Unit One Food and Drink
Passage 1 British Pub Culture
Passage 2 The Story of Ice Cream
Passage 3 Lunch in Urban District
Passage 4 Fast Food and TV Dinners
Passage 5 Healthy Eating
Exercises for Unit One
Uint Two Sports
Passage 1 The Essence of Sport
Passage 2 Racing in the Water
Passage 3 The Sexes in Sport
Passage 4 A Message of Friendship and Peace
Exercises for Unit Two
Unit Three Animals and Plants
Passage 1 The Non-flying Birds
Passage 2 The Mosquito
Passage 3 Foxes and Farmers
Passage 4 Human Beings Responsibility for Environment
Passage 5 Energy Changes Make Things Happen
Exercises for Unit Three
Unit Four Buying and Seling
Passage 1 Supermarkets
Passage 2 The Big Department Store
Passage 3 Why Banks Are Useful?
Passage 4 The Role of Advertising
Exercises for Unit Four
Uint Five Libraries and Museums
Passage 1 About Museums
Passage 2 Shanghai Science and Techno|ogy Museum
Passage 3 Shanghai Library
Passage 4 School Libraries
Passage 5 Public Libraries in Britain
Exercises for Unit Five
Uint Six Language
Passage 1 Languages
Passage 2 The Language Arts
Passage 3 Are You Afraid of Speaking in Public?
Passage 4 Words and Word Origin
Exercises for Unit Six
Uint Seven Friend Friendship
Passage 1 On Making Friends
Passage 2 True Friendship
Passage 3 A friend and a Trial
Passage 4 Perplexity
Passage 5 The Colour of Friendship
Exercises for Unit Seven
Uint Eight Exploring Nature
Passage 1 The Discoverer of X-rays
Passage 2 Newtons Discovery
Passage 3 Cosmic Radiation
Passage 4 An Efficient Method
Exercises for Unit Eight
Unit Nine Literature
Passage 1 A Lonely Mother
Passage 2 Not Poor, Just Broke
Passage 3 Finding a Happy Man
Passage 4 William Sydney Porter
Passage 5 An American Foremost Playwright
Exercises for Unit Nine
Unit Ten Adventures and Disasters
Passage 1 Some Strange Journeys
Passage 2 A Tragic Accident
Passage 3 The Earthquake
Passage d The Spirit of Adventure
Exercises for Unit Ten
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