Key to Fast Reading (Book One)
Unit 1 Festivals and Holidays
In-Class Reading
1. Carnival in Brazil (502 words) Key: 1. N 2. Y 3. Y 4. NG 5. N
2. Valentine’s Day (480 words) Key:
1. the 5th century 2. lottery
3. married young men 4. recover her sight 5. Cupid
After-Class Reading
1. Chinese Festivals: Keeping Traditions Alive (1,099 words) Key: 1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. A
2. The First Thanksgiving (1,073 words) Key: 1.C 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. A
Unit 2 Campus Life
In-Class Reading
1. How to Deal with College Classes (500 words)
Key: 1. books and notebooks 2. their reading 3. all their classes/every class 5. teachers and upperclassmen
2. The Virtual College (501 words) Key: 1. N 2. Y 3. Y 4. Y 5. NG
After-Class Reading
1. The American Education System (945 words) Key: 1. B 2. C 3. C 4. D 5. C
2. Saying Goodbye (991 words)
Key: 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. D
4. days or weeks
Unit 3 VIP & VIP’s Talks
In-Class Reading
1. Bill Gates’ Advice to Students: Get a Sound, Broad Education (506 words) Key: 1. N 2. NG 3. Y 4. N 5. Y
2. Yang Zhenning: When Will There Be a Nobel Prize – Winning Work on Chinese Soil? (487 ) Key: 1. economic foundations
2. a miracle/success 3. China was isolated 4. biology and medicine 5. history
After-Class Reading
1. Condoleezza Rice (1,017 words) Key: 1. D 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. C
2. Yao: A Life in Two Worlds (1,111 words) Key: 1. C 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. B
Unit 4 Love Stories
In-Class Reading
1. Love for Rose (501 words)
Key: 1. Y 2. N 3. N 4. N 5. Y
2. Banjo (486 words) Key: 1. on the doorstep
2. single/unmarried 3. nuisance 4. ten-week’s 5. in the woods
After-Class Reading
1. Go Out and Make a Difference (915 words) Key: 1. D 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. A
3. A Small Boy’s Mother (1,143 words) Key: 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. D
Unit 5 Cultural Difference
In-Class Reading
1. Avoiding Cultural Taboos (499 words) Key: 1.Y 2.N 3.N 4. Y 5. NG
2. Table Manners: a Cultural Difference (495 words) Key:
1. not used to
2. highly restrictive rules 3. smacking/slurping 4. not allowed 5. chopsticks
After-Class Reading
1. Traveling Student (1,092 words) Key: 1. D 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. A
2. Beyond Assumptions: One Woman's Experience of Living Abroad in the U.S.A. (1,183) Key: 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. D
Unit 6 Interpersonal Relationship
In-Class Reading
1. As My Daughter Leaves for College，I let Go (490 words) Key: 1.N 2. NG 3. N 4. Y 5.Y
2. Cybercourtship (500 words)
Key:
1. romantic courtship online/romance online/ virtual romance 2. meeting in person 3. fewer inhibitions 4. freer and faster
5. physical cues/ feedback; body language
After-Class Reading
1. After Twenty Years (1,193 words) Key: 1. D 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. C
2. “Of My Friend Hector and My Achilles’ Heel” (1,042 words) Key: 1. C 2. B 3.A 4. D 5. A
Unit 7 Science and Technology
In-Class Reading
1. Wireless Wearable (500 words) Key: 1.N 2. Y 3. Y 4. NG 5.N
2. The World Is Getting Smaller (487 words) Key:
1. next industrial revolution 2. one-thousandth 3. size and strength
4. manufacturing, environment, medicine 5. swallowed or injected
After-Class Reading
1. The Internet: What Lies Ahead? (1,074 words) Key: 1. A 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. B
2.New Genes – New Hope Or Future Disaster? (1,154 words) Key: 1. B 2. A 3. C 4.D 5. D
Unit 8 Life & Health
In-Class Reading
1. You Have A Cold! (516 words) Key: 1. NG 2. N 3. Y 4. Y 5. N
2.Protein (522 words)
Key: 1. the tissues 2. basic units 3. protein-rich foods 4. incomplete
After-Class Reading
1. Yoga (957 words)
Keys: 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. B
2.What You Eat Can Sabotage Your Sleep (992 words) Key: 1. D 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. D
5. your weight
Unit 9 Animals
In-Class Reading
1. How Do the Animals Spend the Winter? (517 words) Keys: 1. Y 2. N 3. N 4. NG 5. Y
2.Cats and Man (507 words)
Key: 1. definite 2. forbidden 3. tell time 4. eyes opened 5. blue
After-Class Reading
1. Animals as Teachers (984 words) Key: 1. A 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. C
2.Animals “Speak” Many Strange Languages (1,017 words) Key: 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. A
Unit 10 Sports & Leisure Time
In-Class Reading
1. Lessons for Your Life and Business from Wimbledon (496 words) Key: 1. Y 2. N 3. Y 4. N 5. NG
2.Beijing 2008: Five Mascots for the Beijing Games (482 words) Key: 1. mark 2. syllables 3. prosperity 4. sixteen days 5. panda
After-Class Reading
1. Sports and Exercise Safety (1,085 words) Key: 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. C
2.Tennis, Then and Now (986 words) Key: 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. B