本教程的编写紧扣大学英语教学目标的要求，配合英语教师的日常教学，同时有针对性地为大学英语四六级考试进行辅助铺垫。试题材料主要选自近几年英美等国出版的原文作品和报刊文章，选题紧紧围绕“代表性、科学性、前瞻性和操作性”的主体，由众多经验丰富的一线教师精心设计。

Passage 1
The Role of Homepage 104
Passage 2
Renewable Energy 107
Passage 3
Creative Justice 111
Passage 4
Learning Every Minute 115
Passage 5
Why Smart People Fail 119
Passage 6
Dress for Success 124
Passage 7
Reunited Twins Act
Amazingly Alike 128
Passage 8
Technology Remarks the
Schools 132
Passage 9
Research Libraries Must
Rethink Their Role 137
Passage 10
Can TV’s and PC’s Live
Together Happily Ever
After? 142
Passage 11
Uncertainties 146
Passage 12
How do You See Diversity? 150
Passage 13
That’s Enough, Kids 154
Passage 14
Sustainable Tourism and WTO 158
Passage 15
Computer Crime 163
Passage 16
The Migration of Birds 166Skimming and Scanning 103PART2Answer Key 223
Passage 17
Animals on the Move 169
Passage 18
Biological Clocks 172
Passage 19
The Definition of International
Economic Integration 175
Passage 20
Airplane 180
Passage 21
Media Selection for
Advertisements 184
Passage 22
Protect Your Privacy When
Job-hunting Online 188
Passage 23
Main Energies for the Body 192
Passage 24
Helicopter Moms vs. Free-
Range Kids 196
Passage 25
Supersize Surprise 200
Passage 26
Laugh Your Stress Away 204
Passage 27
Searching for Peace to Feel
at Home 207
Passage 28
Civil War Descendants 211
Passage 29
Early Childhood Education 215
Passage 30
Memories of Rights
Movement 218

主编：马冬，齐齐哈尔大学大学外语部主任，博士，教授。