由郭杰克主编的《全新版大学英语<第二版>快速阅读5》是普通高等教育十一五国家级规划教材，是教育部推荐使用的大学外语类教材。它的目的在于提高英语阅读速度，以适应目前信息量日益膨胀的现状。全书共分八个单元，其中每个单元由A-1、A-2和B-1、B-2四篇短文组成。每个单元的A-1和B-1供课堂使用，A-2和B-2供课外阅读。本书主要供修读一般要求的学生使用。

《全新版大学英语》（第二版）系列教材秉承首版教材的优良传统，继承兼收并蓄的折中主义教学理念，参照《大学英语课程教学要求》修订，更加贴近教学实际，更有效提升学习者语言综合应用能力，更好满足新时期人才培养需求。

《全新版大学英语》（第二版）由郭杰克编著。

Unit 1

Text A-1 Why Read?

Text A-2 The Top Ten American Novels and What They Tell Us About the United States.

Text B-1 A World Without Books or Music

Text B-2 Why Read Literature?

Unit 2

Text A-1 Going Green After Gray

Text A-2 Health Education Should Start at Home

Text B-1 The Wonders of Water

Text B-2 Going Vegetarian-- TheHeaithy-Way

Unit 3

Text A-1 White Lies

Text A-2 Fibbing Common in Everyday Conversation

Text B-1 Little White Lies

Text B-2 Can Telling Lies Ever Be Justified?

Unit 4

Text A-1 What Are the Qualities of a Good Teacher?

Text A-2 Telelearning: The Multimedia Revolution in Education

Text B-1 Do Universities Broaden Minds?

Text B-2 The University of the Future

Unit 5

Text A-1 What Is Global Warming?

Text A-2 Potential Effects of Global Warming

Text B-1 What Is Your Carbon Footprint?

Text B-2 Climate Change What You Can Do

Unit 6

Text A-1 Hello, World

Text A-2 LA Times Tests Multilingual Waters

Text B-1 Weaving a Multilingual Web

Text B-2 A Universal Language

Unit 7

Text A-1 Should Gambling Be Legalized?

TextA-2 Against All Odds

Text B-1 The Appeal and Drawbacks of Gambling

Text B-2 Normie's Bet

Unit 8

Text A-1 Marriage Works Better for Men

Text A-2 Study Finds Why Marriage Is on the Decline

Text B-1 Happy Marriages Make for Happy Hearts

Text B-2 The Role of the Family in Society

Appendix

Key to Comprehension Exercises