孙黎主编的《综合英语教程(4)》不同于普通高校英语专业教材，在教材设计、内容选择、语言描述等方面充分考虑了在职成人外语学生的特点；使用者为已经具有英语专业专科的基础，旨在获得本科学历和学位的成人学生，但同时也兼顾具有相应英语水平的非英语专业的成人学生；在选择课文和教学内容上，旨在兼顾趣味性、知识性和语言难度的结合；参加编写人员都是从事十年以上成人英语教学和研究的专职教授、副教授，他们的丰富学识和教学经历可以确保本系列教程的质量及其科学性。

“英语专业专科起点专升本系列教材”是针对成人教育英语专业的专科升本科学员编写的英语精读教材。《综合英语教程(4)》适用对象为专升本二年级下学期的学员。内容包括：Precis，Oral Expression，Vocabulary Preview，Text，Notes，Linguistic Point/Survey of English-speaking Countries和Exercises等，其中Exercises包括General Knowledge，Translation：English-Chinese/Chinese-English，Error-correction，Multiple Choices等。书末设有Appendix：Key to Exercises。《综合英语教程(4)》由孙黎主编。

Unit One The Private Life of Mr. Bidwell

 Precis

 Oral Expression

 Vocabulary Preview

 Text

 Notes

 Linguistic Point 1: Pragmatics

 Exercises

Unit Two Home Is Where the Heart Is

 Precis

 Oral Expression

 Vocabulary Preview

 Text

 Notes

 Linguistic Point 2: Sociolinguistics

 Exercises

Unit Three The Roles of Husband and Wife

 Precis

 Oral Expression

 Vocabulary Preview

 Notes

 Linguistic Point 3: Psycholinguistics

 Exercises

Unit Four Being a Secretary Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

 Precis

 Oral Expression

 Vocabulary Preview

 Text

 Notes

 Linguistic Point 4: Neurolinguistics

 Exercises

Unit Five Helping Parents of Gifted Children

 Precis

 Oral Expression

 Vocabulary Preview

 Text

 Notes

 Survey of English-speaking Countries 1

 Exercises

Unit Six Intelligence

 Precis

 Oral Expression

 Vocabulary Preview

 Text

 Notes

 Survey of English-speaking Countries 2

 Exercises

Unit Seven Beethoven

 Precis

 Oral Expression

 Vocabulary Preview

 Text

 Notes

 Survey of English-speaking Countries 3

 Exercises

Unit Eight Intelligence in an Electronic Age

 Precis

 Oral Expression

 Vocabulary Preview

 Text

 Notes

 Survey of English-speaking Countries 4

 Exercises

Unit Nine Neat People vs. Sloppy People

 Precis

 Oral Expression

 Vocabulary Preview

 Text

 Notes

 Survey of English-speaking Countries 5

 Exercises

Unit Ten Friends, Good Friends -- and Such Good Friends

 Precis

 Oral Expression

 Vocabulary Preview

 Text

 Notes

 Survey of English-speaking Countries 6

 Exercises

Unit Eleven How Books Helped Shape My Life

 Precis

 Oral Expression

 Vocabulary Preview

 Text

 Notes

 Survey of English-speaking Countries 7

 Exercises

Unit Twelve A Funeral

 Precis

 Oral Expression

 Vocabulary Preview

 Text

 Notes

 Survey of English-speaking Countries 8

 Exercises

Appendix Key to Exercise