《大学英语阅读教程》与“新思路大学英语”系列的其他教材(包括基础教程、读写译教程和视听说教程)配合使用，共四册，本书是第四册。
何玲、黄文敏主编的《新思路大学英语(大学英语阅读教程第4册第3版十二五普通高等教育本科国家级规划教材)》按照历史、地理、文化、科普、故事、社会等类别精选阅读材料，力图使学生对大学英语四、六级考试的阅读材料有全面、深入的了解。文章选材新颖，注重内容的趣味性、实用性、可读性。材料的选择和难度是依据教育部颁发的《大学英语教学指南》四级的要求，目的是激发学生的阅读兴趣，增强学生对大学英语四级考试的信心。全书遵循理论与实践相结合的原则，讲练结合，既有对阅读策略的讲解，又有综合技能训练。

一、大学英语六级阅读与《大学英语教学指南》
二、大学英语六级阅读概述及阅读策略
三、大学英语四、六级考试分数解释
Unit 1 World Cultural Heritage
Text A World Intangible Cultural Heritage: Beijing Opera
Text B Silk Road Secrets: The Buddhist Art of the Mogao Caves
Text C Egyptian Pyramids
Unit 2 Human and Environment
Text A Animals' Popularity "a Disadvantage".
Text B Overseas Garbage Dumping Is the Wrong Way to Go
Text C Green Route Is the Only Way Forward
Unit 3 Artificial Intelligence
Text A What Is AI?
Text B Tapping the AI Industry's Growing Potential
Text C Minding over Machine: The AI Race
Unit 4 Higher Education
Text A Higher Education in China
Text B Higher Education in the U.S."
Text C Peking University
Unit 5 Social Media
Text A Facebook Admits Social Media Can Harm Mental Health
Text B Why Young Chinese Are So Crazy About Online Sticker Sets
Text C How Using Social Media Affects Teenagers
Unit 6 Law
Text A What Is Law?
Text B Legal Systems of the World
Text C Do Traffic Tickets Save Lives?
Unit 7 Job and Career
Text A Chinese Job Market Challenging College Graduates and Migrants
Text B Tips on Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling in China
Text C Top 5 Skills You Need to Develop Your Career
Unit 8 Gender Gap
Text A 6 Ways Women Still Aren't Equal to Men
Text B Evaluating Equality
Text C Key Findings of Global Gender Gap 2017
Unit 9 Mental Health
Text A School Phobia (恐惧症) Underscores Mental Health of Chinese Children
Text B Nature Boosts Your Mental Health
Text C Autism Subtle or Absent for Some at Risk
Unit 10 Family and Child Development
Text A Nathan Chen Thanks His Chinese Family After the Winning
Text B Xi Stressed Family Bonds and Family Education in His Speeches
Text C Rural Children More Vulnerable to Delayed Brain Development
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