《大学英语自学教程(上)》(高等教育出版社)是受高等教育自学考试指导委员会的委托，根据自学考试委员会制定的《英语(一)自学考试大纲》要求，由高远教授担任主编而撰写的供高等教育自学考试专科段使用的公共课程指定教材。该书讲解详细，特点明显。本书引导学生从阅读入手，精读与泛读相结合；从语篇→段落→句子→词汇和语言点，即先掌握文章的主旨和行文逻辑，再掌握词汇和语法点，让学生自己从文章中总结英语语言的运用，从而加强对本教材的理解和学习。可供各大专院校作为教材使用，也可供从事相关工作的人员作为参考用书使用。

Unit 1 Text A How to Be a Successful Language Learner?

 Text B Language

Unit 2 Text A Taxes, Taxes and More Taxes

 Text B Advertising

Unit 3 Text A The Atlantic Ocean

 Text B The Moon

Unit 4 Text A Improving Your Memory

 Text B Short-Term Memory

Unit 5 Text A Fallacies About Food

 Text B Do Animals Think?

阶段练习一(Unit 1-Unit 5)及参考答案

Unit 6 Text A Diamonds

 Text B The Difference Between Plants and Animals

Unit 7 Text A Family

 Text B The Changing Ameriean Family

Unit 8 Text A Telecommunication via Satellite

 Text B What People Don't Know About Air

Unit 9 Text A Learned Words and Popular Words

 Text B How Should You Build Up Your Vocabulary

Unit 10 Text A Scientific Attitudes

 Text B Solving Problems Scientifically

阶段练习二(Unit 6-Unit 10)及参考答案

Unit II Text A The Great American Garage Sale

 Text B American Stores

Unit 12 Text A How Dictionaries Are Made

 Text B Reading Provides Necessary Survival Skills

Unit 13 Text A Insurance

 Text B What Is Money and What Are Its Functions?

Unit 14 Text A The Importance of Being Kind and Polite

 Text B Why We Walk in Circles

Unit 15 Text A How TV Violence Affects Kids

 Text B Why Don't Girls Think Like Boys?

阶段练习三(Unit 11-Unit 15)及参考答案

Unit 16 Text A Heart Disease:Treat or Prevent?

 Text B Dieting Four Way to Health

Unit 17 Text A Panic and Its Effects

 Text B Sleepwalking-Fact or Fancy?

Unit 18 Text A Why Are Maps Drawn with North at the Top

 Text B You Have a Choice

Unit 19 Text A Animals at Risk: Who Cares

 Text B The Killer Smogs

Unit 20 Text A You can't Do it Because It Hurts Nobody

 Text B Marriage in Iran and America:A Study in Contrasts

阶段练习四(Unit 16-Unit 20)及参考答案

Unit 21 Text A The Language of Uncertainty

 Text B It Never Rains but It Pours!

Unit 22 Text A Current Attitudes toward Physical Fitness

 Text B People and Colors

Unit 23 Text A Non-verbal Communication

 Text B Body Talk

Unit 24 Text A Saving the Rainforests for Future Generation

 Text B Life on the Tundra

Unit 25 Text A American Men Don't Cry

 Text B Stop Worrying Now!

阶段练习五(Unit 21-Unit 25)及参考答案

2007年10月高等教育自学考试全国统一便是考试英语(一)试卷

英语(一)模拟试卷及参考答案