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Introduction: Reading Skills and Strategies
Unit 1 Nature
Text A The Many Effects of Flooding
Text B Wild Animals Thrive as Environment Improves
Text C Asteroid That Wiped Out Dinosaurs Probably Helped Produce
Modern Rainforests
Unit 2 Environment
Text A New Sustainable UK Train Runs on Human Waste
Text B 1.56 Billion Plastic Face Masks Ended Up in Oceans in 2020
Text C Green Money for Low Carbon
Unit 3 Diet
Text A Could a Comforting Bowl of Chicken Soup Help to
Treat Flu？
Text B Body Image and Eating Problems: How to Help Today's
Teens
Text C Sweet Love
Unit 4 Life
Text A Travel Revolution in Barcelona
Text B China's System Committed to Improving Lives
Text C Could Procrastination Be Beneficial？
Unit 5 Health
Text A Sing for Your Health!
Text B Mixed News on Child Myopia Rates
Text C Smartphone Is Now "The Place Where We Live"
Unit 6 Education
Text A How Education Quashed Your Creativity
Text B Preschool Going Universal
Text C AI Bot ChatGPT Shows Academics Essay-Writing Skills and
Usability
Unit 7 School Education
Text A Schools Tackle Absence Rates to Help Raise Student Test Scores
Text B Examination Results
Text C Broad Education Initiative Unfolds in Northeast China
Unit 8 Extracurricular Activity
Text A The Benefits of a Summer Job
Text B How Does What You Read Affect Your Writing？
Text C Ministry Sets Out After-School Plans
Unit 9 Economy
Text A Blind Boxes
Text B Healthy 2023 Trade Rests on Many Factors
Text C Experts: US Bank Collapse - Result of Failure to
Adhere to Core Activities
Unit 10 Science
Text A Mosquito Project
Text B Space Food Technology
Text C
Unit 11 Technology
Text A The “Hydrogen Olympics" Lit a Torch for the Clean
Fuel's Future
Text B China Launches Historic Mission to Collect First Moon
Samples Since 1976
Text C Pudong Accelerates AI Expansion
Unit 12 Society
Text A Japan Promotes Four-Day Working Week to Boost
Productivity
Text B Chinese Books Being a Major Attraction at Cairo Fair
Text C Are We Becoming an "Ageless" Society？
Unit 13 Social Changes
Text A Father of the Hybrid Rice
Text B Teletherapy on the Way
Text C New Doors Have Been Opened for Digital Economy
Cooperation
Unit 14 Culture
Text A New Cinema Opened for Screening "Red Movies"
Text B The History of Popular New Year's Traditions
Text C The Rise of Hollywood and the Arrival of Sound
Suggested Answers for the Exercises