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Unit One Why NASA Barred Women Astronauts

Timed Reading: Shuttle Launched: One Giant Leap for Womankind

Unit Two H1N1 (Swine) Flu

Timed Reading: Coping with Colds

Unit Three Computers in Cars

Timed Reading: Two Views on Neural Computers

Unit Four Giraffes

Timed Reading: Gorilla Is Not as Mean as It Looks

Unit Five Building a Food Pyramid

Timed Reading: In Search of the Perfect French Fry

Unit Six Chew for Health

Timed Reading: Chew on This: Gum May Be Good for Body, Mind

Unit Seven "Fat" Gene Found by Scientists

Timed Reading: Kids with Obesity-linked Gene Like Fattening Foods

Unit Eight Can Laughter Cure Illness?

Timed Reading: Are Happy People Healthier?

Unit Nine Four Ways to Achieve Greater Happiness in Your Life

Timed Reading: Depression

Unit Ten Teens and Plastic Surgery

Timed Reading: Risks and Rewards of Plastic Surgery

Unit Eleven Wind Power May Have Its Own Environmental Problems

Timed Reading: White Roofs to Fight Global Warming

Unit Twelve Greenhouse Effect for Kids

Timed Reading: Facts about the Greenhouse Effect

Unit Thirteen The Greenest Green Energy--Fuel from Algae

Timed Reading: Alternative Energy

Unit Fourteen Ten Freaky Forces of Nature

Timed Reading: Raining Animals and Coins: Mystery of the History

Unit Fifteen Blue If You Want to Be Creative, Red If You Want to Be Diligent

Timed Reading: How Do We See Red? Count the Ways

Unit Sixteen Short Sleeper

Timed Reading: Genetic Mutation May Be Why Some People Need Less Sleep Than Others

Unit Seventeen Cloning

Timed Reading: How Do I Know if I'm Eating Cloned Meat?

Unit Eighteen The Internet Is Sick...

Timed Reading: The Future of the Internet

Unit Nineteen Could Life on Earth Have Come from Ceres?

Timed Reading: Life's Evolution May Depend on Galaxy

Unit Twenty Pyramids

Timed Reading: Egyptian Lion Mummy Found in Ancient Tomb

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Test 1 CET-4 2009年6月

How Do You See Diversity?

Test 2 CET-4 2008年12月

That's Enough, Kids

Test 3 CET-4 2008年6月

Media Selection for Advertisements

Test 4 CET-4 2007年12月

Universities Branch Out

Test 5 CET-4 2007年6月

Protect Your Privacy When Job-hunting Online

Test 6 CET-6 2009年6月

Helicopter Moms vs. Free-range Kids

Test7 CET-6 2008年12月

Supersize Surprise

Test 8 CET-6, 2008年6月

What Will the World Be Like in Fifty Years?

Test 9 CET-6, 2007年12月

Seven Ways to Save the World

Test 10 CET-6, 2007年6月

Seven Steps to a More Fulfilling Job

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