Unit 1 Business
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 Finding the Right Colors for Women of Color
Text 2 Introduction to WTO
Text 3 Business Letter
Unit 2 Child Education
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 Baby Crying
Text 2 Importance of Play
Text 3 Day Care Under the Age of Three?
Unit 3 Environment Preservation
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 A World Without Oil
Text 2 Energy Security
Text 3 Nuclear Power Cuts Pollution
Unit 4 Language & Language Learning
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 Age and Foreign-language learning
Text 2 Infant Education
Text 3 Our Crazy language
Test Yourself (1)
Unit 5 Culture
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 What's the Hero?
Text 2 Caught Between Two Worlds
Text 3 Mass Media and the Presentation of the Body in Everyday Life
Unit 6 Higher Education
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 Tuition and Fees
Text 2 Learning Theory
Text 3 University Education in Britain
Unit 7 Travel
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 How Well Do You Travel?
Text 2 Traveler
Text 3 The Race for the Poles
Unit 8 Nature
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 Wide Places in River
Text 2 Water
Text 3 The Surface of the Earth
Test Yourself (2)
Unit 9 Employment & Unemployment
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 Downsizing in Vogue
Text 2 Jobs on Your Doorstep
Text 3 Full Employment: Available for All?
Unit 10 Technoloqy
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 Proof Against Heart Attacks
Text 2 How Giraffes' kong Necks Developed?
Text 3 "Computer-literate" or "People-literate"?
Unit 11 Psychology & Our Life
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 Meet Your Memory
Text 2 Relax
Text 3 Blood Pressure Rises Due to the Anger that Lasts Longer in Hostile
Unit 12 Health
Part One Timed Reading
Part Two Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Text 1 "No One Wants to Live to Be a Hundred"
Text 2 The Future is Full of Good Health
Text 3 Technology Helps the Disabled
Test Yourself (3)
Key
Glossary