这本《大学英语泛读(预备级第3版)》是根据《大学英语》预备级泛读教程的特点和学生的实际英语水平编写的，由孙淑强、杨治中编。

本书对选材内容作了适当调整和增删，将原来的两册合并为一册。坚持难度逐步提高、题材广泛、体裁多样、知识性与趣味性并重的编写原则。期望通过一定量的阅读增强学生的语感，提高学生的阅读速度，使之初步掌握阅读技巧，为进入一级的学习打下基础。

The Loch Ness Monster

What Age?

A SARS Hero

"Where's the Beef?"

What Happened to the Cabbages?

Why Are They So Hospitable?

A True Mystery Story

Robinson Crusoe

A Lost Ring

Help!

Sir Walter Raleigh

The Cobbler and the Banker

The Happiest Man

It's a Small World

Tornadoes

Four Beautiful Things about Hawaii

A Shot in the Dark

An Unusual Notice

Ants Are Smarter Than We Think

Christmas

What Time Is It?

How Tea Came to Asia

Wrong Number

A Clumsy World for Lefty

A Letter to a Friend

The Day the Volcano Blew Up

Advice for a Bright New Year

He Made Us a Team

Treasure from Flavius

The Unreality of TV

The Dreamer

The Finest Treasure

A Time for Courage

A Valuable Hour

Clocks Through Time

Pity for a Stranger

Does It Mean Giving Up Our Heritage?

Summer Is Festival Time in Britain

Be More Careful When Using Water

Stick Together or We'll Be All Alone

Miss Evans, of Boston, America

Let's Be Grateful for Small Things

Hunting Celebrities

Advantageous or Disadvantageous?

Do Those Things Make You Happy?

Should We Make Friends with Our Worst Nightmare?

Too Many Choices

Duty

Key to the Exercises

Vocabulary