1.Passage A: The Successful Language Learner Passage B: For Your Information (Speed Reading) Passage C: Color 2.Passage A: Bring the Past to Life Passage B: Rent Control (Speed Reading) Passage C: The Population of the United States 3.Passage A: The Problems of International Trade Passage B: Your Money (Speed Reading) Passage C: My Bank Account 4.Passage A: Being on Time Passage B: Polite or Rude (Speed Reading) Passage C: Parties 5.Passage A: Gesture Passage B: Where Is the Beef? (Speed Reading) Passage C: Best Teacher I Ever Had 6.Passage A: Equality of Opportunity and Competition Passage B: How to Shine at an Interview (Speed Reading) Passage C: "Where There's a Will, There Is a Way" 7.Passage A: Children Often Do Humorous Things Passage B: Long-term Memory (Speed Reading) Passage C: Steps to the Future 8.Passage A: How Unsafe Is It? Passage B: A Working Relationship (Speed Reading) Passage C: A Special Physical Examination 9.Passage A: Communications of the Future Passage B: "High Tech" and "State of the Art" (Speed Reading) Passage C: What's So Good About the Information Age? 10.Passage A: Protection for Consumers in USA Passage B: Getaway People Use XYZ Petrol (Speed Reading) Passage C: Scan This Web Site Glossary Key to the Exercises