Unit 1
Passage 1 Why Teach Thinking?
Passage 2 Dressing up and Body Language for Job Interviews
Passage 3 Quality Schools
Passage 4 How You Can Double, Triple, or Even Quadruple Your Reading Speed!
Unit 2
Passage 1 College Dorm Life and Beyond
Passage 2 Landing a Part-time Job
Passage 3 Tips to Maximizing Your College Budget
Passage 4 Do You Need a Break?
Unit 3
Passage 1 Saying Goodbye to the Double-deckers
Passage 2 Traditional Bridal Showers
Passage 3 April Fool' s Day
Passage 4 What's in the Name of American Indians
Unit 4
Passage 1 D-Day and Saving Private Ryan
Passage 2 Black Americans and Civil Rights
Passage 3 Phelps's Mother Helps Her Son Find Gold-Medal Focus
Passage 4 Mother Teresa: A Special Voice for the Poor
Unit 5
Passage 1 How to Lose Weight
Passage 2 Euthanasia
Passage 3 Prenuptial Agreements
Passage 4 Ethics Issue for Citizen Snappers
Unit 6
Passage 1 Anxiety: How to Deal with It
Passage 2 Saying No to the Net
Passage 3 Cell Phones: A Love-Hate Relationship with Staying Power
Passage 4 Up the Ladder, Step by Step
Unit 7
Passage 1 Nuclear Energy: Can It Help?
Passage 2 Urbanization and the Environment
Passage 3 Does the World Face a Future of Water Wars?
Passage 4 Extreme Weather: Is Global Warming to Blame?
Unit 8
Passage 1 Is Earthquake Prediction Just Literature?
Passage 2 The Love of a Robot
Passage 3 Food Safety and Security: What Consumers Need to Know
Passage 4 Can Stress Cause Women to Gain Weight?
Mark Sheet
Timed Reading Rate Chart
Key to Comprehension Exercises