基础篇 1
Passage 1 Sleep and Exercise 1
Passage 2 Emotions and Health 2
Passage 3 Sunshine in a Box 3
Passage 4 An Unexpected Help 5
Passage 5 Snow 6
Passage 6 Yawning Is Contagious 7
Passage 7 Green Plants and Deserts 8
Passage 8 The Story of the Ice Cream 10
Passage 9 The Travel of the American People 11
Passage 10 Where to Live 12
Passage 11 Who Pays for the Meal? 13
Passage 12 Nature 15
Passage 13 Language and Brain 16
Passage 14 Teenagers Need Friends 18
Passage 15 The Use of"Cool" 19
Passage 16 May I Have a Rain Check? 20
Passage 17 The Computer 21
Passage 18 The FA Cup of England 23
Passage 19 Titanic 24
Passage 20 Australia 25
Passage 21 Stamps 26
Passage 22 Michael Jordan 28
Passage 23 The 29th Olympic Games in 2008 29
Passage 24 Weather Satellite 31
Passage 25 Danny's School Life 32
Passage 26 Arbor Day in America 33
Passage 27 Good Memory 35
Passage 28 Tree Rings 37
Passage 29 English Family Names 38
Passage 30 An Absent-minded Professor 39
Passage 31 Meal Time 40
Passage 32 Postcard 42
Passage 33 Batteries 44
Passage 34 The Antarctica 46
Passage 35 Football 47
Passage 36 How the Name Canada Came About 49
Passage 37 O.Henry 51
Passage 38 Lightning 52
Passage 39 About Drinking Tea 54
Passage 40 A Letter to My Sister 56
Passage 41 Time Zones 57
Passage 42 Mother's Day 59
Passage 43 The Ways to Stop Quarreling 60
Passage 44 An Unexpected Meeting 62
Passage 45 Psychological Space 64
Passage 46 The Oldest College Student 66
Passage 47 Ways of Traveling 67
Passage 48 The Television Advertisements in America 69
Passage 49 The Driver's Answer 70
Passage 50 Bottled Milk 72
Passage 51 The Courage of an AIDS Child 74
Passage 52 Ideas for Inventions 75
Passage 53 The Rich Man and the Poor Man 77
Passage 54 Mid-autumn Festival 79
Passage 55 Water Shortage 79
Passage 56 Eating Habits 81
Passage 57 To Be a Brave New Girl 82
Passage 58 Owner-builders 83
Passage 59 A Curious Accident 85
Passage 60 On Buying Clothes 87
Passage 61 Ways of Communications 88
Passage 62 Jane 89
Passage 63 Bamboo 91
Passage 64 Newspapers 92
Passage 65 Pollution and Green Food 94
Passage 66 The Cost of Medicine in the USA 95
Passage 67 Advantages of Watching TV 97
Passage 68 Sign Language 98
Passage 69 Superstar 100
Passage 70 Part-time Jobs Can Cost Dear 101
Passage 71 A Real Job for Teachers 103
Passage 72 Happiness 105
Passage 73 Love Story 106
Passage 74 Earthquakes 108
Passage 75 A Journey in a Balloon 109
Passage 76 Internet 111
Passage 77 Meeting the English Family 112
Passage 78 Homesick 114
Passage 79 Sailing 116
Passage 80 Gardening 118
Passage 81 The Two Meanings of Day 119
Passage 82 The Girl from the Street 121
Passage 83 Freezing 123
Passage 84 Editor's Note 124
Passage 85 A Lottery Ticket 126
Passage 86 Mobile Phone 127
Passage 87 The Change of English Language 129
Passage 88 The Bill of 100 yuan RMB 131
Passage 89 Ads 132
Passage 90 Christmas Gift 133
Passage 91 News 135
Passage 92 Understanding People Is an Art 137
Passage 93 Mark Twain 138
Passage 94 A Different Kind of Doctor 140
Passage 95 The Dream of Flying 142
Passage 96 Great Inventions 143
Passage 97 GM Foods 145
Passage 98 An Unpleasant Experience 146
Passage 99 The New Traffic Law 148
Passage 100 A New Dictionary 150
Passage 101 The Main Use of Colors for Animals and Pests 151
Passage 102 Teleshopping 153
Passage 103 No-teacher Exam 154
Passage 104 The History of Greenwich 156
Passage 105 How America Got Its Name 158
Passage 106 Save the Children 160
Passage 107 Changes in American Families 162
Passage 108 I Wish You Enough 164
Passage 109 A New Kind of School 166
Passage 110 Saving Paper 167
Passage 111 Blacksmith in New York 169
Passage 112 Love for Strangers 171
Passage 113 Lures in a Supermarket 173
Passage 114 Customs of Different Countries 174
Passage 115 Ways of Making Fire 176
Passage 116 Neighborhood Watch Group 178
Passage 117 Groundwater—the Polluted Resource 180
Passage 118 Rooftop Gardening 181
Passage 119 New Rules and Behavior Standards 183
Passage 120 The Importance of Being on Time Differs Among Cultures 185
提高篇 187
Passage 121 The Origin of the Jeans 187
Passage 122 Brain 189
Passage 123 Some Ideas for Some Foods 190
Passage 124 Migration 192
Passage 125 The First Computer Art Museum in the World 193
Passage 126 Wall Street 195
Passage 127 Stephen Hawking in China 197
Passage 128 Anesthetic 199
Passage 129 Louis Braille and His Success 201
Passage 130 The Art of Apologizing 202
Passage 131 The Sense of Taste 205
Passage 132 The Laugh Lab Project 206
Passage 133 The Temple of Heaven 208
Passage 134 The Sea 210
Passage 135 How to Teach the Students to Learn a Poem 212
Passage 136 Auction Sales 214
Passage 137 What a Bad Experience 216
Passage 138 Two Women Astronauts 218
Passage 139 A Single Culture 220
Passage 140 About Snowblindness 222
Passage 141 General Tom Thumb 224
Passage 142 The Generation Gap 226
Passage 143 A Poem Changes My Father's Bad Habit 228
Passage 144 The Transfer of Heat 230
Passage 145 Disney's Dream 232
Passage 146 Alcohol and the Culture 234
Passage 147 An Unknown Dance 236
Passage 148 Unreality of TV 238
Passage 149 Sam and His Youngest Son 241
Passage 150 Salt 244
Key to Exercises 247