《大学英语快速阅读》(上、下册)是根据教育部大学英语教学改革目标以及《大学英语课程教学要求》中对快速阅读能力的要求，参照最新大学英语四、六级考试模式和训练形式编写。全书(上、下册)共有120篇文章。每册分为四部分：技巧导航、篇章阅读、词语速查和练习答案。其中，“词语速查”是此次修订新增内容，目的是方便学生阅读时的生词查阅。本套教程在继承《大学英语快速阅读教程》(上、下册)的优点的基础上，在修订版的答案部分增加了“答案定位”，可以帮助学生快速找到答案依据。此外，本套教材更换了部分时代性更强、内容更新的文章。本书是下册，本书由张艳丽主编。

Unit 1

 Text A The Seven Gifts

 Text B Animal Language

 Text C Next Stop after Graduation

 Text D Biz Books Preferable to Potter

Unit 2

 Text A The United Nations: The World in One Building

 Text B Carnival in Brazil

 Text C Some Customs of India

 Text D American Dress

Unit 3

 Text A Working for the Future

 Text B Why Don't Girls Think Like Boys?

 Text C Pop Stars Earn Much

 Text D Selfless Support

Unit 4

 Text A A Horrible Experience

 Text B Can People Trust Each Other

 Text C Names and Titles

 Text D Method of Education: East versus West

Unit 5

 Text A Better Known as Mark Twain

 Text B Computerized Supermarket

 Text C Crime in Computer

 Text D How to Build Secure E-mails

Unit 6

 Text A The First Thanksgiving

 Text B Helen Keller

 Text C Dolly Parton

 Text D The First Lady

Unit 7

 Text A Richard Nixon' s Childhood

 Text B Ten Principles of Health and Illness

 Text C Indoor Pollution

 Text D Astrology

Unit 8

 Text A How to Become an Employee

 Text B Advertising and Public Relations: The Pretty Package

 Text C Euthanasia: For and Against

 Text D You're Fired

Unit 9

 Text A Don' t Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgements

 Text B Why Not Speed Up Your Reading

 Text C Pets and Americans

 Text D Meeting an Old Friend

Unit 10

 Text A Why Money Doesn' t Buy Happiness

 Text B How Should Teachers Be Rewarded?

 Text C The Thing I Really Like Is There' s No Tipping

 Text D Should We Allow Curiosity to Kill the Cat?

Unit 11

 Text A There' s No Place Like Home

 Text B Having Kids Makes You Happy?

 Text C The Virtual College

 Text D Choosing Optimism

Unit 12

 Text A To Help the Kids, Parents Go Back to School

 Text B The White House

 Text C Television Addiction Is No Mere Metaphor

 Text D New "Green Revolution": Cleaner Cars and Energy

Unit 13

 Text A The Web Way to Learn a Language

 Text B Equality of Opportunity and Competition

 Text C Reading Good Books

 Text D In Some Way Different

Unit 14

 Text A Should a Kid Be Guided to Tell a White Lie?

 Text B Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder

 Text C The Lost Gold Piece

 Text D Noah' s New Ark

Unit 15

 Text A How Psychology Can Help the Planet Stay Cool

 Text B Stump

 Text C Amazon River

 Text D My Strange Beijing Friend

练习答案