《21世纪大学英语快速阅读、长篇阅读与仔细阅读》共含4册。第1—3册为基础练习题，第4册为模拟测试题。
第1—3册各设6个单元，每单元收录4篇文章。第1册文章的篇幅大致在400至1 000词之间，第2、3册的文章篇幅及难度逐步增加，以形成一定的梯度。为引导学生有意识地提高阅读速度，每篇皆设定完篇时限(suggested time limit)。篇后均配置“阅读理解”(comprehension check)练习，系按《全国大学英语四、六级考试大纲(2016年修订版)》阅读理解部分的考核要求加以设计，供学生在教师的指导下检测自己的阅读理解能力。每单元前3篇文章除设置阅读理解练习以外，还设置了一组“佳句试译”(translation and appreciation)练习，以充分利用精选的阅读材料，也便于学生进一步领会文章要点，吸取其语言精华。
本书为第1册。

Unit One
Reading 1 The First Day of School
Reading 2 How to Hear English Everywhere
Reading 3 Learn How to Love Reading
Reading 4 The Power of Words
Unit Two
Reading 1 The Language of Color
Reading 2 A World Without Honor
Reading 3 A Night in a Calabrian Village
Reading 4 Therapy Dogs Help Autistic Kids
Unit Three
Reading 1 In the Faces of Children
Reading 2 Dancing with Morn
Reading 3 Bobby's Dime
Reading 4 How to Read Body Language
Unit Four
Reading 1 Vegetarians: A Dietary Minority
Reading 2 Vegetables May Keep Brains Young
Reading 3 Where Did They Come From?
Reading 4 Why Are the Asian Obsessed with White Skin?
Unit Five
Reading 1 The Bell with the Crack
Reading 2 Death of a Dream
Reading 3 Volunteerism in the U.S.
Reading 4 BA '85: The Unlucky Journey of a Young Classicist-Cum-Clerk
Unit Six
Reading 1 Light Pollution
Reading 2 Recycling
Reading 3 Global Warming Threatens Ancient Ruins
Reading 4 How We'll Spend Our Lives
Key to Exercises