由龚耀主编的《高职高专英语泛读教程（1）》以当前我国高职高专英语教学的实际需要为出发点，以培养学生的英语综合应用能力为目标，以突出和强化学生阅读技能训练与培养为目的，而设计、开发的一套贴近高职学生生活，实用新颖，学、考并重的全新阅读教材。

本教材依据《高职高专教育英语课程教学基本要求》，结合高等学校英语应用能力A、B级考试和大学英语四级考试，按照实用、够用的原则，设计、编排各单元的内容和体例，旨在帮助学生培养良好的阅读习惯，掌握实用的英语阅读知识和技巧，提高英语的文字处理能力，顺利通过A、B级和四级考试，并为学生的可持续性发展创造良好条件。

Unit 1 Bearing Friendship in Mind

 Passage A Mr.Gillespie

 Reading Skills Preview

 Passage B A Journey of Friendship

 Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

 Reading for Fun A New Friend of Doziest Sleepers

Unit 2 Never Forgetting Mothers Love

 Passage A Mystery of the White Gardenia

 Reading Skills Guessing Unknown Words from Context （1）

 Passage B Love Is like a Broken Arm

 Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

 Reading for Fun Tom and His Mother

Unit 3 Showing Mercy to the Weak

 Passage A Breakfast at McDonalds

 Reading Skills Guessing Unknown Words from Context （2）

 Passage B The Kindness of a Stranger

 Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

 Reading for Fun A Football Fan

Unit 4 Kee in Our Planet Clean

 Passage A You Have Lost Something

 Reading Skills Guessing Unknown Words from Context （3）

 Passage B Too High a Price?

 Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

 Reading for Fun The Lonely Hamster

Unit 5 Taking Advantage of the Internet

 Passage A Free Downloading——A Hot Issue

 Reading Skills Guessing Unknown Words from Word Formation （1）

 Passage B Childrens Internet Usage： How Parents Can Take Control

 Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

 Reading for Fun The Misdirected Vacation E-mail

Unit 6 Realizing a Nice Dream

 PassageA If the Dream Is Big Enough

 Reading Skills Guessing Unknown Words from Word Formation （2）

 Passage B The Two Roads

 Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

 Reading for Fun Your Horse Called

Unit 7 Fighting Terrible Diseases

 Passage A Please Dress Me in Red

 Reading Skills Looking for Topic Sentences

 Passage B The Story of a Fathers" Love for His Disabled Son

 Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

 Reading for Fun What Happened in Texas?

Unit 8 Going on a Journey

 Passage A End of the Road

 Reading Skills Reading for Main Idea

 Passage B How to Be a Tourist When You Live in NYC

 Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

 Reading for Fun A Talking Pig

Unit 9 Shaping Proper Life Attitude

 Passage A Learning to Laugh at Yourself

 Reading Skills Understanding Homonym and Homophone

 Passage B "If Only…"

 Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

 Reading for Fun Domestic Divide

Unit 10 Looking for a Job

 Passage A Working for the Police

 Reading Skills Understanding Transitions

 Passage B Heavy Equipment Mechanic

 Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

 Reading for Fun What Is Two and Two?

 Key to Exercises