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Unit OnePart 1　Reading PassageⅠ　Harvard's Founding 1

Reading PassageⅡ　Okies 4

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　What to Do with Solid Waste 7

Reading PassageⅡ　Coins in Our Lives 10

Unit TwoPart 1　ReadingPassageⅠ　The Queen,As She Was 12

Reading PassageⅡ　Italy's Finest Resource—Its People 16

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　Conservation the Future Is Now 19

Reading PassageⅡ　The Early Navigator's Best Friends 21

Unit ThreePart 1　Reading PassageⅠ　A Fuel with Flavor 24

Reading PassageⅡ　What's Wrong with Using the V Word? 28

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　Keeping It Clear 31

Reading PassageⅡ　The Lion's Share 33

Unit FourPart 1　Reading PassageⅠ　Thanksgiving Day 36

Reading PassageⅡ　Thanksgiving Day(Continued) 39

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　Help for the Elderly 42

Reading PassageⅡ　Playing It Safe Abroad 45

Unit FivePart 1 Reading PassageⅠ　Life Style 48

Reading PassageⅡ　Life Style(Continued) 51

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　Following the Rules 55

Reading PassageⅡ　Unsafe at Warm Temperature 57

Unit SixPart 1　Reading PassageⅠ　Our Changing Lifestyle:Trends and Fads 60

Reading PassageⅡ　Philanthropy 63

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　Three Masters 65

Reading PassageⅡ　Liquids,Granules and Powders 68

Unit SevenPart 1　Reading PassageⅠ　St.Patrick's Day 70

Reading PassageⅡ　Music—Lighting Up the Brain 73

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　A Winning Match 77

Reading PassageⅡ　Remember You Are a Guest 79

Unit EightPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ　NSGVP in Quebec 82

Reading PassageⅡ　Danish Culture 85

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　London—A Good Place to Start Your Tour 88

Reading PassageⅡ　Counting the World's Population 90

Unit NinePart 1　Reading PassageⅠ　Free Sport—the Wheel Deal 93

Reading PassageⅡ　Germany—a Land of Culture 96

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　Read the Label 100

Reading PassageⅡ　Crossroads of the World 102

Unit TenPart 1　Reading PassageⅠ　Vincent van Gogh 105

Reading PassageⅡ　Fingerprints 108

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　A Place for All Seasons 112

Reading PassageⅡ　Using Energy Efficiently 114

Unit ElevenPart 1　ReadingPassageⅠ　New Zealand 117

Reading PassageⅡ　Dangers to the Environment 120

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　Problems of Older American 124

Reading PassageⅡ　Louis Pasteur 126

Unit TwelvePart 1　Reading PassageⅠ　Hearty Breakfasts 129

Reading PassageⅡ　Big Ben 132

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　Income Tax 135

Reading PassageⅡ　Curds and Whey 137

Unit ThirteenPart 1　Reading PassageⅠ　Greenwich Mean Time 140

Reading PassageⅡ　The Peoples of Britain 143

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　Life Around Olympus 145

Reading PassageⅡ　Liberty and Peace 148

Unit FourteenPart 1　Reading PassageⅠ　Queen's Day in Holland 150

Reading PassageⅡ　Rome 153

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　Money 156

Reading PassageⅡ　The Cost of Civilization 158

Unit FifteenPart 1　Reading PassageⅠ　Table Manners 161

Reading PassageⅡ　Paris 165

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　Chocolate:Everyone's Favorite Sweet 168

Reading PassageⅡ　Fifteen Tons a Minute 170

Unit SixteenPart 1　Reading PassageⅠ　Women's Status Higher in North Europe than South 173

Reading PassageⅡ　To Salt or Not to Salt? 176

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　The Magic Potion Notion 179

Reading PassageⅡ　Rub,Pour,Sprinkle,and Spray 182

Unit SeventeenPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ　The Television Camera 185

Reading PassageⅡ　Geneva—Capital of Peace 188

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　The Big Cheese 191

Reading PassageⅡ　A Humble Leader 193

Unit EighteenPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ　Tchaikovsky 197

Reading PassageⅡ　An Experience of Watching a Bullfight in Spain 201

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　Refuse or Resource? 204

Reading PassageⅡ　Construction Queries 206

Unit NineteenPart 1　Reading PassageⅠ　Bridges 210

Reading PassageⅡ　Samaranch,the Olympic Patriarch 213

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　Paying for Protection 215

Reading PassageⅡ　The Christmas Tree and the Wedding 218

Unit TwentyPart 1　Reading PassageⅠ　Some Rituals of American Marriage 221

Reading PassageⅡ　Ladies First 223

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　Food Additives 226

Reading PassageⅡ　Idaho's Finest 229

Unit Twenty-OnePart 1　Reading PassageⅠ　Living a Long Life 232

Reading PassageⅡ　Birthday Parties and Potluck Parties 234

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　America's Architect 237

Reading PassageⅡ　A New Respect for Drugs 240

Unit Twenty-TwoPart 1 Reading PassageⅠ　Forty Miners 243

Reading PassageⅡ　Disneyland 246

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　Starting a Small Business 249

Reading PassageⅡ　Rose Hips and Dandelions 251

Unit Twenty-ThreePart 1　Reading PassageⅠ　Christmas Songs 254

Reading PassageⅡ　"Die"or"Pass Away" 256

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　Life Insurance 259

Reading PassageⅡ　Handiwork of the Gods 261

Unit Twenty-FourPart 1　Reading PassageⅠ　The National Trust in Britain 264

Reading PassageⅡ　Blue Monday and"Thank God It's Friday" 266

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　Cat's Eyes 269

Reading PassageⅡ　A Symbol of the Free Spirit 271

Unit Twenty-FivePart 1　Reading PassageⅠ　Ballet 274

Reading PassageⅡ　Olympic Games 277

Part 2　Reading PassageⅠ　Bears 279

Reading PassageⅡ　Artificial Reefs 281

Key 284