Introduction
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Passage 1 Is intelligence inborn and
fixed? 12
Passage 2 Why young people are
critical of their parents? 19
Passage 3 Adult children return to
the nest 25
Passage 4 Why prices keep rising
while there is more food supply? 33
Passage 5 Sleep deficit: reasons and
consequences 39
Passage 6 Conservation should be
made a part of everyone’s daily life 46
Passage 7 Would factory farming help
poor countries? 53
Passage 8 Why are appliances
produced so awkward to use? 60
Passage 9 No one should be forced to
wear uniform 66
Passage 10 Do good looks matter?
72
Passage 11 A minimum of subsistence
gives people real freedom 78
Passage 12 If you want a musical
prodigy, you’ll have to crack the whip 85
Passage 13 Is college still working
magic for everyone? 92
Passage 14 Professors: to teach or
to research? 100
Passage 15 How schools are cutting
busing costs 108
Passage 16 Why women are living
longer than men? 116
Passage 17 Mobility is splitting
family relationship 123
Passage 18 Are immigrants good or
bad for the economy? 131
Passage 19 Science vs. humanities
139
Passage 20 How studying or working
abroad makes you smarter 148
Passage 21 China’s addiction to
luxury goods 158
Passage 22 The secret cause of
buyer’s remorse 168
Passage 23 School field trips are in
decline, and that’s a loss for students 176
Passage 24 The dark side of goal
setting 184
Passage 25 Eating your feelings?
Your mom might be to blame 194
Passage 26 Can Facebook make you
sad? 202
Passage 27 Women wear too much
makeup because they mistakenly think men like it 211
Passage 28 How “policy by panic” can
backfire for environmentalists 220
Passage 29 Could work emails be
banned after 6 pm? 231
Passage 30 Bye bye, baby 242
Appendix: Answers 258
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