Unit 1 Ethics

　Passage A When Kids Say "1 hate you"

　Passage B Study Finds Factors for Overcoming Isolation

　Passage C Why Mothers Are Girls' Best Friends

　Passage D Husband and Wife Heart Transplant

Unit 2 Taboos

　Passage A Food Taboos= It's All a Matter of Taste

　Passage B Wisdom from the Sea: 3 Life Lessons from the Ocean

　Passage C Tattoos No Longer Taboo

　Passage D Do Food Taboos Change and Disappear?

Unit 3 Society

　Passage A Become a Chief Executive Officer

　Passage B First Rule of Good Management. Treat Shipmates Respectfully

　Passage C Recession Can Change a Way of Life

　Passage D How the Brain Benefits with Aging

Unit 4 Occupation

　Passage A Too Shy to Hunt Job?

　Passage B Life at Sea in the Age of Sail

　Passage C No Reply to Your Resume? Here's Why

　Passage D Finding a Summer Job or Internship

Unit 5 Environment

　Passage A Our Addiction to Oil Is Draining Every Last Drop

　Passage B Noise Pollution Rising at Sea

　Passage C Consumers Are Recycling and Buying "Green"

　Passage D Fight over Lead Pollution / 89

Unit 6 Future

　Passage A Future Tense

　Passage B A Little Oil Goes a Long Way

　Passage C The Future Is Urban

　Passage D Time Is Money

Unit 7 Science

　Passage A Scientists and Soldiers Solve a Bee Mystery

　Passage B Why do Whales Beach Themselves?

　Passage C How Freud Changed What People Thought About the Mind

　Passage D On the Left Hand, There Are No Easy Answers

Unit 8 Literature

　Passage A Oliver Twist (Excerpt)

　Passage B Durham--The Galveston Voyage (Excerpt)

　Passage O The Birthmark

　Passage D The Open Window

Key to the Exercises