New first certificate english - Reading comprehension – W. S. Fowler – Nelson – 1984 – Blanda

**New first certificate english - Reading comprehension**: Reading Comprehension, BOOK 2

Contents:
Unit 1: People
The unexpected brothers
Unit 2: Places
A house in the Herault
Holiday in Portugal
Unit 3: Interviews
Before the interview
The interview itself
Unit 4: Family life
Inviting a friend
Husband and wife
Unit 5: Narrow escapes
An air crash avoided
Escape from the fire

Unit 6: Unusual people
The modern Professor Higgins
The funeral of Harry Lime
Lexical Progress test 1
Unit 7: City and country
A spa in the heart of London
A country childhood
Unit 8: Finding the way
A small town 40 years ago
A house called "The Franchise"
Unit 9: Discussion
Seat belts: freedom and the law
Readers' letters: seat belts
Readers' letters: the police and the public
Unit 10: Students' problems
A career in the food industry
Students' bank accounts
Unit 11: Cars
A very lucky driver
Unit 12: The cinema
Hollywood musicals
Lexical Progress test 2
Unit 13: Illenss
Health insurance
Unit 14: Shopping
Fruit and vegetables
Buying a goldfish
Unit 15: Education
Varieties of english
Unit 16: Adventure
Rescue in the Pacific
Unit 17: Crime
Chief justice of the United States
Unit 18: Meeting the rich
Father
Daughter
Lexical progress tests 3
Unit 19: Sport
The most dramatic cup final
Unit 20: Travel
Overcoming Indian bureaucracy
How not to go to France
Unit 21: Employment
Evarlier retirement?
Paying income tax
Unit 22: Correspondence
Mix-up by mail
Unit 23: Archaeology
Egyptian mummy-making
Unit 24: History
The Prince of Wales in Paris (1855)
Lexical progress tests 4
The papers
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Appendix
Phrasal and prepositional verbs.