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Contents1

Part One1

Passage 1 The Hibernating Human1

Passage 2 Examinations in the Past and at Present3

Passage 3 Population Density5

Passage 4 One of the Oldest Games in the World7

Passage 5 Rabies-Control Programme9

Passage 6 Air Pollution11

Passage 7 Introductions in the American Culture13

Passage 8 Saving the World s Rain Forests15

Passage 9 American Constitution16

Passage 10 The Schools of Tomorrow18

Passage 11 Halloween20

Passage 12 Color-Wall Testing22

Passage 13 Language24

Passage 14 Andrew Carnegie26

Passage 15 Communications Satellites28

Passage 16 Transportation in Vancouver30

Passage 17 When Should a Child Start Learning to Read33

Passage 18 The Success Story of the Early Beatles35

Passage 19 Down to Earth Both Feet on the Ground37

Passage 20 Pocket Calculators39

Part Two41

Passage 21 City Traffic Problems41

Passage 22 Chinese Cuisine43

Passage 23 British Health Service45

Passage 24 Auction Sales48

Passage 25 The Survival of the Plant50

Passage 26 Aspirin52

Passage 27 Crime Cycles Throughout the Year54

Passage 28 Security and Commodity Exchanges56

Passage 29 Education in Britain and Japan58

Passage 30 How Jazz Began60

Passage 31 Weather Map63

Passage 32 Titanic Ⅰ:A Brief History65

Passage 33 Titanic Ⅱ:Company Wants to Rebuild Ship67

Passage 34 Nike vs.Adidas in the World Cup Final70

Passage 35 Energy Consumption72

Passage 36 The High Price of Business74

Passage 37 Water Used in Industry77

Passage 38 Fight Against Terrorism79

Passage 39 Cause of the EI Nino Phenomenon81

Passage 40 Good Side of EI Nino84

Part Three87

Passage 41 Influence of the Press87

Passage 42 Life in the Solar System89

Passage 43 Future Housing Problem92

Passage 44 Passport94

Passage45 What International Sport Creates?97

Passage 46 Modern Surgery99

Passage 47 Instrument of Freedom102

Passage 48 System of Arranged Marriage in India104

Passage 49 Yanks and Rebs107

Passage 50 Air Resistance109

Passage 51 How Britain s Parliament Makes New Law?112

Passage 52 Problems of American Cities114

Passage 53 Computer Age116

Passage 54 An Uncomfortable Journey119

Passage 55 Oil121

Passage 56 The Future of Work124

Passage 57 A Letter126

Passage 58 Missing from Home129

Passage 59 Changes in the Environment131

Passage 60 Food Styles in USA134

Passage 61 Atom Bombs137

Part Four137

Passage 62 Methods of Scientific Inquiry139

Passage 63 Carbon Dioxide Warms the Earth142

Passage 64 Human Breathing Activity145

Passage 65 Arab Custom147

Passage 66 The Formation of Ocean Basins150

Passage 67 An Elephant Man152

Passage 68 Lies Seem Like the Truth155

Passage 69 Japan s Finishing Schools157

Passage 70 Animals Predict Earthquakes160

Passage 71 Innumerate.Illiterate162

Passage 72 Treatment for Breast Cancer165

Passage 73 American Legislative System168

Passage 74 Why Unhappy in Their Jobs170

Passage 75 Evolution of Sex Ratios173

Passage 76 Superstition of Sailors and Fishermen176

Passage 77 U.S.Banking System178

Passage 78 Could a Magic Flute Make You Smarter?181

Passage 79 Analogy and Memory184

Passage 80 Bolder Policies on SOEs186

Key to Exercises190