《大学英语阅读教程》是北京大学出版社出版的大学英语立体化网络化系列教材之一。全册书包括24课。选材与《大学英语教程》(1～4册)内容相对应，话题广泛，主题深刻。其中既有关于大学生校园生活的题材，也有关于历史、文化、环境、教育等人类广泛关注的话题。本书旨在为学习者提供丰富多彩的英文阅读素材，帮助学习者开阔视野、改善思维、增强跨文化意识、掌握英语阅读策略和阅读技能。

Lesson 1

 TEXT The Great Kern County Mouse War

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING McDonald's Workers to Get New Clothes

Lesson 2

 TEXT Whatever's Happened to the Weather?

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING Africa Fights Locust Plagues

Lesson 3

 TEXT The Global Green Deal

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING Are Girls Good at Science like Boys?

Lesson 4

 TEXT My Lifelong Apprenticeship

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING To Blog or Not to Blog: For Some, Not Even a Question

Lesson 5

 TEXT How to Deal with a Difficult Boss

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING My Black Skin Makes My White Coat Vanish

Lesson 6

 TEXT A Message to Garcia

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING One Woman's Inspiring Story

Lesson 7

 TEXT Friends of the Ring

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING If at First You Don't Succeed Enough

Lesson 8

 TEXT Happy People

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING A College Student's Experience in Politics

Lesson 9

 TEXT Happiness

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING Chinese, English Speakers Vary at Math

Lesson 10

 TEXT The Making of a Scientist

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING China: Help Wanted

Lesson 11

 TEXT Take This Fish and Look at It

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT.

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING Microsoft Seeking Ways to Help Illiterate

Lesson 12

 TEXT Why There Are So Few Women in Science

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING Lost but Could Be Found

Lesson 13

 TEXT Shattered Worlds

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING Chronically I11 Patients Turn to Yoga for Relief

Lesson 14

 TEXT The War Prayer

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING One Number Doesn't Fit All

Lesson 15

 TEXT The Sniper

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING Dad Beats up Mum. What Can a Child Do?

Lesson 16

 TEXT Frontier Family: The American Experience

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING Colleges Chase as Cheats Shift to Higher Tech

Lesson 17

 TEXT The Frontier Disappears

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING Learning to Save Can Be Challenging

Lesson 18

 TEXT The Western: The Legend and the Cardboard Hero

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING Go for Internship in India

Lesson 19

 TEXT The Mystery of Rommel's Missing Treasure

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING Resolve to Improve, One Step at a Time

Lesson 20

 TEXT The Greenland Viking Mystery

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING "Cyberloafers" Use Up 20 Working Days Yearly

Lesson 21

 TEXT The Man in the Iron Mask

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING Japan Tries to Cut Down on Plastic Bags

Lesson 22

 TEXT Understanding Society and Culture through Eating

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING Witnessing Record-Breaking Sales

Lesson 23

 TEXT Japanese and American Workers: Two Casts of Mind

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING Excited London to Host 2012 Games

Lesson 24

 TEXT The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Mafia

 POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A. Reading Comprehension Check

 B. Reading Strategies

 C. Reading Translation

 D. Reading Afterthoughts

 FAST READING The Desert's Own Secret Santa

Appendix Ⅰ Keyto Exercises

Appendix Ⅱ Key to Fast Reading

Appendix Ⅲ Addenda