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