《"十二五"普通高等教育本科 规划教材:全新版大学英语快速阅读1(新题型版)(第2版)》秉承首版教材的优良传统，继承兼收并蓄的折中主义教学理念，参照《大学英语课程教学要求》修订，更加贴近教学实际，更有效提**习者语言综合应用能力，更好满足新时期人才培养需求。

Unit 1
Text A-1 Welcome Letter for New First-Year Students
Text A-2 Student Opinion
Text B-1 A Day in the Life of Jane Wesley
Text B-2 Tips for First.Year Students
Unit 2
Text A-1 Making Friends
Text A-2 Black and White
Text B-1 Friends
Text B-2 Friendship
Unit 3
Text A-1 Stephen Hawking
Text A-2 Can Computers Replace People?
Text B-1 The Scientific Method （1）
Text B-2 The_Scientific Method （2）
Unit 4
Text A-1 A Country of Immigrants
Text A-2 Andrew Carnegie
Text B-1 The Automobile in American Life
Text B-2 I.M. Pei
Unit 5
Text A-1 The Waitress
Text A-2 My First Job
Text B-1 Jump
Text B-2 The Death Car
Unit 6
Text Aol Cyclingfor Air-With Love
Text A-2 Internet Love Can Work
Text B-1 The Woman of His Dreams
Text B-2 Early Autumn
Unit 7
Text A-1 Alex， the Talking Parrot
Text A-2 Do Animals Think?
Text B-1 Natural and Applied Science
Text B-2 The Link Between Pure and Applied Science
Unit 8
Text A-1 Adult Education in the U.S
Text A-2 Nobody Can Do It Like McDonald's
Text B-1 Continuing Education Classes
Text B-2 Biological Clocks
Appendix
Key to Comprehension Exercises