《大学英语快速阅读新导学》共有四册，每册分为8个单元，每单元由4篇阅读文章组成。文章主要选自当代最新的英文报纸和英文著作，题材广泛，涵盖文化、教育、历史、地理、科技、经济、友情、亲情、校园生活等，并与学生的学习、生活密切相关，是大学生提高词汇量、扩展知识面、培养英语学习兴趣的好帮手。所有文章的内容思想健康，具有知识性、时代性和趣味性，既可提高学生的英语素养，又能增强学生的综合运用能力。每篇阅读文章配有针对性强、形式多样的练习，设有选择题、正误判断、翻译和问答题等题型，以增进英语的习得。所有练习均给出了参考答案。

本书是《大学生英语快速阅读新导学》的第一册。本册为学生提供了比较系统的、丰富多彩的阅读材料和课外阅读材料，其目的是培养学生养成正确的快速阅读习惯，在大量阅读中了解英美文化，扩大词汇量。

Unit 1 College Life

 Passage 1 A Turning Point in My Life

 Passage 2 Not Always Bad

 Passage 3 Credits and Student Affairs

 Passage 4 The Worker。

Unit 2 Outstanding Characters

 Passage 1 The Work of John Steinbeck

 Passage 2 Martin Luther King and His Childhood

 Passage 3 Franklin D．Roosevelt

 Passage 4 Alfred Nobel：Founder ofthe Nobel Prize

Unit 3 Environmental Protection

 Passage 1 Water Pollution

 Passage 2 Protecting the Environment

 Passage 3 People and the Environment

 Passage 4 Industry and the EnvironmentI

Unit 4 Traveling Around

 Passage 1 Around the World Alone

 Passage 2 Traveling to the Catskills

 Passage 3 A Different Kind of Vacation

 Passage 4 My Remote Spot

Unit 5 Common Science

 Passage 1 Search for Long Life Genes

 Passage 2 The Laugh Lab Project

 Passage 3 Can Waves Make Electricity？

 Passage 4 Cloning Humans

Unit 6 Positive Thinkin9

 Passage 1 The Elephant．the Ostrich and the Woodpecker

 Passage 2 From Average to an Above Average Person

 Passage 3 Ways to Be Optimistic

 Passage 4 The KeyS in the Hole．Now Turn it!

Unit 7 Business

 Passage 1 Getting the Most Out of Meetings+

 Passage 2 Rising Yuan Pushes China Upmarket

 Passage 3 0il Barrels Hit Record High

 Passage 4 Bill and His Billionaire Friend

Unit 8 Job Application and Interview

 Passage 1 Your CV

 Passage 2 Your Covering Letter

 Passage 3 0verview of Job Interviews

 Passage 4 Advantages and Disadvantages of Job Interviews

Key to the Exercises