本书瞄准新的大学英语四、六级考试，以理念新、选材新、练习题型新，从而达到有效提高应试能力为编写宗旨。本书内容共14个单元，每单元附有1篇主题性文章、1篇速读文章、3篇精读文章。包括：词汇、短语的注释和练习，难句的注释和翻译练习，理解练习及思考题；判断练习，根据文章完成句子的练习；填词练习(第一篇)，选择练习(第二篇、第三篇)。本书在主题性文章中加入了提示语，目的是引导读者把握文章主旨，迅速捕捉文章中的重要信息。这是本书编写上的一大特色。

Unit 1 All You Need Is One Phone Number

Unit 2 Work and Worry Making Doctors Sick

Unit 3 Blogs,the Media of the People

Unit 4 Giving Thanks Also Paves the Way to Achieving Goals

Unit 5 Man of Indomitable Spirit

Unit 6 Games Spirit Lives at Primary School

Unit 7 Agriculture Goes Toward Modernization

Unit 8 Modern Oil and Gas Exploration

Unit 9 India's Outsourcing Industry Is Facing a Labor Shortage

Unit 10 Chipfamily

Unit 11 Put Your Life on a Disk

Unit 12 A New Caretaker in Japan

Unit 13 President Bush's Address to the Nation on Sept.11 Anniversary

Unit 14 Boeing Does the "Right Thing"