Unit 1 Understanding Business
　Part I Theme-Based Reading
　 Text A The Meaning of “Business”
　 Text B Factors of Production
　Part II Reading Skills
　Basic Ideas About Reading
　Part III Reading Practice
　Section A Reading Comprehension
　Section B Blanked Cloze
Unit 2 Companies
　Part I Theme-Based Reading
　 Text A The Companies Around Us
　 Text B Private Companies and Public Companies
　Part II Reading Skills
　Dictionary Use
　Part III Reading Practice
　Section A Reading Comprehension
　Section B Blanked Cloze
Unit 3 Time Management
　Part I Theme-Based Reading
　 Text A Control of Your Life Starts with Planning
　 Text B Making the Most of Priorities
　Part II Reading Skills
　Word Part Clues to Meaning: Important Prefixes
　 Part III Reading Practice
　Section A Reading Comprehension
　Section B Blanked Cloze
Unit 4 Business Communication
　Part I Theme-Based Reading
　 Text A Successful Business Communication—It Starts at the Beginning
　 Text B Effective Communication
　Part II Reading Skills
　Word Part Clues to Meaning: Important Roots
　Part III Reading Practice
　Section A Reading Comprehension
　Section B Blanked Cloze
Unit 5 People
　Part I Theme-Based Reading
　 Text A Bill Gates
　 Text B Fourteen Character Traits of a Good Businessperson
　Part II Reading Skills
　Word Part Clues to Meaning: Important Suffixes
　 Part III Reading Practice
　Section A Reading Comprehension
　Section B Blanked Cloze
Unit 6 Job Interviews
　Part I Theme-Based Reading
　 Text A Do’s and Don’ts of Interviews
　 Text B How to Be a Compelling Candidate Who Stands out in the Crowd
　Part II Reading Skills
　Context Clues to Word Meaning
　Part III Reading Practice
　Section A Reading Comprehension
　Section B Blanked Cloze
Unit 7 Culture
　Part I Theme-Based Reading
　 Text A Corporate Culture
　 Text B Knowing About Cultural Differences
　Part II Reading Skills
　Reading by Phrase
　 Part III Reading Practice
　Section A Reading Comprehension
　Section B Blanked Cloze
Unit 8 Products
　Part I Theme-Based Reading
　 Text A Aspects of Products
　 Text B Too Many Recalls
　Part II Reading Skills
　Understanding Topics
　 Part III Reading Practice
　Section A Reading Comprehension
　Section B Blanked Cloze
Unit 9 Brands
　Part I Theme-Based Reading
　 Text A What Is a Brand?
　 Text B A Smiling War
　Part II Reading Skills
　Predicting
　Part III Reading Practice
　Section A Reading Comprehension
　Section B Blanked Cloze
Unit 10 Business Success
　Part I Theme-Based Reading
　 Text A Seven Habits of Business Success
　 Text B .Yahoo.
　Part II Reading Skills
　Finding the Stated Main Idea
　Part III Reading Practice
　Section A Reading Comprehension
　Section B Blanked Cloze
Unit 11 Starting a New Business
　Part I Theme-Based Reading
　 Text A Please Turn to Chapter 11
　 Text B The Beanie Baby Business
　Part II Reading Skills
　Finding Main Ideas: Implied Main Ideas
　Part III Reading Practice
　Section A Reading Comprehension
　Section B Blanked Cloze
Unit 12 Creativity
　Part I Theme-Based Reading
　 Text A Creativity at the Workplace
　 Text B Creativity of the Inter Era
　Part II Reading Skills
　Making Outlines
　Part III Reading Practice
　Section A Reading Comprehension
　Section B Blanked Cloze
　Vocabulary
　References