Unit 1
Passage 1 High Anxiety
Passage 2 Why Teach Thinking?
Passage 3 Quality Schools
Passage 4 Magic Brain
Unit 2
Passage 1 Do It Now!
Passage 2 College Dorm Life and Beyond
Passage 3 Do You Need a Break?
Passage 4 Anxiety about Going to College
Unit 3
Passage 1 The Frontier Disappears
Passage 2 Traditional Bridal Showers
Passage 3 What'' s in the Name of American Indians?
Passage 4 Why Do We Reserve Rage for Our Own Species
Unit 4
Passage 1 You'' ve Got to Find What You Love
--A Commencement Address by Steve Jobs
Passage 2 Black Americans and Civil Rights
Passage 3 Mother Teresa: A Special Voice for the Poor
Passage 4 Steve Jobs
Unit 5
Passage 1 Superstition: The Faith We All Share
Passage 2 Prenuptial Agreements
Passage 3 Ethics Issue for Citizen Snappers
Passage 4 What Does Divorce Bring Us
Unit 6
Passage 1 Who Killed the Newspaper?
Passage 2 Saying No to the Net
Passage 3 Cell Phones: A Love-Hate Relationship with Staying Power
Passage 4 E-mail Users Want Ways to Weed Out Spam
Unit 7
Passage 1 The Global Green Deal
Passage 2 Urbanization and the Environment
Passage 3 Extreme Weather: Is Global Warming to Blame?
Passage 4 Odd Sea Cucumber
Unit 8
Passage 1 Desk Rage: Workers Gone Wild
Passage 2 Food Safety and Security: What Consumers Need to Know
Passage 3 Can Stress Cause Women to Gain Weight?
Passage 4 What'' s Making Us Sick Is an Epidemic of Diagnoses
Keys to Comprehension Exercises