本书是《全国高等院校研究生英语核心教材系列》之一的《研究生英语核心教材——综合教程(上)》分册，全书包括十个单元。每个单元由同一题材的一篇精读、两篇泛读文章组成，配有阅读理解、结构分析、听力练习、词汇练习、结构改错、完型填空、英汉互译练习。

Unit 1

 Text The Black Tulip 

 Extensive Reading 

 Passage One The Boarded Window

 Passage Two Shark Attack on Land

Unit 2

 Text The Science of a Happy Marriage

 Extensive Reading

 Passage One I Will Wait for You

 Passage Two Love around the World

Unit 3

 Text Hong Kong: It's Back!

 Extensive Reading

 Passage One Economist

 Passage Two Will We Be Richer than Our Kids?

Unit 4

 Text What Are Little Boys Made Of?

 Extensive Reading

 Passage One Demystifying Stem Cells

 Passage Two Theory of Sexual Selection Needs Updating

Unit 5

 Text Advice to Youth

 Extensive Reading

 Passage One Teaching Teachers

 Passage Two SUNY -- The State University of New York

Unit 6 

 Text Science and War

 Extensive Reading

 Passage One Stuck in the Middle

 Passage Two The Singles Business

Unit 7

 Text Mazes

 Extensive Reading

 Passage One How Aliens Travel Great Distances Through Space

 Passage Two Are We Alone in the Universe?

Unit 8

 Text What If Einstein Had Been a Better Violinist?

 Extensive Reading

 Passage One The Man Who Saved Your Life -- Maurice R. Hiileman

 Passage Two Walt Disney

Unit 9 

 Text Characterization of Distributed Systems

 Extensive Reading

 Passage One Come Fly with Me

 Passage Two Come Together, Right Now

Unit 10

 Text A Need for Full Awareness of Planet's Fragility

 Extensive Reading

 Passage One 2004, Tsunami in South-east Asia

 Passage Two An American Tragedy --The Nightmare After Katrina