Introduction1
Passage 1 Is intelligence inborn andfixed? 12
Passage 2 Why young people arecritical of their parents? 19
Passage 3 Adult children return tothe nest 25
Passage 4 Why prices keep risingwhile there is more food supply? 33
Passage 5 Sleep deficit: reasons andconsequences 39
Passage 6 Conservation should bemade a part of everyone’s daily life 46
Passage 7 Would factory farming helppoor countries? 53
Passage 8 Why are appliancesproduced so awkward to use? 60
Passage 9 No one should be forced towear uniform 66
Passage 10 Do good looks matter?72
Passage 11 A minimum of subsistencegives people real freedom 78
Passage 12 If you want a musicalprodigy, you’ll have to crack the whip 85
Passage 13 Is college still workingmagic for everyone? 92
Passage 14 Professors: to teach orto research? 100
Passage 15 How schools are cuttingbusing costs 108
Passage 16 Why women are livinglonger than men? 116
Passage 17 Mobility is splittingfamily relationship 123
Passage 18 Are immigrants good orbad for the economy? 131
Passage 19 Science vs. humanities139
Passage 20 How studying or workingabroad makes you smarter 148
Passage 21 China’s addiction toluxury goods 158
Passage 22 The secret cause ofbuyer’s remorse 168
Passage 23 School field trips are indecline, and that’s a loss for students 176
Passage 24 The dark side of goalsetting 184
Passage 25 Eating your feelings?Your mom might be to blame 194
Passage 26 Can Facebook make yousad? 202
Passage 27 Women wear too muchmakeup because they mistakenly think men like it 211
Passage 28 How “policy by panic” canbackfire for environmentalists 220
Passage 29 Could work emails bebanned after 6 pm? 231
Passage 30 Bye bye, baby 242
Appendix: Answers 258