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