本教程是“全国高等农林院校十一五规划教材”之第三册，该书共分12个单元，每单元分为三部分，第一部分为阅读课文及练习：练习包括阅读理解、完形填空、词汇、翻译及课堂讨论题；第二部分为快速阅读，提供有关农林牧水及现代科技的两篇短文，教师可根据学生的实际情况选用。每两个单元附有相关阅读技巧，重点介绍各种阅读技能，并配有相应的练习。另外，书后还附有练习答案，供教师和学生参考。

前言

Unit One

 Text How to Survive a Hotel Fire

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

 Text Not Just Read and Write, Right and Wrong

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

Unit Two

 Text Spitting Mad

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

Unit Three

 Text Who Do You Think You Are?

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

Unit Four

 Text How to Raise an A+ Student

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

Unit Six

 Text The Sergeant's Boots

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

Unit Seven

 Text Cultural Differences: A DNA Link?

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

Unit Eight

 Text Martin Luther King

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

Unit Nine

 Text Globalization's Missing Middle

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

Unit Ten

 Text Industrial Revolution

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

Unit Eleven

 Text The Father of the English Bible

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

Unit Twelve

 Text Spyware Hits Business

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

Key to Exercises