| Reading passages |
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| Passage 1 Right or wrong |
| Passage 2 Helen's treat |
| Passage 3 Speed dating |
| Passage 2 School bullying in Japan |
| Passage 3 New Orleans job losses |
| Theme 2 Study, school life and work |
| Theme 1 Getting along with others |
| Passage 1 Culture shock |
| Passage 2 Ethnic groups in Singapore |
| Passage 3 Wole Soyinka |
| Passage 4 Mark Rothko |
| Theme 3 Cultures of the world |
| Passage 1 The new Seven Wonders |
| Passage 2 Contacting outer space |
| Passage 3 Ancient book |
| Passage 5 New way to produce biofuels |
| Theme 4 Wonderful things |
| Passage 1 Sydney's war on flying foxes |
| Passage 2 'Crunch time' for climate change |
| Passage 3 China dolphin extinction |
| Passage 4 Concern over Assam rhinos |
| Theme 5 Nature and environment |
| Passage 1 Hostage gang arrested in Venezuela |
| Passage 2 Tutu calls for respect |
| Passage 3 Campaign for more women MPs in Turkey |
| Theme 6 The individual and society |
| Passage 1 Internet companies try to stop spam |
| Passage 2 EU telecoms |
| Passage 3 Iraq media wars |
| Theme 7 Communicating |
| Passage 1 Second Life |
| Passage 2 Blood type switch |
| Passage 3 US to grow plants containing human genes |
| Theme 8 Technology |
| Passage 1 Britney allowed to visit her children |
| Passage 2 Tom Cruise wedding |
| Passage 3 Phantom of the Opera success |
| Passage 4 Formula One Champion to take driving lessons |
| Theme 9 Leisure and entertainment |
| Passage 5 Maradona and the 'Hand of God' |
| Passage 4 Scientists find giant squid |
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| Passage 5 The Great Wall of China |
| Passage 4 Stem Cell Research |