李光立等编著的《研究生英语阅读教程(基础级／第三版)》的编写指导思想是：通过该教材的教学使研究生掌握各项较高的阅读技能，并通过阅读实践运用这些技能，使学生真正具有熟练的英语阅读能力，为以英语为工具进行本专业的学习和研究打下坚实的基础。

《研究生英语阅读教程(基础级／第三版)》共4个单元，每单元3课，共12课。每课有阅读技巧介绍，A和B两篇课文，课文后列出的生词表、注释、作者及文章背景介绍等，并且针对阅读技巧和课文编写了大量的实用练习。本书以最新版《研究生英语教学大纲》中要求研究生掌握和能够运用的各项阅读技能为主线，在每课课文前系统地讲述阅读技巧。

Unit One Efficient Reading

Lesson 1 Developing Your Reading Efficiency

Reading Selection A: World English: A Blessing or a Curse?

Reading Selection B: Jumble of Conflicting Language Taboos

Lesson 2 Developing Your Reading Flexibility

Reading Selection A: You've Got to Find What You Love

Reading Selection B: We're Raising Children, Not Flowers

Lesson 3 Reading Rate

Reading Selection A: Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name

Reading Selection B: Self-reliance

Unit Two Techniques for Efficient Reading

Lesson 4 Skimming: Reading for Main Ideas

Reading Selection A: Why Should We Hire You?

Reading Selection B: How to Write a Test

Lesson 5 Scanning: Rapidly Locating Information

Reading Selection A: Science and Technology

Reading Selection B: In Sports, Red Is Winning Color

Lesson 6 Techniques for Reading Faster

Reading Selection A: Thank God It's Monday

Reading Selection B: Success

Unit Three Active Reading

Lesson 7 What Is Active Reading?

Reading Selection A: Here's to a Long and Unhappy Life

Reading Selection B: Paging Dr. Carson

Lesson 8 Prereading

Reading Selection A: The Functions and Effects of Music

Reading Selection B: Whose Lead I Should Follow?

Lesson 9 Connections

Reading Selection A: The Weird World of Tobacco

Reading Selection B: Drunk Driver's Ed

Unit Four Techniques for Remembering

What You Read

Lesson 10 Improving Your Concentration

Reading Selection A: Mrs. Squirrel and I Negotiated Terms

Reading Selection B: My Wife Belongs in the House

Lesson 11 Increasing Your Attention Span

Reading Selection A: True Height

Reading Selection B: How to Pursue Happiness

Lesson 12 Remembering What You Read

Reading Selection A: Laws of Lasting Love

Reading Selection B: Why We Love Who We Love

READING COMPREHENSION TESTS

READING COMPREHENSION TEST

READING COMPREHENSION TEST