《英语阅读1》选取与学生学习和生活密切相关的话题，包括兴趣爱好、健康生活、中西美食、教育学习、榜样力量、自我管理、情感态度和中华优秀传统文化；在难度编排上对接《中国英语能力等级量表》阅读理解能力四级标准要求，帮助学生全面掌握运用实用的阅读技巧，在提高应用语言能力的同时，顺利通过对应的英语水平考试，为学生未来专业学习、职业技能提升和个人发展奠定良好的英语基础。
教材内容主要围绕知识学习、策略训练和能力培养三个方面展开。知识学习主要包括词汇、句法、篇章方面的英语语言知识以及与语篇相关的中西方社会文化背景知识；策略训练主要包括训练略读、寻读、跳读等阅读理解技巧和方法；能力培养主要包括文本语言理解、篇章结构分析、思辨能力训练和综合语言运用能力提升。

Unit 1 Look Beyond What You Have as a Hobby
Part 1 Warm-up
Part 2 Reading Skill
Part 3 Reading Comprehension
Part 4 Unit Project
Unit2 The Greatest Wlealth Is Health
Part 1 Warm-up
Part 2 Reading Skill
Part 3 Reading Comprehension
Part 4 Unit Project
Unit 3 Let’s Have a Bite ofWorid Food
Part 1 Warm-up
Part 2 Reading Skill
Part 3 Reading Comprehension
Part 4 UnitProject
Unit4 Learning Is the Eye ofthe Mind
Part 1 Warm-up
Part 2 Reading Skill
Part 3 Reading Comprehension
Part 4 Unit Project
Unit 5 An Example Is Better than Precept
Part 1 Warm-up
Part 2 Reading Skill
Part 3 Reading Comprehension
Part 4 Unit Project
Unit 6 Going Slowly Doesn Matter,While Keeping on Going Counts
Part 1 Warm-up
Part 2 Reading Skill
Part 3 Reading Comprehension
Part 4 Unit Project
Unit 7 You Really Can Change the WorldIfYou Care Enough
Part 1 Warm-up
Part 2 Reading Skill
Part 3 Reading Comprehension
Part 4 Unit Project
Unit 8 Tell China’s Stories to the world
Part 1 Warm-up
Part 2 Reading Skill
Part 3 Reading Comprehension
Part 4 Unit Project