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CHAPTER1

INTRODUCING ONESELF1

Reading 1: Letters of Self-introduction2

Reading 2: A Resume5

Reading 3: "College" by Anzia Yezierska8

READING TECHNIQUE: CONTEXT CLUES20

CHAPTER 227

INTRODUCING SOMEONE27

Reading 1: A Letter of Reference28

Reading 2: "The Man Who Turned Ebony into Gold"30

Reading 3: "My Alma Mater" by Malcolm X36

READING TECHNIQUE: SKIMMING46

CHAPTER 351

DESCRIBING PEOPLE51

Reading 1: "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens52

Reading 2: "The Filipino and the Drunkard" by William Saroyan54

Reading 3: "He Rocked, I Reeled" by Tama Janowitz62

READING TECHNIQUE: ANTICIPATING WHILE READING68

EHAPTER 476

DESCRIBING AN EVENT76

Reading 1: "How I Got Smart" by Steve Brody77

Reading 2: "Of My Friend Hector and My Archilles" Heel" by Michael Kaufman86

READING TECHNIQUE: MAKING INFERENCES93

CHAPTER 5101

DESCRIBING AN EXPERIENCE101

Reading 1: "My Mother's English" by Amy Tan101

Reading 2: "Child of the Owl" by Laurence Yep112

READING TECHNIQUE: FINDING MAIN IDEAS117

CHAPTER 6128

ANALYZING A PROCESS128

Reading 1: "How to Take a Job Interview" by Kirby W. Stanat129

Reading 2:"How to Argue with Your Boss" by Richard Green137

Reading 3: "In Social Interactions, Small Talk Has a Big Role" by Craig Tomashoff143

READING TECHNIQUE: UNDERSTANDING ANALOGIES AND FIC-URATIVE LANGUAGE148

CHAPTER 7155

STATING FACTS, MAKING INFERENCES,GIVING OPINIONS, MAKING JUDGMENTS AND GENERALIZATIONS155

Reading 1: "Who Lives Longer" by Patricia Skalka156

Reading 2: "Make Love, Not War" by Alfie Kohn163

Reading 3:"Lies Are so Commonplace, They almost Seem Like the Truth" by Terry Lee Goodrich170

READING TECHNIQUE: RECOGNIZING FACTS,INFERENCES, OPINIONS, JUDGMENTS AND GENERALIZATIONS173

CHAPTER 8178

COMPARING AND CONTRASTING178

Reading 1: "American Space, Chinese Place" by Yi-Fu Tuan179

Reading 2: "Winners, Losers or Just Kids" by Dan Wightman183

Reading 3: "No Entrance" by Marta W. Martino189

READING TECHNIQUE: SENTENCE READING196

CHAPTER 9201

EXPLAINING BY ILIJUSTRATION, EXAMPLE, AND CAUSE AND EFFECT201

Reading 1: "The Baffling Question" by Bill Cosby202

Reading 2: "Talking to Babies" by Roger Brown and Katherine Snow208

Reading 3: "New Questions on Human Birth"213

READING TECHNIQUE: UNDERSTANDING CAUSE AND EFFECT AND EXAMPLE/ILLUSTRATION PARAGRAPH PATTERNS220

CHAPTER 10227

SUMMARIZING IDEAS AND MAKING AN APPEAL227

Reading 1: "Using the Mind to Help the Body"228

Reading 2: "Is There a Doctor in the Body?"233

Reading 3: "Have You Learned the Most" by Elie Wiesel238

READING TECHNIQUE: SUMMARIZING246

APPENDIXⅠ250

TEST-TAKING SKILLS250

SAMPLE READING TESTS252

APPENDIXⅡ295

ANSWER KEY295