Contents Unit 1…1 Passage 1　The Measure of Friendship…1 Passage 2　Never Accept Pay for a Kindness…7 Passage 3　Living Alone—A New Lifestyle…11 Passage 4　How to Tell a Flatterer from a Friend…15 Unit 2…17 Passage 1　Generation Gap…17 Passage 2　How Do You View Freedom?…23 Passage 3　Digital Natives…27 Passage 4　How Our Exploring Minds Work…31 Unit 3…33 Passage 1　How Can I Deal with My Anger?…33 Passage 2　In Search for Happiness…39 Passage 3　Everlasting Love…43 Passage 4　Personality Similarity and Marital Happiness…47 Unit 4...49 Passage 1 Japanese and American Workers: Two Casts of Mind…49 Passage 2 The English Character…55 Passage 3 I’m Sorry. I Won’t Apologize…59 Passage 4 Chinese, English Speakers Vary at Math…63 Unit 5...65 Passage 1 Happy People…65 Passage 2 Biological Parents and Adoptive Parents…71 Passage 3 Salty Coffee…75 Passage 4 Dad Beats up Mum. What Can a Child Do?…79 Unit 6...81 Passage 1 The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria…81 Passage 2 The First American…87 Passage 3 The Rise of Asian Women…91 Passage 4 My Black Skin Makes My White Coat Vanish…95 Unit 7...97 Passage 1 High Anxiety…97 Passage 2 Why Teach Thinking?…103 Passage 3 Quality Schools…109 Passage 4 Magic Brain…115 Unit 8…117 Passage 1 Desk Rage: Workers Gone Wild…117 Passage 2 Food Safety and Security: What Consumers Need to Know…123 Passage 3 Can Stress Cause Women to Gain Weight?…129 Passage 4 What’s Making Us Sick Is an Epidemic of Diagnoses…135 Keys to Comprehension Exercises…137