《21世纪大学新英语长篇阅读》是针对大学公共英语四六级考试中最新题型长篇阅读所编写的一套阅读教材，共分4册。每册有8个单元，每个单元包含3篇文章，练习设计包括最新四六级考试中规定的题型，辅之以其他类似的练习。在书后还配有答案以及自主学习光盘。
本书共分八个单元，每个单元由Text A、Text B和Text C三篇文章组成。Text A和Text B供课堂使用，Text C供学生课外阅读。
同时，为了提高学生的快速阅读能力和应对四六级机考，本系列教材还配有助学光盘，以方便教师和学生配套使用。
刘金玲、方卫、刘宓、王聿玮主编的《21世纪大学新英语长篇阅读(附光盘4十二五普通高等教育本科国家级规划教材)》是其中一本。

U nit 1 COLLEGE EDUCATION
Passage 1 Universities Branch Out
Passage 2 What Good Is a College Education Anyway?
Passage 3 Col leges Tak ing Another Look at the Value of
Merit．based Aid
Unit 2 SCIENCE AND SUPERSTITION
Passage 1 Bermuda Triangle：Behind the Intrigue
Passage 2 Are You Superstitious?
Passage 3 What Is Science?What Is Pseudoscience?
Unit 3 OLD AND yOUNG
Passage 1 The New Old and the Conserva—teen
Passage 2 The Secrets of Long L ife Revealed?
Passage 3 Reverse Ageism
Unit 4 SPORTS AND HEALTH
Passage 1 The Truth about Sports and Weight Loss
Passage 2 Health Benefits of Exercise
Passage 3 The Role of Exercise in My Life
Unit 5 H APPINESS
Passage 1 How to Find Happiness in a Nine to Five Job
Passage 2 Finding Happiness．How to Appreciate the Little Things
in Life——Small Ways to Find Joy in the Everyday
Experience
Passage 3 Three Treasure Boxes—The Pursuit of Happiness
Unit 6 ECOLOGly
Passage 1 We Can’t Wish Away Cl imate Change
Passage 2 Going Green Without Going Broke
Passage 3 Overpopulation Is the Main Threat to the Planet
Unit 7 TECHNOLOGy AND PROGRESS
Passage 1 Does Technology Improve Qual ity of Our Lives?
Passage 2 Technology and Our Dependence upon It
Passage 3 Caught in the Web—Undesirable Effect of Internet
Technology
Unit 8 HUMANITY AND NATURE
Passage 1 A Grassroots Remedy
Passage 2 The Nature of Human Body——Chinese Explanation of
Body Clock
Passage 3 An Unlikely Way to Save a Species．Serve It for Dinner
Appendix Keys and Answers