《英语快速阅读教程》与“新思路大学英语”这一系列的其他教材（包括基础教程、读写译教程和视听说教程）配合使用，共四册，本书是第二册。本书按照历史地理、文化、科普、故事、社会等类别精选本书的阅读材料，力图使学生对大学英语四级阅读材料有全面深入的了解。材料的选择和难度严格按照依据教育部颁发《大学英语教学大纲》四级的要求，遵循理论与实践相结合的原则，讲练结合，分为两大部分：（1）快速阅读技巧讲解；（2）快速阅读综合技能训练。

大学英语长篇阅读解题技巧
unit 1 family and marriage
text a the royal baby has arrived, and it’s a boy
text b breadwinner: single mothers
unit 2 learning and self-improving
text a personal investment: language studies
text b learning how to question
unit 3 honesty
text a the seed of honesty
text b honesty
unit 4 fashion
text a top ten must-haves to be trendy in 2009
text b trend: pretty boys and tomboys
unit 5 traffic and transportation
text a summer air travel from hell: get ready for crowded planes 大学英语长篇阅读解题技巧 unit 1 family and marriage text a the royal baby has arrived, and it’s a boy text b breadwinner: single mothers unit 2 learning and self-improving text a personal investment: language studies text b learning how to question unit 3 honesty text a the seed of honesty text b honesty unit 4 fashion text a top ten must-haves to be trendy in 2009 text b trend: pretty boys and tomboys unit 5 traffic and transportation text a summer air travel from hell: get ready for crowded planes text b traveling via the greyhound busstill the best way to see america unit 6 pollution text a china’s asthma problem is badand growing worse text b climate change: can china clean up fast enough? unit 7 media and privacy text a social media privacy: a contradiction in terms? text b privacy and the media unit 8 education and immigration text a china’s booming student export market text b china: the world’s largest source of immigrants ( 移民) unit 9 shopping online text a shopping online text b online shopping unit 10 cyber crime text a a cyber crime storysandra e’s story text b what to do if you’re a victim of a cyber crime reference answers