本套书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。
章志萍、王聿玮、承雨、李睿主编的《21世纪大学新英语长篇阅读(附光盘3十二五普通高等教育本科国家级规划教材)》是其中一本。

U nit 1 TEACHING AND LEARNING
Passage 1“See Spot Run”：Teaching My Grandmother to Read
Passage 2 Learning Cultural Differences in Nonverbal
Communications
Passage 3 1 5 Steps to Cultivate Lifelong Learning
Unit 2 HELPING PEOPLEIN NEED
Passage 1 Finding a Good Volunteer Opportunity
Passage 2 A Joyful Philanthropist(慈善家)
Passage 3 The Overview of the Debate over Euthanasia(安乐死)
Unit 3 FRIENDSHIP
Passage 1 Friendship frOm the Animals
Passage 2 Is True Friendship Dying Away?
Passage 3 Importance of Friendship in Childhood and Adolescence
(青春期)
Unit 4 HOBBIES
Passage 1 FDR’S Stamp Collection：A Childhood Hobby Taken to
the Oval Office
Passage 2 Music in My Family
Passage 3 Pet Owner to Pet Trainer—Transforming Your Pastime
into a Profession
Unit 5 FAMOUS PEOPLE
Passage 1 Movie Stars Aren’t Happy—The Public Struggles of
Celebrity Perfomers Can Lead to Misery
Passage 2 The Inspirational Story of Steve Jobs
Passage 3 How to Overcome or Stop Celebrity Worship
Unit 6 SUCCESS
Passage 1 Is Education the Key to Success?
Passage 2 Character and Success
Passage 3 Honesty in Success
Unit 7 HONESTy
Passage 1 Lies Are Never a Part of Your Own Truth
Passage 2 How to Tel l If Someone Is Lying to You?
Passage 3 Analysis of Ethics：Is Honesty the Best Pol icy?
Unit 8 ENVIRONMENT
Passage 1 Celebrating Earth Day—Celebrating Forty Years of
Grassroots Efforts of Saving Our Earth
Passage 2 Walking and the Environment
Passage 3 Reflections：Saving the Environment
Appendix Keys and Answers