本册是《大学生英语快速阅读新导学》的第四册。本册可以说是该系列书的总结和升华，突出了阅读技巧的应用。该书在指导学生阅读各类题材和文体的文章的同时，要求学生灵活运用各种技巧掌握中心大意、事实和细节，并能就文章的内容进行分析、推理、判断和综合概括，领会作者的观点和态度，并努力做到提高阅读速度。

Unit 1 Anecdotes

　Passage 1 Bartender Still Mixing Martinis at 90

　Passage 2 The Real Thing

　Passage 3 Against the Odds

　Passage 4 How to Take Initiative at Work

Unit 2 International Business

　Passage 1 Transfer of Technology

　Passage 2 Franchising

　Passage 3 Venture Capital Investment

　Passage 4 The Value of Work

Unit 3 Value　Passage 1 Value Theories

　Passage 2 Puppies for Sale

　Passage 3 The Window

　Passage 4 Three-stringed Violin

Unit 4 Environment

　Passage I Environmental Myths

　Passage2 A Victory for Clean Air

　Passage 3 The Global Warming "Hoax"

　Passage 4 Warning on Global Warming

Unit 5 Medical Discovery

　Passage 1 Animal Organ Transplants

　Passage 2 The Discovery of Medicine in China

　Passage 3 Sleep Less, Live Longer

　Passage 4 Medical Benefits Remain Elusive

Unit 6 Sports

　Passage 1 History of Golf

　Passage 2 Paralympic Games

　Passage 3 The Ancient Athlete: Amateur or Professional

　Passage 4 Zinedine Zidane Doesn't Come Clean

Unit 7 Animals

　Passage 1 Wild Findings on Animal Sleep

　Passage 2 Pigeons

　Passage 3 New Ways of Thinking

　Passage 4 Killer Sloth

Unit 8 Disaster

　Passage 1 1964 Alaska Earthquake

　Passage 2 Venezuela's Disaster

　Passage 3 Tsunamis

　Passage 4 Why We Don't Prepare

Key to the Exercises