《高起点大学英语读写教程2（学生用书）》是在《大学英语教学指南》精神的指导下，针对其所提出的大学英语教学的“提高目标”和“发展目标”，为人学时英语水平起点较高的学生所编写的一套大学英语读写教材。在课程性质上体现了《大学英语教学指南》提出的工具性与人文性的有机结合；在教学目标上体现了个性化的学习需求；在编写理念上，体现了以教师为主导、以学生为主体的教学思想。

Unit One
Text AGrades and Money
Writing SkillsWriting an Argumentative Essay
Text BThe Case against Grades

Unit Two
Text APlastic Surgery： An Ugly Trend
Writing SkillsAvoiding Logical Fallacies
Text BPlastic Surgery： Should You Have It？

Unit Three
Text AWe're Too Busy for Ideas
Writing SkillsIntroduction to Academic Writing
Text BThe “Busy” Trap

Unit Four
Text AThe Decline of Fatherhood
Writing SkillsData Commentary
Text BLike Father， Like Son： How Much Nepotism Is Too Much？

Unit Five
Text AAcademic Integrity and Student Plagiarism： A Question of Education，Not Ethics
Writing SkillsPlagiarism and Citation
Text BSnared in the Web of a Wikipedia Liar

Unit Six
Text AThe Venus Syndrome
Writing SkillsWriting a summary
Text BThe Threat to the Planet

Unit Seven
Text AEthics and Reality TV， Should We Really Watch？
Writing SkillsWriting a review
Text BThe Distorting Mirror of Reality TV

Unit Eight
Text AMultiple Intelligences and Emotional Intelligences
Writing SkillsWriting an academic essay with mixed methods of development
Text BIs It Worth Being Wise？