《新21世纪大学英语阅读教程(2)》为《新21世纪大学英语》系列教材相配套的阅读教程第二册，结构与第一册基本相同，但篇幅和难度均有所提高，可供高等院校各专业本科生第二学期作为拓展阅读教材使用。本阅读教程按主题编排，共有八个单元。每个单元包括四大部分：一、阅读导入(Prereading Activities)，二、A课文(Text A)，三、B课文(Text B)，四、补充阅读(Additional Theme-related Activities)。本书由毛立群、黎凡主编。

Unit 1 Bond of Friendship

 Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities

 Part Ⅱ Text A: The Girlfriend Instinct: The Value of Female Friendships

 Part Ⅲ Text B: Ten Qualities That Make a Friend a Friend

 Part Ⅳ Additional Theme-related Activities

Unit 2 Road to Success

 Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities

 Part Ⅱ Text, A: What Keeps Most People From Success?

 Part Ⅲ Text B: How "Average" People Excel

 Part Ⅳ Additional Theme-related Activities

Unit 3 Being True to One's Self

 Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities

 Part Ⅱ Text A: Self-Esteem

 Part Ⅲ Text B: Declaration of Conscience

 Part Ⅳ Additional Theme-related Activities

Unit 4 Cultural Values

 Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities

 Part Ⅱ Text A: Culture Shock: A Fish out of Water

 Part Ⅲ Text B: American Ways

 Part Ⅳ Additional Theme-related Activities

Unit 5 A Piece of Advice

 Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities

 Part Ⅱ Text A: The Best Advice My Mother Ever Gave Me

 Part Ⅲ Text B: Advice to Youth

 Part Ⅳ Additional Theme-related Activities

Unit 6 Future World

 Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities

 Part Ⅱ Text A: Cities of the Future

 Part Ⅲ Text B: Will the World End i~n 2012?

 Part Ⅳ Additional Theme-related Activities'

Unit 7 Non-Human Earthlings

 Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities

 Part Ⅱ Text A: Effectively Communicate with Animals

 Part Ⅲ Text B: The Real Monsters of Halloween

 Part Ⅳ Additional Theme-related Activities

Unit 8 New Technology

 Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities

 Part Ⅱ Text A: New Technology and Our Lifestyle

 Part Ⅲ Text B: It's a Small Word After All

 Part Ⅳ Additional Theme-related Activities