Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1

     Key Words: consider, feast, generous, guilt, load, mean, occasion, proof, settle, spirit

     Readings: The First Noodles, What Men and Women Eat

 

CHAPTER 2

     Key Words: allow, attempt, cause, cure, damage, disease, raise, record, risk, shore

     Readings: River Surfing, Powerful Women in the Air

 

CHAPTER 3

     Key Words: coast, compare, contain, develop, effect, experiment, public, sense, skill, system

     Readings: The Van Gogh Drawings, The Man Who Loved to Build Parks

 

QUIZ 1

     Key Words from Chapters 1—3

 

CHAPTER 4

     Key Words: bold, certain, creature, degree, exist, pattern, rise, serve, shallow, stick

     Readings: Smart Enough to Use Tools, Little Known Facts about the Killer Whale

 

CHAPTER 5

     Key Words: doubt, gain, habit, handle, improve, lead, origin, reduce, result, reward

     Readings: Small Changes Make a Difference, What to Do When You’re Stressed

 

CHAPTER 6

     Key Words: admit, beam, board, crime, destroy, disturb, faith, population, ripe, warn

     Readings: A Darkness in German Soccer, Safety for College Students

 

QUIZ 2

     Key Words from Chapters 4—6

 

CHAPTER 7

     Key Words: blow, compose, duty, exact, inquire, miserable, pity, probable, proper, sympathetic

     Readings: Push Dad into Action?, Making Mom Understand

 

CHAPTER 8

     Key Words: ancient, blame, course, entire, gather, motion, practical, purpose, ruin, threat

     Readings: Green Buildings, The Truth Is in the Ice

 

CHAPTER 9

     Key Words: compete, dismiss, divide, field, include, industry, opinion, produce, train, treat

     Readings: Bollywood, Beijing Film Academy

 

QUIZ 3

     Key Words from Chapters 7—9

 

CHAPTER 10

     Key Words: battle, charm, cheat, due, forbid, interfere, permit, protect, puzzle, rush

     Readings: Old Enough to Drive?, A New Kind of Ride on the Streets of New York

 

CHAPTER 11

     Key Words: artificial, base, obey, pause, race, succeed, supply, trap, wonder, worship

     Readings: Ant Farms: A Family Business Doing Business Like a Child

 

CHAPTER 12

     Key Words: brave, cheer, crowd, modest, post, raw, replace, slave, slip, stir

     Readings: So You Want to Be a Rock Star?, From the Football Stadium to the Opera House

 

QUIZ 4

     Key Words from Chapters 10—12

 

CHAPTER 13

     Key Words: eager, fortune, freedom, horizon, ideal, operate, reserve, standard, steady, wise

     Readings: Soon to Be a Millionaire, How Rich is Rich?

 

CHAPTER 14

     Key Words: ache, actual, blind, concern, courage, expect, mention, peace, pretend, separate

     Readings: New Book, New Author, New Beginnings; No Direction Home

 

CHAPTER 15

     Key Words: block, deaf, defend, dozen, grateful, inform, patience, relieve, respect, sharp

     Readings: What Your Doctor Never Told You, Medicine From Around the World

 

QUIZ 5

     Key Words from Chapters 13—15

 

CHAPTER 16

     Key Words: bunch, condition, loan, official, postpone, praise, rough, shelter, sincere, wage

     Readings: A Time to Think and a Time to Help, Lessons About the World outside School

 

CHAPTER 17

     Key Words: balance, deal, guide, hesitate, honor, local, loyal, matter, position, support

     Readings: First Jobs, First Lessons, Keeping Workers Happy

 

CHAPTER 18

     Key Words: arrest, beat, beg, envy, evil, guard, point, poison, rot, sore

     Reading: What’s Right or Wrong

 

QUIZ 6

     Key Words from Chapters 16—18

 

CHAPTER 19

     Key Words: class, exchange, fresh, interrupt, liquid, mild, opportunity, permanent, quality, trick

     Readings: When Drinking Water Becomes a Lifestyle, Home Is Anywhere

 

CHAPTER 20

     Key Words: accept, appear, determine, examine, express, formal, frequent, hook, increase, limit

     Readings: Who Lives in Cyworld?, Can a Computer Understand Our Emotions?

 

CHAPTER 21

     Key Words: border, century, former, hire, immediate, native, necessary, split, spread, suit

     Readings: Ride Through History, A Tour Just for You

 

QUIZ 7

     Key Words from Chapters 19—21

 

CHAPTER 22

     Key Words: apply, bargain, confess, disappoint, gradual, host, literature, private, regret, shame

     Readings: We Want to Study German, Choosing a College Across the Ocean

 

CHAPTER 23

     Key Words: companion, curious, desire, heal, manner, observe, prevent, pure, remind, suffer

     Readings: The Need to Watch Bad News, The Pet Dog: A Mirror of Its Owner

 

CHAPTER 24

     Key Words: adopt, advantage, committee, depend, possess, property, realize, responsible, solve, tax

     Readings: When a Teenager Rules over a City, Programmed for Politics?

 

QUIZ 8

     Key Words from Chapters 22—24

 

CHAPTER 25

     Key Words: command, cruel, defeat, disgust, enemy, faint, greed, owe, surface, whisper

     Readings: The Many Peoples of Italy, Blackbeard’s Last Home

 

CHAPTER 26

     Key Words: avoid, combine, demand, figure, fit, offer, press, provide, reach, store

     Readings: Taking Television in a New Direction, The Radio of Tomorrow– Today

 

CHAPTER 27

     Key Words: admire, attract, civilize, crop, remain, society, soil, steep, tame, voyage

     Readings: Much More than a Garden, Africa under Geography’s Control

 

QUIZ 9

     Key Words from Chapters 25—27

 

CHAPTER 28

     Key Words: advance, afford, case, discover, edge, manufacture, recent, satisfy, spill, stain

     Readings: Today’s Man Is Looking Good, Cool Clothes

 

CHAPTER 29

     Key Words: common, detail, force, miss, multiply, object, particular, rapid, sort, value

     Readings: Seeing the World through Different Eyes, Which English Do You Speak?

 

CHAPTER 30

     Key Words: dive, fold, gentle, harvest, height, pipe, solid, steer, trade, wrap

     Readings: The Importance of Latin American Economies, Ikea Welcomed Around the World

 

QUIZ 10

     Key Words from Chapters 28—30

 

APPENDIX A:

     Understanding Parts of Speech

 

APPENDIX B:

     Spell and Grammar Checks

 

KEY WORD INDEX