Unit 1　Education 　Part One　Timed Reading 　Part Two　Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 　　　 Text 1　Higher Education 　　　 Text 2　Children with High Intelligence 　　　 Text 3　Over Test Unit 2　Humanity 　Part One　Timed Reading 　Part Two　Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 　　　 Text 1　For Conversation, Press 1 　　　 Text 2　Tech Teacher 　　　 Text 3　Choosing to Be Kind Unit 3　Culture 　Part One　Timed Reading 　Part Two　Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 　　　 Text 1　Indian Religious Life 　　　 Text 2　Street Justice 　　　 Text 3　Opera Unit 4　Computer and Internet 　Part One　Timed Reading 　Part Two　Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 　　　 Text 1　English Lessons on Net 　　　 Text 2　PCs Offer Consumers Nothing New 　　　 Text 3　Caught in the Web of the Internet Test Yourself (1) Unit 5　Technoloqy 　Part One　Timed Reading 　Part Two　Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 　　　 Text 1　Europe's Biotech Industry Still Losing to US 　　　 Text 2　Cloning Draws Fierce Criticism 　　　 Text 3　Nanotechnology Puts on Uniform Unit 6　Women 　Part One　Timed Reading 　Part Two　Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 　　　 Text 1　British Professional Women 　　　 Text 2　That "Other Woman" in My Life 　　　 Text 3　Behind the Geisha's Painted Smile Unit 7　Biography 　Part One　Timed Reading 　Part Two　Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 　　　 Text 1　Samaranch, the Olympic Patriarch 　　　 Text 2　Thomas Jefferson: America's Leonardo da Vinci 　　　 Text 3　Alexander Graham Bell Unit 8　Business and Economy 　Part One　Timed Reading 　Part Two　Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 　　　 Text 1　The Way to Advertise 　　　 Text 2　The Future Marketplace on the Internet 　　　 Text 3　 Unique Problems in International Trade Test Yourself (2) Unit 9　People and Environment 　Part One　Timed Reading 　Part Two　Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 　　　 Text 1　Ecology and Economy 　　　 Text 2　Where the Rubber Hits the Road 　　　 Text 3　Oceans of Death Unit 10　Science 　Part One　Timed Reading 　Part Two　Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 　　　 Text 1　What Computer Can Do for the Future? 　　　 Text 2　The Biotech Century 　　　 Text 3　Cloning Has Popular Connotation That Is Impossible to Dislodge Unit 11　Politics 　Part One Timed Reading 　Part Two　Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 　　　 Text 1　Three Palestinians Killed in Clashes in Gaza Strip 　　　 Text 2　Even This Prime Minister Cannot Perform Miracles 　　　 Text 3　UN Summit Sets War on Hunger Unit 12　Travel 　Part One　Timed Reading 　Part Two　Reading' Comprehension and Vocabulary Development 　　　 Text 1　In Case You Lose Your Luggage 　　　 Text 2　Tourism in New York After the Attack 　　　 Text 3　Travel by Air: Funny or Frightening? Test Yourself (3) Key Glossary