Unit One English through Reading Passage 1:Practice Makes Perfect Passage 2:Words and Their Power Passage 3:Skimming and Scanning Passage 4:Standard English Unit Two Prerequisites for Success Passage 1:Admitting Mistakes Passage 2:The Importance of Apologizing Passage 3:Attention to Detail Passage 4:Promptness Unit Three Time Management Passage 1:What Is Time? Passage 2:Division of Time Passage 3:About Time Management Passage 4:The Importance of Time Management Unit Four Education Passage 1:The Importance of Education to Youth Passage 2:What Is Education? Passage 3:The Function of a University Passage 4:Further Education in Britain Unit Five Personal Development Passage 1:Non-Intelligence Factors Passage 2:The Development of Exceptional Children Passage 3:The Cultivation of Scientific Attitude Passage 4:Ten Steps to Cultivate Lifelong Learning Unit Six Law and Order Passage 1:What Is Law? Passage 2:Laws and Manners Passage 3:The Law to Keep the Oil Industry under Control Passage 4:Law and Legal English Unit Seven Cross-cultural Communication Passage 1:One Man's Meat Can Be Another Man's Poison Passage 2:Cross-cultural Communication Strategies Passage 3:Culture Shock Passage 4:Adjusting to a New Culture and Life in a Foreign Country Unit Eight Happiness Passage 1:The Secret of Happiness Passage 2:A Positive Mood and a Pleasant State of Mind Passage 3:Happiness Index Passage 4:Steve Taylor's View of Happiness Answer Key to Comprehension Exercises