本教材严格按照《高职高专英语教学基本要求》(修订稿)，选编了15个单元的文章共45篇，题材丰富，体裁多样，供高职高专以及大学基础阶段的学生训练快速阅读使用。

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Unit One Colleges and Universities

 Basic Reading Skills ( 1 )

 Passage One  Examinations Exert a Pernicious Influence on Education

 Passage Two  Being a Woman Scientist

 Passage Three  Universities Branch Out

Unit Two Cyber World

 Basic Reading Skills (2)

 Passage One  Laptop Computers

 Passage Two  A Normal Business Man

 Passage Three  Protect Your Privacy When Job-hunting Online

Unit Three Traveling

 Basic Reading Skills( 3 )

 Passage One  Munich Beer Festival

 Passage Two  Architectural Differences Cause Confusion

 Passage Three  CIA in America

Unit Four Science and Technology

 Basic Reading Skills(4)

 Passage One  Anesthetics

 Passage Two  Distinct Shifts in the Preferred Methods for Infant Care

 Passage Three  How to Be a Smart Online Shopper

Unit Five Culture and Education

 Basic Reading Skills (5)

 Passage One  Culture, One of the Most Challenging Elements

 Passage Two  Part-time Education or Distance Learning

 Passage Three  What We can Play with

Unit Six Health

 Basic Reading Skills (6)

 Passage One  Welfare Reform in Athens County

 Passage Two  Why Cream Goes Bad Faster than Butter

 Passage Three  Babies Prove Sound Learners

Unit Seven Business

 Basic Reading Skills (7)

 Passage One  The Business of America is Business

 Passage Two  Newspaper in These Days

 Passage Three  Media Selection for Advertisements

Unit Eight Emotion

 Basic Reading Skills ( 8 )

 Passage One  Motivation in Learning a Language

 Passage Two  I Yelled for My Father

 Passage Three  Suicide Rate in Asian Countries

Unit Nine Mental Health

 Basic Reading Skills (9)

 Passage One  The Lefkoe Method

 Passage Two  Meditation Can Help Train Attention

 Passage Three  The Secret of Self-control

Unit Ten Sports

 Basic Reading Skills (10)

 Passage One  Words Affect Us

 Passage Two  A Research on the Football Referees

 Passage Three  Got a Fat Gene？ Get Active!

Unit Eleven Lifestyle

 Basic Reading Skills ( 11 )

 Passage One  Advantages and Disadvantages of Uniforms

 Passage Two  Interpersonal Relationship

 Passage Three  Ten Hot Dates in a Weak Economy

Unit Twelve Food and Beverage

 Basic Reading Skills(12)

 Passage One  Eating for Health

 Passage Two  Fruit Juice: Friend or Foe？

 Passage Three  Variety for Healthy Eating

Unit Thirteen Traffic and Energy

 Basic Reading Skills( 13 )

 Passage One  Nuclear Fuel-Uranium

 Passage Two  Energy VS. Environment

 Passage Three  The History of GPS Technology

Unit Fourteen Money and Careers

 Basic Reading Skills (14)

 Passage One  Are You Ready to Be a Writer？

 Passage Two  Is It a Sensible Choice？

 Passage Three  How Much Money is Enough？

Unit Fifteen The World Expo

 Basic Reading Skills( 15 )

 Passage One  The Theme of Expo 2010

 Passage Two  Designing Concept of the Mascot--Haibao

 Passage Three  Brief Introduction of World Expo Shanghai

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