Unit 1 Language and Culture
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 Tips on Doing Business with the Arabs
Text 2 How to Read Body Language
Text 3 The Voices of Time
Unit 2 Food and Health
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 Influenza
Text 2 Why Does Food Cost So Much
Text 3 The Pleasures of Eating
Unit 3 The Great Figures
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 The Education of Benjmnin Franklin
Text 2 Better Known As Mark Twain
Text 3 William Shakespeare
Unit 4 Feeling
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 Monday Morning Feeling
Text 2 Better Left Unsaid
Text 3 Think of What You Have Instead of What You Want
Test Youreelf (1)
Unit 5 Travelling
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 Talking Taxis
Text 2 Pubs in London
Text 3 Will China See an End to Holiday Economics?
Unit 6 Environment
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 The Black Snow
Text 2 Our Planet Faces Meltdown
Text 3 New Fuels for the Furture
Unit 7 Economy
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 World Business Giant Coca Cola
Text 2 America Online
Text 3 The Corporate Laughter Business is Booming
Unit 8 Education
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 Princeton University
Text 2 How to Successfully Apply to Law School
Text 3 Canadian Tertiary Education
Test Yourself (2)
Unit 9 Social Problems
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 The Polarization of the British Youth
Text 2 From the Other Side of the Generation Gap
Text 3 Family
Unit 10 Man and Animals
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 Man's Best Friend
Text 2 Why Crabs Walk Sideways
Text 3 Cats and Nations
Unit 11 Nation, City and Country
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 The Largest City in America
Text 2 Open University in Britain
Text 3 US Cities: Past and Present
Unit 12 Psychology and Social Behavior
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 Moderate and Good Habits
Text 2 Crime
Text 3 Cyber Attacks
Test Yourself (3)
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