This book is intended for students of faculties of foreign languages, post-graduate students, students of not language specialities, and also for listeners of various courses with profound studying of English language. Necessity of the edition of this book is caused by absence of the modern systematized teaching material on the basis of original texts of periodicals. Different materials of the American mass-media such as "Washington Post", "Newsweek", are put in a book basis possessing world popularity. Articles containing the most actual subjects are offered in the book: global economic crisis, world events, policy and women, terrorism, a modern ecological situation, etc.