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Introduction to Important Reading Strategies and Skills
Unit One Man and Nature
Text A The Nuclear Age
Text B Tornadoes
Unit Two Recreational Activities
Text A Cards
Text B Bowling
Unit Three Management
Text A Management of European Style
Text B Managing Diversity at the North West Company
Unit Four Health and Attractiveness
Text A Eating with the Seasons
Text B Attractiveness Pays Off, But It Pays Off Better for Men
Unit Five Job Hunting
Text A How to "Market" Yourself
Text B Four Easy Tips to Find a New Job Faster
Unit Six Life and Culture
Text A Lifestyle Matters
Text B Gift Giving in Saudi Arabia
Unit Seven Parenting and Nursing
Text A Doctor's Orders
Text B The Crying Game
Unit Eight Health and Living Habits
Text A Another Reason to Lose Weight
Text B English Food
Unit Nine Growth
Text A Raising Children
Text B Growing Old
Unit Ten Communication
Text A The Speed of Sound
Text B Delicious Phrases
Unit Eleven Technology
Text A The Fax Machine
Text B How Technology Made Civilization Possible
Unit Twelve Man's Maturity and Social Responsibilities
Text A The Concept of Adolescence
Text B The Men's Movements
Unit Thirteen Working Overtime and Holiday Stress
Text A Overtime Demands
Text B How to Beat Holiday Stress
Unit Fourteen Tracing History
Text A Oxford University
Text B April Fool's Day
Unit Fifteen The Pride of a City
Text A Manhattan, the City of All Cities
Text B The Eiffel Tower: the Best-Known Face of Paris
Unit Sixteen Natural Disasters
Text A Droughts
Text B The Day London Flooded
Unit Seventeen Technological Applications and Innovations
Text A What Recreational Divers Can Learn from Technical Divers
Text B DNA and Ancestry
Unit Eighteen Education
Text A Advantages of Online Education
Text B Will Work for Education
Answer Key