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前言

UNIT 1

 Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)

Passage 1 Are You Money Savvy Or a Money Slave?

Passage 2 How to Improve Your Pronunciation

 Section B Banked Cloze

Passage 1 Yelling

Passage 2 British and the Postcards

 Section C Short Answer Questions

Moral Values {or Americans

UNIT 2

 Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)

Passage 1 Find What You Love

Passage 2 Having a Career or Making Time for Love

 Section B Banked Cloze

Passage 1 Food

Passage 2 Tropical Warming Tied to Flooding Rains

 Section C Short Answer Questions

My Trip to Italy

UNIT 3

 Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)

Passage 1 Five Types of Books that Increase Intelligence

Passage 2 Seven Secrets to a Great Life

 Section B Banked Cloze

Passage 1 The Boat Race

Passage 2 Finding Water in Our Solar System

 Section C Short Answer Questions

The Tense Middle

UNIT 4

 Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)

Passage 1 Getting Organized: Where Did I Put My Keys?

Passage 2 Chinese Americans

 Section B Banked Cloze

Passage 1 On Watching TV

Passage 2 The Church in Italian Life

 Section C Short Answer Questions

Exercise Myths

UNIT 5

 Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)

Passage 1 Girls as Good at Math as Boys, Finds Study

Passage 2 Customs Vary with Culture

 Section B Banked Cloze

Passage 1 Magnitude 6.6 Quake Hits Eastern Japan

Passage 2 Women Today

 Section C Short Answer Questions

Academic Failure

UNIT 6

 Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)

Passage 1 To Be a Better Friend

Passage 2 Is Your Home Unhealthy?

 Section B Banked Cloze

Passage 1 Mystery of Language

Passage 2 Artists' Mission

 Section C Short Answer Questions

Avoid Overspending

UNIT 7

 Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)

Passage 1 Money Can't Buy You Style

Passage 2 We Are What We Eat

 Section B Banked Cloze

Passage 1 Take a Hike

Passage 2 Fans in China

 Section C Short Answer Questions

Are These the Best Years of Your Life?

UNIT 8

 Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)

Passage 1 Breaking Your Bad Habits

Passage 2 The Attacks September 11th

 Section B Banked Cloze

Passage 1 Noise and Sound

Passage 2 The White House

 Section C Short Answer Questions

Examinations

UNIT 9

 Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)

Passage 1 Animals

Passage 2 Harry Potter

 Section B Banked Cloze

Passage 1 A Beautiful Dress

Passage 2 The History of the Christmas Tree

 Section C Short Answer Questions

Weddings in the United States

UNIT 10

  Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)

Passage 1 Return to Titanic

Passage 2 Why Cats Nap and Whales Snooze

  Section B Banked Cloze

Passage 1 Teddy Bears and Animal loving President

Passage 2 Color and Life

 Section C Short Answer Questions

Edison's Failed Inventions

UNIT 11

 Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)

Passage 1 The Joy of SOHO. Making a Life While Making a

      Living

Passage 2 Non-Verbal Communication

 Section B Banked Cloze

Passage 1 We Pollute the Air

Passage 2 Chinese Tea Culture

 Section C Short Answer Questions

American Thanksgivings

UNIT12

 Section A Fast Reading (Skimming and Scanning)

Passage 1 Benefits of Failure

Passage 2 Learning to Be Practical

 Section B Banked Cioze

Passage 1 That's Secretary Clinton, to You!

Passage 2 Is the Comedian Really a Star?

 Section C Short Answer Questions

Smart Shopping

Key to Exercises

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