本教程是“全国高等农林院校十一五规划教材”之第二册，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。

Unit One

 Text Mother Nature Provides School with New Thinking

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

Unit Two

 Text Rosa Parks

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

 Reading Skills Finding the Main Idea

Unit Three

 Text Agriculture

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

Unit Four

 Text What the Children Think

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

 Reading Skills Critical Reading

Unit Five

 Text Population

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

Unit Six

 Text Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy: First Lady of the United States

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

 Reading Skills Develop Active Reading Habits

Unit Seven

 Text Fostering Academic Creativity in Gifted Students

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

Unit Eight

 Text Testing the Dark Side

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

 Reading Skills PSQ5R Skill

Unit Nine

 Text From Cold War to Terror War

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

Unit Ten

 Text Humans Are a 'Privileged' Ewolutionary Lineage

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

 Reading Skills Metacognition

Unit Eleven

 Text Football Violence in Europe: a Hot Potato

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

Unit Twelve

 Text Prion Disease Agent Causes Heart Damage in Mouse Study

 Exercises

 Fast Reading

Key to Exercises