《阅读教程》坚持思想标准、语言标准和文化标准的统一，注重培养学生阅读理解能力，提高阅读速度，掌握阅读技巧，系统扩大词汇量，积累与理工专业相关的语言和文化背景知识。
教程具有如下特色：
选文中外兼顾，既放眼世界，又强调中国元素；在培养学生国际视野的同时，加强学生对中国文化的认同感，增强社会责任感，培养中国情怀。
题材丰富，覆盖教育、文化、社会、科学技术等诸多领域；体裁广泛，包括新闻报道、科技文论、文学作品等，充分激发学生阅读兴趣，增进学生对所学语言国家社会文化背景的了解。
保证充足阅读量的前提下，系统培养学生阅读技巧；融入构词法学习板块，增强学生常用及专业词汇的积累。

Unit 1 Education (I)
Section One Texts
Text One Why the World Loves a British Education
Text Two Stephen Hawking's Secret of Surviving: A Sense of Humor
Section Two Reading Skills - Scanning
Section Three Word Formation
Prefixes: multi-; inter-; extra- Suffixes: -ity; -ion; -ance
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 2 Education (II)
Section One Texts
Text One Why Chinese Parents Are Becoming Superior
Text Two Steve Jobs: Technology Alone Is Not Enough
Section Two Reading Skills - Previewing
Section Three Word Formation
Prefixes: super-; auto-; mis- Suffixes: -ful; -ive; -ent/ant
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 3 Culture (I)
Section One Texts
Text One The Terracotta Warriors
Text Two The Hidden Ways Your Language Betrays Your Character
Section Two Reading Skills - Predicting
Section Three Word Formation
Prefixes: dis-; un-; in-/im- Suffixes: -ist; -ant; -er/or
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 4 Culture (II)
Section One Texts
Text One My Last Conversation with My Father
Text Two The Decline of the American Teenager's Summer Job
Section Two Reading Skills - Guessing the meaning of unfamiliar
words or phrases from context clues
Section Three Word Formation
Prefixes: anti-; de-; non- Suffixes: -ic-/ical; -(i)ous; -ate
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 5 Culture (III)
Section One Texts
Text One It's Not My Gender, It's My Age
Text Two From Imitation to Innovation: How China Became a Tech
Superpower
Section Two Reading Skills - Guessing the meaning of unfamiliar
words or phrases from word-formation
Section Three Word Formation
Prefixes'." fore-; co-; re- Suffixes: -ward; -ile; -y
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 6 Literature (I)
Section One Texts
Text One The Model Millionaire (adapted)
Text Two The Book of Songs: Poems That Helped Shape Chinese
Thought
Section Two Reading Skills - Identifying the topic
Section Three Word Formation
Prefixes: a-; per-; under- Suffixes: -ize; -fy; -ate
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 7 Literature (II)
Section One Texts
Text One Thank You, Ma'am
Text Two City Noise Might Be Making You Sick
Section Two Reading Skills - Identifying the topic sentence
Section Three Word Formation
Prefixes: trans-; ex-; bi- Suffixes: -ish; -able/-ible; -al
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 8 History (I)
Section One Texts
Text One A Brief History of Marriage
Text Two Kingdom of Women
Section Two Reading Skills - Locating supporting details
Section Three Word Formation
Prefixes: uni-; mono-; poly- Suffixes: -age; -ship; -ment
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 9 History (II)
Section One Texts
Text One The History of English
Text Two The Evolution of Chinese Language and Characters
Section Two Reading Skills - Outlining
Section Three Word Formation
Prefixes: in-; pre-; en- Roots: -rain-; -tend-; -fam-
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 10 Life and Society (I)
Section One Texts
Text One Myths about Loneliness
Text Two Permission to Speak
Section Two Reading Skills - Mapping
Section Three Word Formation
Roots: -mot-; -divid-/-divis-; -tempor-
Suffixes: -ness; -ics; -ure
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 11 Life and Society (II)
Section One Texts
Text One China's Superfast Bullet Train
Text Two Chinese Teachers in British Classrooms Spark Global Debate
Section Two Reading Skills - Summarizing a paragraph
Section Three Word Formation
Roots: -sign-; -fer-; -norm-
Suffixes: -ology; -ary; -hood
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 12 Life and Society (III)
Section One Texts
Text One The Chinese Village with the Secret to Long Life
Text Two How to Live Longer
Sect