Unit 1
Reading for Comprehension
Passage One: Here Come the Supertaskers
Passage Two: The Great Survivor
Passage Three: The Strange Survival of Ink
Writing Practice Basic Principles of English Writing
Unit 2
Reading for Comprehension
Passage One : Roaring Tigers, Anxious Choppers
Passage Two: Parenting: The Case for Keeping out
Passage Three: Wired for Distraction?
Writing Practice Diction
Unit 3
Reading for Comprehension
Passage One: Marketing to Your Mind
Passage Two: Time Travel in the Brain
Passage Three: Wherever You Are, Be There Totally
Writing Practice Writing Effective Sentences
Unit 4
Reading for Comprehension
Passage One: The Global Jobs Challenge
Passage Two: The Why-Worry Generation
Passage Three: Where the Jobs Aren't: Grappling with Structural Unemployment
Writing Practice Avoid Common Errors in Writing Sentences
Unit 5
Reading for Comprehension
Passage One : Beijing Tries to Push beyond 'Made in China'
Passage Two: Is There Life after Debt?
Passage Three: Taxing Sodas for a Healthier Economy?
Writing Practice Paragraph (1) General Remarks
Unit 6
Reading for Comprehension
Passage One: Condemned to Joy
Passage Two: Data Mining: How Companies Now Know Everything about You
Passage Three : The \