快速阅读

Unit 1

Text A-1 Alonein the Arctic Cold

Text A-2 Memories of Afghanistan

Text B-1 The Conquest of MtJolmo Lungma

Text B-2 Buzz-bombs and Doodlebugs

Unit 2

Text A-1 Atomic Cars

Text A-2 Improving Industrial Efficiency Through Robotics

Text B-1 Maglev： a New Generation in Railroad Technology

Text B-2 Letter： Obsolete Technology

Unit 3

Text A-1 The Job Hunt：How to Start a Successful Career

Text A-2 A Taleda SuccesOCul Stu&ntJob Seeker，

Text B-1 What Makes a Good Job?

Text B-2 The Kind ofWork Daddy Does

Unit 4

Text A-1 Is the World Flat?

Text A-2 The World Isn't Flat-It's Networked

Text B-1 The Jeaning of America and the World

Text B-2 Americans and Food

Unit 5

Text A-1 Fast-Food Nation：Meat and Potatoes

Text A-2 Doggie Bags

Text B-1 Ad Nation

Text B-2 It's All at the Mall

Unit 7

Text A-1 Looking Back at 9

Text A-2 My Memories of September 11，2001

Text B-1 The Worst Scare of My Life

Text B-2 Take Care，America

Appendix

Key to Comprehension Exercises

《全新版大学英语快速阅读4（新题型版 第二版）/“十二五”普通高等教育本科国家级规划教材》的篇章的快速阅读速度即为每分钟100个词。另外，为了使题型多样化，以增加考核读者阅读能力的形式，本教程除了多项选择题、是非选择题、补全句子题和简答题外，还增设了信息匹配题这一新题型。信息匹配题的特点是考核读者在篇章和段落层次上的阅读理解能力，要求读者能快速运用略读和寻读的阅读技能去找出与每题所含信息相匹配的段落。信息匹配题已为一些高端大规模英语考试如大学英语四、六级考试和英国的IELTSAcademicReadingTest所采用。