张砚秋、解又明主编的这本《大学英语泛读(4学生用书第3版)》是按照2004年教育部颁布的《大学英语课程教学要求(试行)》并结合当前我国大学英语的实际情况而进行的。本书在提高阅读能力的同时，注重培养学生综合应用英语的能力。每篇课文后有两种练习，一是阅读练习，二是词语应用练习。词语应用练习的形式力求多样、新颖，例如多义词用法小结、小词的活用及搭配、同形异义词辨析、以及词的派生等，既能帮助归纳已学知识，又能锻炼学生的应变和适应能力。

UNIT ONE

 1.Words That Work Miracles

 2.An Uncertain Future

 3.Shame

UNIT Two

 4.To Face Life with Courage

 5.A Rifle, an Ax and a Bag of Corn

 6.Backpacking

UNIT THREE

 7.About Heroes

 8.Armed and Dangerous

 9.The First Piano in a Mining Camp

UNIT FOUR

 10.Reagan's First Inaugural Address

 11.What Profession to Enter?

 12.How to Be an Employee

UNIT FIVE

 13.What Makes a Leader?

 14.Henry VIII

 15.The Louisiana Purchase

 TEST YOURSELF (1)

UNIT Six

 16.A Man Who Had No Eyes

 17.Throwaway Clothes: Cool and Cheap

 18.I'll Remember It in a Minute

UNIT SEVEN

 19.My Mother's Hands

 20.Preservation of the Forests

 21.The Man on the Street and the Men on the Moon

UNIT EIGHT

 92.Was There a Golden Age?

 23.In the Footsteps of Giants

 24.How Advertising Informs to Our Benefit

UNIT NINE

 25.Hate

 26.Homicide?

 27.The Cat Is Out of the Bag

UNIT TEN

 28.An Essay on War

 29.Don't Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgments

 30.One of the Greatest Performing Artists of All Time

TEST YOURSELF (2)

APPENDICES

 Ⅰ.Glossary

 Ⅱ.Key to Test Yourself (1)and (2)

 Ⅲ.Key to Comprehension of the Text