为配合教育部*新颁布的《大学英语课程教学要求》的执行，提高学生的自主学习能力，我们精心编写了与**级**教材《21世纪大学英语读写教程（修订版）》相配套的辅助学习材料——《自主学习导读》（1—4册），以配合该教材的实施。
这套《自主学习导读》共分四册，分别针对教材1—4册的内容按单元。编写而成。内容涉及每个单元的课文概要、文章结构、难句英汉释义、**词汇和短语的辨析、句子结构的讲解等，旨在帮助学生更加透彻地理解原文。同时，还为课文练习提供了部分答案。
本《自主学习导读》的一大特色就是为每一单元精心提供了一个单元测试，这些测试完全针对改革后的大学英语四、六级考试（710分）新题型，由多项内容组成，包括：选词填空、快速阅读理解、仔细阅读理解、完形填空、简答、改错、句子翻译和写作等．目的在于帮助学生巩固课堂所学知识，提高语言技能和应试能力，以优异成绩通过四、六级考试。

Unit One
Text A Secrets of A Students
Text B Bittersweet Memories
Text C Leaving
Key to the Exercises
Test One
Unit Two
Text A Conversational Ballgames
Text B The Power of Words
Text C How to Improve Your Vocabulary
Key to the Exercises
Test Two
Unit Three
Text A Stevie Wonder: Sunshine in the Shadow
Text B We Are What We Think We Are
Text C Her Newly-discovered Self.
Key to the Exercises
Test Three
Unit Four
Text A The Washwoman
Text B A Good Name
Text C This Is Why Jordan Is Jordan
Key to the Exercises
Test Four
Unit Five
Text A The Language of Compromise
Text B Easy Ways to Avoid an Argument
Text C "Good Morning, Neighbor!"
Key to the Exercises
Test Five
Unit Six
Text A Nerds and Geeks
Text B Our Changing Lifestyle: Trends and Fads
Text C Popularity That Counts
Key to the Exercises
Test Six
Unit Seven
Text A I Became Her Target
Text B Firm, Fair, and Friendly
Text C The Magic Pebbles
Key to the Exercises
Test Seven
Unit Eight~
Text A Foreword
Text B Smart Machines: Our Tireless Helpers
Text C Intemet Helps Solve a Medical Mystery
Key to the Exercises
Test Eight
Key to the Tests
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