage 45 Are Mobile Phones Good for Your Health?
Passage 46 All the Wodd's a Stage, But This Is My Life
Passage 47 Culture Shock
Passage 48 Qualities-Employers Seek
Passage 49 Independence to Home
Passage 50 Laugh, Teacher, Laugh !
Passage 51 The Importance of Sleep
Passage 52 Facial Expressions in Cross-cultural Communication
Passage 53 Education Investment
Passage 54 The Personal Qualities of a Teacher
Passage 55 Is America a Big Melting Pot?
Passage 56 What is Humor?.
Passage 57 Nuclear Weapons
Passage 58 The Good Language Learner Report
Passage 59 My Body-A Different Kind of Love
Passage 60 Eating Disorders: Beauty Doesn't Make the Person
Passage 61 Babies
Passage 62 The Female Mosquito
Passage 63 The Color of Friendship
Passage 64 Anxiety.Good or Bad
Passage 65 Ivan and My Tennis Game
Passage 66 New Friends in College and Old Friends at Home
Passage 67 A Handful of History
Passage 68 Different Conventions of Marriage in the World
Passage 69 A Wedding in Germany
II.Key to Reading Passages