Unit 1
Passage 1 Japanese and American Workers: Two Casts of Mind
Passage 2 The English Character
Passage 3 I'' m Sorry. I Won'' t Apologize
Passage 4 Chinese, English Speakers Vary at Math
Unit 2
Passage 1 The Western: The Legend and the Cardboard Hero
Passage 2 Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen
Passage 3 Gold Is the Devil
Passage 4 Learning to Save Can Be Challenging
Unit 3
Passage 1 A Message to Garcia
Passage 2 Thin Is "In," Fat Is "Out"
Passage 3 Confessions of a Sports Morn
Passage 4 One Number Doesn'' t Fit All
Unit 4
Passage 1 Happy People
Passage 2 Biological Parents and Adoptive Parents
Passage 3 Salty Coffee
Passage 4 Dad Beats up Mum. What Can a Child Do?
Unit 5
Passage 1 The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Mafia
Passage 2 The First American
Passage 3 The Rise of Asian Women
Passage 4 My Black Skin Makes My White Coat Vanish
Unit 6
Passage 1 Take This Fish and Look at It
Passage 2 STM
Passage 3 Don''t Fear Failure
Passage 4 If at First You Don''t Succeed Enough
Unit 7
Passage 1 The Greenland Viking Mystery
Passage 2 The Biological Clock
Passage 3 Have You Ever Seen a Flying Saucer?
Passage 4 Showing Emotion Is a No-Can-Do among Men
Unit 8
Passage 1 Whatever'' s Happened to the Weather?
Passage 2 A Practical Mind
Passage 3 Energy Sense Makes Future Sense
Passage 4 Japan Tries to Cut Down on Plastic Bags
Key to Comprehension Exercises