Unit 1 Sports
Passage A The History of Bungee Jumping
Passage B Sports and Exercise Safety
Passage C Female Athletes Deserve More Opportunities
Unit 2 The Economy
Passage A M-commerce
Passage B Money Changes Everything
Passage C The Anxiety Economy: Why the Future of Work
Will Be All about Stress
Unit 3 Knowing.Yourself
Passage A Self-help
Passage B Personality
Passage C "Looking Pleasant" -- Something to Be Worked
from the Inside
Unit 4 Health
Passage A Scientists Discover Appetite-controlling Gene
Passage B Defuse Stress for a More Enjoyable Day: 10 Ways
to Calm Down Fast
Passage C Optimism and Health
Unit 5 Language
Passage A Can Chimps Talk?
Passage B Body Language in an Interviewing Situation
Passage C Overcoming the Language Barrier
Unit 6 Interpersonal Relationships
Passage A How to Make People Like You
Passage B Flirting with Suicide
Passage C Getting to the Heart of Holiday Gifting
Unit 7 Success
Passage A The Early Life of Christopher Columbus
Passage B Achyuta Samanta: An Inspiring Rags to Riches
Story
Passage C My Best Examination
Unit 8 The Environment
Passage A Deforestation
Passage B Water Mismanagement
Passage C Change Your Ways
Key to the Exercises
Records of Your Reading Rate & Comprehension Rate