《新希望大学英语(阅读教程1)》安排亦为八个单元，每单元安排两篇阅读文章。文章内容为学生喜闻乐见的一般性知识，以使学生能在较好了解人类丰富的文化知识的同时，提高自己的英语水平。阅读课的宗旨是培养学生的阅读兴趣，提高学生的阅读能力，阅读课后安排的练习也是为此而设计的。当然，大量的语言实践使学生熟能生巧，应考的能力也会大大提高。本书由马国友、周训贞主编。

Unit One

Section One Text: University Life

Section Two Reading Skills: How to Read a Text (1)

Section Three Fast Reading: Holidays in the United States

Section Four Practice for PRETCO Levels A & B

Unit Two

Section One Text: Four Family Types in the United States

Section Two Reading Skill; How to Read a Text (2)

Section Three Fast Reading: Thanksgiving Day

Section Four Practice for PRETCO Levels A & B

Unit Three

Section One Text: The Ancient Olympic Games

Section Two Reading Skills: Skimming for the General Idea of a Paragraph

Section Three Fast Reading: Teleshopping in Western Countries

Section Four Practice for PRETCO Levels A & B

Unit Four

Section One Text: Rock of Ages

Section Two Reading Skills: How to Skim a Passage

Section Three Fast Reading: Cambridge -- a University Town

Section Four Practice for PRETCO Levels A & B

Unit Five

Section One Text: Skyscrapers

Section Two Reading Skills: Guessing Unfamiliar Words by Context Clues (1)

Section Three Fast Reading: Tracy Marsh

Section Four Practice for PRETCO Levels A & B

Unit Six

Section One Text：New Beijing，Great Olympics

Section Two Reading Skills：Guessing Unfamiliar Words by Context Clues(2)

Section Three Fast Reading：American Cowboys

Section Four Practice for PRETCO Levels A&B

Unit Seven

Section One Text：The British People

Section Two Reading Skills：Scanning for Specific Information(1)

Section Three Fast Reading：The Message from a Village Stone

Section Four Practice for PRETCO Levels A&B

Unit Eight

Section One Text：IfI Were a Boy Again

Section Two Reading Skills：Scanning for Specific Information(2)

Section Three Fast Reading：The Story of a Brave Woman

Section Four Practice for PRETCO Levels A&B

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