本书依据《大学英语课程教学要求》的精神,在同名书**版的基础上修订而成,分为4册。本册共18个单元,每单元由10篇阅读理解文章及不同形式的练习题构成。在编写过程中,力求所选文章依据难易梯度设置,各篇词汇分布均匀,尽可能覆盖《大学英语课程教学要求》中规定的词汇和各项语言基础知识。每篇阅读文章之前均提供了文章字数,供学生及时评估阅读速度和效率,逐步提高阅读理解能力。本次修订主要订正了**版书中的个别错误,更换了少量难度或主题不甚理想的文章或习题,将文中的生词进行了重新全面排查和注解。本教程既可作为独立的大学英语阅读教材使用,也可配合大学英语主干教材使用。 本教程的目标读者为高等院校在校学生,大学英语四、六级备考人员及英语水平相当的其他人士。

Unit 1
Holidays and Vacation
Psychology
The Market
Aptitude
Ways of Spending Holiday
The Crime of the Month
On Being Punctual
Movies
Manners and Customs
On the Stock Exchange
Unit 2
The Mars
Dog Food
Man's Best Friend
Hair Care
A Package Is an Advertisement
Birds' Flight
Education in America
Advertisements
A Journey
Examination
Unit 3
Basketball
The Value of Defeat
Napoleon's Waterloo
Memory System
Norwegian Government
Examinations
Life and English
Stock Market
The Chip Masters
A Wooden Bowl
Unit 4
Apologizing Art
Unusual but Legal
Computer and Man
Supermarkets
Art of Conversation
Halloween
Crime Rates
Flu and Cold
Pay for Your College
Disney and His Cartoon World
Unit 5
Plankton ——A New Resource of Food
Nobel Prize
A Tidal Wave
The Trumpet
Thomas Jefferson
Loan
Open-sea Areas
Should Women Return to Their Kitchens?
From Amateur to Artist
A Revised Schedule
Unit 6
Intelligence
A Daily Energy Cycle
American Dollars
Time Problem
Advertising
A New Way to Get Fresh Water
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Unit 7
Unit 8
Unit 9
Unit 10
Unit 11
Unit 12
Unit 13
Unit 14
Unit 15
Unit 16
Unit 17
Unit 18
Reference Keys