《新世纪大学英语系列教材(第二版):英语阅读提高教程2(学生用书)》为新世纪大学英语系列教材,上海叶大印务发展有限公司印刷,2016年3月第1版,2016年3月第1次印刷。“通用英语—提高教程”引导学生开展批判性阅读,拓宽语言和文化视野,培养思辨能力。“通用英语—发展教程”着力培养学生英语思维习惯和人文情怀,扩展国际视野,提升跨文化交际意识。“专门用途英语课程教材”为国内开设学术英语和职业英语方向课程的高校度身打造,满足具有拔尖创新潜质的高水平学生使用。

Unit One
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information
Pre—reading Questions
Text: The View from Eighty
Exercises
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure
Text I: Parents Don't Have to Be Perfect
Exercises
Text 2: Thinking of Sam
Exercises
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading
Thinking as a Hobby
Exercises
Unit Two
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information
Pre—reading Questions
Text: Television: The Plug—in Drug
Exercises
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure
Text 1: High—tech in the World Today
Exercises
Text 2: Angel on a Doorstep
Exercises
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading
Once More to the Lake
Exercises
Unit Three
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information
Pre—reading Questions
Text: So Long to Bad Dogs
Exercises
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure
Text 1: Making the Most of Your Money
Exercises
Text 2: Left for Dead
Exercises
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading
Can Jesus Save Hollywood?
Exercises
Unit Four
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information
Pre—reading Questions
Text: The Shape of Making
Exercises
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure
Text 1: Control Your Crisis
Exercises
Text 2: When Your Child Lies
Exercises
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading
The Ways We Lie
Exercises
Unit Five
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information
Pre—reading Questions
Text: Explanations: Scientific and Unscientific
Exercises
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure
Text 1: Don't Believe Everything You Hear
Exercises
Text 2: A Cure That May Cost Us Ourselves
Exercise
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading
Books
Exercises
Unit Six
Part Ⅰ Reading for Information
Pre—reading Questions
Text: The Reach of Imagination
Exercises
Part Ⅱ Reading for Pleasure
Text 1: How to Get a Great Idea
Exercises
Text 2: Time to Sacrifice the Queen
Exercises
Part Ⅲ Test Your Reading
The New Food Capital of the World
Exercises
Appendix Ⅰ Glossary
Appendix Ⅱ Key to Test Your Reading