Introduction
Passage 1 Is intelligence inborn and fixed?
Passage 2 Why young people are critical of their parents?
Passage 3 Adult children return to the nest
Passage 4 Why prices keep rising while there is more food supply?
Passage 5 Sleep deficit: reasons and consequences
Passage 6 Conservation should be made a part of everyone's daily life
Passage 7 Would factory farming help poor countries?
Passage 8 Why are appliances produced so awkward to use?
Passage 9 No one should be forced to wear uniform
Passage 10 Do good looks matter?
Passage 11 A minimum of subsistence gives people real freedom
Passage 12 If you want a musical prodigy, you'll have to crack the whip
Passage 13 Is college still working magic for everyone?
Passage 14 Professors: to teach or to research?
Passage 15 How schools are cutting busing costs
Passage 16 Why women are living longer than men?
Passage 17 Mobility is splitting family relationship
Passage 18 Are immigrants good or bad for the economy?
Passage 19 Science vs. humanities
Passage 20 How studying or working abroad makes you smarter
Passage 21 China's addiction to luxury goods
Passage 22 The secret cause of buyer's remorse
Passage 23 School field trips are in decline, and that's a loss for students
Passage 24 The dark side of goal setting
Passage 25 Eating your feelings? Your mom might be to blame
Passage 26 Can Facebook make you sad?
Passage 27 Women wear too much makeup because they mistakenly think men like it
Passage 28 How "policy by panic" can backfire for environmentalists
Passage 29 Could work emails be banned after 6 pm?
Passage 30 Bye bye, baby
Appendix: Answers
