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Unit One News 时事聚焦Passage 1 China’S Joining WTO and GlobalizationPassage 2 China’S Olympics(I)Passage 3 China’S Olympics(II)Passage 4 SARS Is New and It Kills，but How Dangerous Is It?Unit Two Economy 经济视野Passage 1 A Brave New WorldPassage 2 China’S Booming Economy： Do the Risks Outweigh the Opportunities?Passage 3 Sales ForcePassage 4 Be Your Own BossUnit Three Foreign Culture 异域风情Passage 1 Christmas in New ZealandPassage 2 New York’S ChinatownPassage 3 The Dolphin That Came to StayPassage 4 The Oldest City onEarthUnit Four Entertainment 娱乐休闲Passage 1 Girls Just Wanna Have GunsPassage 2 His WayPassage 3 Linkin Park Steps OutPassage 4 The Biggest SummerUnit Five Literature 文学欣赏Passage 1 A Farewell to ArmsPassage 2 Review on A Farewell to ArmsPassage 3 The Adventures ofTom SawyerPassage 4 Review on The Adventures ofTom SawyerUnit Six Education 教育天地Passage l Private School under SiegePassage 2 Head StartPassage 3 Test DrivePassage 4 Class WarfareUnit Seven People 风云人物Passage 1 The Making ofa First LadyPassage 2 Little Sister ofthe PoorPassage 3 Dr．Carl G．Jung：Pioneer in Analytic PsychologyPassage 4 Hamilton Smith’S Second ChanceUnit Eight Science 科技长廊Passage 1 The Sleep CurePassage 2 Here，Kitty，KittyPassage 3 Meet the ChipsonsPassage 4 Channel SurfingUnit Nine Media 传媒管窥Passage l A Tabloid ShockerPassage 2 Alcohol’S TV Flirtation More than a ThreatPassage 3 You Talkin’to MePassage 4 The Special WarUnit Ten Society 社会掠影Passage 1 Soccer Gets SexyPassage 2 Bringing Up AdolescentsPassage 3 The“Thrill”ofTheftPassage4 TheKeyboardKidsKeys to Exercises练习答案