《大学英语快速阅读》(上、下册)是根据教育部大学英语教学改革目标以及《大学英语课程教学要求》中对快速阅读能力的要求,参照最新大学英语四、六级考试模式和训练形式编写。全书(上、下册)共有120篇文章。每册分为四部分:技巧导航、篇章阅读、词语速查和练习答案。其中,“词语速查”是此次修订新增内容,目的是方便学生阅读时的生词查阅。本套教程在继承《大学英语快速阅读教程》(上、下册)的优点的基础上,在修订版的答案部分增加了“答案定位”,可以帮助学生快速找到答案依据。此外,本套教材更换了部分时代性更强、内容更新的文章。本书是下册,本书由张艳丽主编。
Unit 1
Text A The Seven Gifts
Text B Animal Language
Text C Next Stop after Graduation
Text D Biz Books Preferable to Potter
Unit 2
Text A The United Nations: The World in One Building
Text B Carnival in Brazil
Text C Some Customs of India
Text D American Dress
Unit 3
Text A Working for the Future
Text B Why Don't Girls Think Like Boys?
Text C Pop Stars Earn Much
Text D Selfless Support
Unit 4
Text A A Horrible Experience
Text B Can People Trust Each Other
Text C Names and Titles
Text D Method of Education: East versus West
Unit 5
Text A Better Known as Mark Twain
Text B Computerized Supermarket
Text C Crime in Computer
Text D How to Build Secure E-mails
Unit 6
Text A The First Thanksgiving
Text B Helen Keller
Text C Dolly Parton
Text D The First Lady
Unit 7
Text A Richard Nixon' s Childhood
Text B Ten Principles of Health and Illness
Text C Indoor Pollution
Text D Astrology
Unit 8
Text A How to Become an Employee
Text B Advertising and Public Relations: The Pretty Package
Text C Euthanasia: For and Against
Text D You're Fired
Unit 9
Text A Don' t Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgements
Text B Why Not Speed Up Your Reading
Text C Pets and Americans
Text D Meeting an Old Friend
Unit 10
Text A Why Money Doesn' t Buy Happiness
Text B How Should Teachers Be Rewarded?
Text C The Thing I Really Like Is There' s No Tipping
Text D Should We Allow Curiosity to Kill the Cat?
Unit 11
Text A There' s No Place Like Home
Text B Having Kids Makes You Happy?
Text C The Virtual College
Text D Choosing Optimism
Unit 12
Text A To Help the Kids, Parents Go Back to School
Text B The White House
Text C Television Addiction Is No Mere Metaphor
Text D New "Green Revolution": Cleaner Cars and Energy
Unit 13
Text A The Web Way to Learn a Language
Text B Equality of Opportunity and Competition
Text C Reading Good Books
Text D In Some Way Different
Unit 14
Text A Should a Kid Be Guided to Tell a White Lie?
Text B Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder
Text C The Lost Gold Piece
Text D Noah' s New Ark
Unit 15
Text A How Psychology Can Help the Planet Stay Cool
Text B Stump
Text C Amazon River
Text D My Strange Beijing Friend
练习答案