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1—A Life in the Year 20001

1—B U.S.Cities:Past and Present4

2—A How to Look at Different Cultures8

2—B Auto Called No.1 Health Enemy11

3—A Importance of Qualified Workers15

3—B Recycling Waste18

4—A British Local Government21

4—B Plants or Insects First?25

5—A Rules for the Early Automobiles28

5—B Dried Food31

6—A Security and Commodity Exchanges35

6—B The President and Congress38

7—A Wild Turkey42

7—B TV Camera and Human Eye45

8—A Franklin,the Swimmer49

8—B Transportation in the United States52

9—A College Students56

9—B Marriage and Advertisement in Indian's Sunday Newspapers60

Test One64

10—A The BBC Radio and Television72

10—B An Unusual Experience in Africa75

11—A Works of Art79

11—B An Air-raid82

12—A Skiing Down Everest86

12—B How to Give a Good Speech89

13—A How to Get There93

13—B Underdevelopment and Sciences96

14—A The American College Town100

14—B Early Birds103

15—A Speeding107

15—B Self-protection110

16—A Chicago113

16—B Our First Words117

17—A Left Holding the Baby120

17—B A Letter124

18—A Changes in Women's Lives128

18—B The First Travel in Space131

Test Two135

19—A Wit and Humor144

19—B Geography of the U.S.A.147

20—A Colour and Feelings151

20—B Plant and Animal Distribution155

21—A A Base on the Moon159

21—B Cigarettes163

22—A Simple Examples of Inertia168

22—B The Linguistic Habits of a New Generation171

23—A Textbook Index,Ads and Others175

23—B The Planemakers180

24—A A Sunless World184

24—B Any Other Business187

25—A One Man's Garden191

25—B On Using the Telephone194

26—A When You Have an Accident199

26—B How Man is Different from Other Animals202

27—A Ghost206

27—B Language and Phonetics209

Test Three214

28—A If Your House is on Fire223

28—B The Sea Wolves227

29—A Acting Life231

29—B Detectives Lives—Fact and Fantasy235

30—A Beethoven238

30—B Where Mother Was242

31—A Nothing Important,Clearly246

31—B The Language of Social Occasions250

32—A Nature Note255

32—B Magazines for Fans and Fan Magazines258

33—A Superstitions Today262

33—B Animal Education265

34—A Live Within Your Means270

34—B The Enclosure of the Common275

35—A The Cause of Lightning Flashes280

35—B Control Units283

36—A Alfred Hitchcock on Film-making287

36—B Rocket to London291

Test Four296

Keys to the Exercises305