于敏、张秀峰主编的《英语阅读教程(新世纪高等学校本科教材)》是专门针对英语阅读课所编写的教材，适用于各级各类英语阅读的教学。该教程采取理论与实践相结合的方式，以现代外语教学理论为基础，以语言学、心理学等相关学科理论为辅助，以现代英语阅读理论为指导，聚焦阅读课的中心任务，精选国外英语阅读素材，通过系统的设计编排和大量有针对性的阅读实践，有效提高学生获取信息的能力和阅读理解能力，并注重人文主义教育，选取经典名篇，使学生在学习语言的同时提高其鉴赏能力，提升其人格素养。本书包括理论篇、认知篇和鉴赏篇。

Part I Reading Theory

Chapter 1 Refine Your Reading Style

 1 Some Misconceptions about English Reading

 2 Some Techniques to Help Refine Your．Reading Style

 3 Reading Style Flexibility 

Chapter 2 Rapid Word and Phrase Recognition

 1 Rapid Visual Perception of Words

 2 Rapid Visual Perception of Phrases

 3 Rapid Word Meaning Recognition

Chapter 3 Context 

 1 Using Context Clues for Word Meanings

 2 Context Clues：Direct Definition and Explanation

 3 Context Clues：General Sense of the Sentence 

 4 Context Clues：Contrast

 5 Putting Context Clues to Work

Part II Reading eractice

Chapter 4 Word Parts

 1 111e Structure of English Words

 2 Prefixes

 3 W0rd Roots

 4 Suffixes

 5 Comprehensive Exercises

Chapter 5 Reading Sentences

 1 ore Parts of a Sentence

 2 Multiple Subjects and VerbS 

 3 Finding More Than One Essential Thought

 4 Finding the More Important Thought 

 5 Reading Punctuation

Chapter 6 Reading Paragraphs 

 1 Structure of a Paragraph

 2 Leain to Recognize the Elements

 3 Finding Topics 

 4 From Topic to Main Idea

 5 Locating the Topic Sentence

 6 Two——Step Topic Sentences

 7 Locating Supporting Details

 8 Locating Implied Main Ideas

Chapter 7 Recognizing Patterns of Organization

 1 The Patterns of Organization

 2 SizrIple Listing Pattern 

 3 Sequence Pattern 

 4 Compare and Contrast Pattern

 5 Cause and Efiect Pattem  

 6 Four Patterns of Organization

 7 Mixed Patterns of Organization

Chapter 8 Reading Longer Selections

 Moving Beyond the Paragraph 

 Exercise 1 

 Exercise 2  

 Exercise 3 

Part III Reading Appreciation

Passage 1 Change Has Come to AmeriCa

Passage 2 Three Stories from My Life

Passage 3 The Driftwood Queen

Passage 4 The Philosophy of Composition 

Passage 5 nbw io Change Habits

Passage 6 Babies Are Far Smarter than What You Thihk

Passage 7 What Makes People Unhappy

Passage 8 Thirteen Virtues

Passage 9 Doing the Best for Our Kids 

Passage 10 Whaf Use Is PhilosopIhy

Passage 11 The Gift of the Magi

Passage 12 The Little Mermaid

Passage 13 The Origin of the BookThe Power of Now

Passage 14 Twenty一throe Things You Never Knew about Your Brain