本教材旨在帮助读者扩大英语词汇量，提高快速阅读速度和增强阅读理解能力，从而广泛深入地了解有关历史、文化、经济、风俗、人情以及自然科学和人文科学方面的信息。本教材着重学生英语快速阅读策略和技巧的培养，通过本教材系统、科学的强化训练，学生的英语阅读速度可在短时间内得到大幅度提高。在练习设计上编者没有按照以语言为中心的旧模式编写，而是侧重培养学生快速浏览和查读能力，以及正确理解文章的大意、抓住主要事实和有关细节的能力。

本书适合我国高校非英语专业大学一年级第一学期开设快速阅读课程使用，也适合参加公共英语等级考试和大学四六级考试的广大读者学习使用。

快速阅读技能指南

Unit 1

Passage 1 Setting Goals

Passage 2 A New Policy on Absence

Passage 3 Rules for the University Entrance Examination

Passage 4 Listening and Note-making

Unit 2

Passage 1 A Magnificent Hunter

Passage 2 Our Endangered Wildlife

Passage 3 Americans Love Pets

Passage 4 Training of Animals

Unit 3

Passage 1 How to Shop Economically in the Grocery Store

Passage 2 Paying for What We Get

Passage 3 Our Changing Diet

Passage 4 Where to Eat, Drink and Meet？

Unit 4

Passage 1 Spring Festival

Passage 2 Christmas in America

Passage 3 St. Valentine's Day

Passage 4 An Unforgettable Experience Abroad

Unit 5

Passage 1 London

Passage 2 Beijing

Passage 3 Albert Einstein: The Man and the Legends about Him

Passage 4 Alfred Nobel' s Life and Work

Unit 6

Passage 1 The Secret Language of Success

Passage 2 Vocabulary Building

Passage 3 Learning Reading for Meaning

Passage 4 Words Can Give You Power

Unit 7

Passage 1 The SARS Virus

Passage 2 The Founding of the European Union

Passage 3 The Olympic Games

Passage 4 A Speech to American Young People

Unit 8

Passage 1 A Wonderful Machine

Passage 2 IAD

Passage 3 Can You Imagine a World Without It？

Passage 4 The Intemet Introduces New Words

Mark Sheet

Timed Reading Rate Chart

Key to Comprehension Exercises