本教材依据《高职高专教育英语课程教学基本要求》，结合高等学校英语应用能力A、B级考试和大学英语四级考试，按照实用、够用的原则，设计、编排各单元的内容和体例，旨在帮助学生培养良好的阅读习惯，掌握实用的英语阅读知识和技巧，提高英语的文字处理能力，顺利通过A、B级和四级考试，并为学生的可持续性发展创造良好条件。该教程共三册，每册十个单元。本书为其中的第二册。

《高职高专英语泛读教程》是一套实用新颖、学考并重的全新阅读教材。全套教材共分三册，每册十个单元，具有以下特点： 选材多样新颖，语言地道，内容深刻，篇幅及难度适中；课后练习丰富多样，从不同的角度训练和提高学生的英语水平和应用能力；系统讲解阅读技巧，并配以针对性强的练习，有效地巩固和提高学生的阅读技能；紧密结合“高职高专英语应用能力考试”和“大学英语四级考试”，使学生在日常学习中轻松备考。本书为其中的第二册。

Unit 1 Advertisements Everywhere

 Passage A Advertising--True or False?

 Reading Skills Distinguishing Between Facts and Opinions

 Passage B Television Advertising Leads to Unhealthy Habits in Children

 Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

 Reading for Fun An Ad

Unit 2 Great Perseverance

 Passage A A Brother's Song

 Reading Skills Recognizing References

 Passage B Ask, Ask, Ask

 Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

 Reading for Fun Mow LawnsJor Free

Unit 3 Going into the UN

 Passage A History of the United Nations

 Reading Skills Scanning

 Passage B The Introduction of UN

 Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

 Reading for Fun Danish Air Force Compensates Santa

Unit 4 Famous Celebrities

 Passage A Forever Anita Mui

 Reading Skills Skimming

 Passage B Ted Turner--the Founder of CNN

 Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

 Reading for Fun A Hot Proposal

Unit 5 Living with Mobiles

 Passage A Can We Live Without Our Mobile Phones?

 Reading Skills Detailed Reading

 Passage B Mobile Phones

 Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

 Reading for Fun The Smart Way to Catch Burglars

Unit 6 Renewing Educational Concept

 Passage A Nature School

 Reading Skills Fast Reading

 Passage B The School of Rock

 Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

 Reading for Fun A Dead Rabbit

Unit 7 Exploring Outer Space

 Passage A Shenzhou VII Ready for Historic Task

 Reading Skills Sequencing

 Passage B Shenzhou VII Mission Marks'the Maiden Spacewalk by Clunese Astronauts

 Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

 Reading for Fun NASA and the Navajo

Unit 8 Cloning Genes

 Passage A My Sister, My Clone

 Reading Skills Underlining and Highlighting

 Passage B Father of the Impossible Children

 Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

 Reading for Fun Pet Dog Cloning

Unit 9 Defining Success

 Passage A Seeking the Meaning of Life

 Reading Skills Making Inferences

 Passage B A Commencement Address

 Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

 Reading for Fun Bigger and Better in Texas

Unit 10 Microsoft's Development

 Passage A Will Microsoft Still Be Microsoft Without Bill Gates?

 Reading Skills Summarizing

 Passage B ABC Interviews with Bill Gates

 Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

 Reading for Fun A Smart Italian

Key to Exercises