Unit 1
Section A Passage 1 Science and Truth
Passage 2 Why Lack of Sleep May Weaken Vaccine Effectiveness
Section B Passage 1 The Lost Art of Listening
Passage 2 Seven Daily Sins
Unit 2
Section A Passage 1 Family Values
Passage 2 Getting Motivated: Whatever Your Circumstance
Section B Passage 1 A.I. Took a Test to Detect Lung Cancer. It Got an A.
Passage 2 Computer Crime
Unit 3
Section A Passage 1 A Taste of Dubai
Passage 2 Landfills
Section B Passage 1 Addicted? Really?
Passage 2 Just Too Loud
Unit 4
Section A Passage 1 Cars of the Future Come Under Scrutiny
Passage 2 Cooperatives
Section B Passage 1 Seeding Plant Diversity for Future Generations
Passage 2 Friendship
Unit 5
Section A Passage 1 Sure, It's a Cool Job. But Do Games Pay?
Passage 2 A Roof over Our Heads
Section B Passage 1 Application Procedure
Passage 2 Agri-Tourism
Unit 6
Section A Passage 1 Make the Most of Your Vacation
Passage 2 Animals on the Move
Section B Passage 1 You Don't Have to Be Perfect
Passage 2 Characteristics of Judges in the United States
Unit 7
Section A Passage 1 Air Pollution Shortened Life Expectancy
Passage 2 Our Picture of the Universe
Section B Passage 1 Food Waste in the Land of “Man vs Food”
Passage 2 Office Stress:His vs Hers
Unit 8
Section A Passage 1 Time Pattern in America
Passage 2 From the Other Side of the Generation Gap
Section B Passage 1 Will We Run out of Water?
Passage 2 Your Smartphone Maybe Make You Fat
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