本册与前四册一样,课文全部选用原文材料,仅作了少量必要的删改。选材时注意了文章的趣味性、知识性和可思性。本册共有十个单元,供一个学期使用。

UNIT 1
Text: A Kind of Sermon
Study & Practice
Comprehension Questions
Paragraph Analysis: Identifying Paragraph Topics
Vocabulary Work
Cloze
Passage Translation
Reading Activity
Passage: First Day: Give Us 15 Minutes a Day by Wilfred Funk and Norman Lewis
Writing Practice: Precis Writing

UNIT 2
Text: The Fifth Freedom
Study & Practice
Reading Aloud
Comprehension Questions
Paragraph Analysis: The Outline
Vocabulary Work
Cloze
Error Correction
Reading Activity
Passage: Letter from Home
by William Zinsser
Writing Practice: Precis Writing

UNIT 3
Text: Your Key to a Better Life
Study & Practice
Comprehension Questions
Outlining Activity
Vocabulary Work
Cloze
Passage Translation
Reading Activity
Passage: Born to Win
by Muriel James and Dorothy Jongeward
Writing Practice: Passage Writing
Supplementary Reading in Popular Science
Grow Your Own Body Parts

UNIT 4
Text: Epilogue （from The Gadfly）
Study & Practice
Reading Aloud
Text Analysis: How to Read Fiction （Part I ）
Vocabulary Work
Word Formation
Cloze
Error Correction
Reading Activity
Short Story: The Sniper
Writing Practice: Letter Writing: Writing Personal Letters

UNIT 5
Text: Science and the Scientific Attitude
Study & Practice
Comprehension Questions
Outlining Activity
Vocabulary Work
Cloze
Passage Translation
Reading Activity
Passage: The Breakthroughs in Medicine
by James V. McConnell
Writing Practice: Passage Writing
TEST YOURSELF: Test Paper 1

UNIT 6
Text: If It Comes Back
Study & Practice
Reading Aloud
Comprehension Questions
Vocabulary Work
Cloze
Error Correction
Reading Activity
Short Story: The Chaser
by John Collier
Writing Practice: Retelling of the Story
Supplementary Reading in Popular Science
Will We Run Out of Water？

UNiT 7
Text: Love Story （Chapter 13）
Study & Practice
Text Analysis: How to Read Fiction （Part Ⅱ ）
Vocabulary Work
Cloze
Passage Translation
Reading Activity
Short Story: Feels Like Spring
by Milton Kaplan
Writing Practice: Letter Writing : Addressing Envelopes Writing Formal Invitations & Social Notes

UNIT 8
Text: Roaming the Cosmos
Study & Practice
Reading Aloud
Comprehension Questions
Vocabulary Work
Cloze
Error Correction
Reading Activity
Passage: Three Days to See by Helen Keller
Writing Practice: Letter Writing

UNIT 9
Text: The Key to Management
Study & Practice
Comprehension Questions
Vocabulary Work
Cloze
Passage Translation
Reading Activity
Passage: Who Makes It to the Top
by Richard R. Conarroe
Writing Practice: Passage Writing
Supplementary Reading in Popular Science
Wiring the Ivory Tower

UNIT 10
Text: I Have a Dream
Study & Practiee
Reading Aloud
Rhetorical Analysis
Vocabulary Work
Cloze
Error Correction
Reading Activity
Passage: Conflict in Black and White
by Lewis Levine and Lucinda S. Hughey
Writing Practice: Essay Writing
TEST YOURSELF: Test Paper 2
APPENDIX 1: Key to Test Paper 1
Key to Test Paper 2
APPENDIX 2: Key to Exercises in Supplementary Readings
APPENDIX 3" Glossary

本书为《大学英语》系列教材精读教程第五册,供大学英语五级学生使用。本册与前四册一样,课文全部选用原文材料,仅作了少量必要的删改。选材时注意了文章的趣味性、知识性和可思性。本册共有十个单元,供一个学期使用。每一单元的内容编排与前四册大致相同,但也有不少改动。总的原则是在前四册学习的基础上,加强了综合练习。 课文注释仍以介绍有关背景知识为主,对个别难理解的词句也作了解释,供学生预习时参考。