由郭杰克主编的《全新版大学英语<第2版>快速阅读1》是普通高等教育十一五国家级规划教材，是教育部推荐使用的大学外语类教材。它的目的在于提高英语阅读速度，以适应目前信息量日益膨胀的现状。全书共分八个单元，其中每个单元由A-1、A-2和B-1、B-2四篇短文组成。每个单元的A-1和B-1供课堂使用，A-2和B-2供课外阅读。本书主要供修读一般要求的学生使用。

Unit 1

Text A-1 Welcome Letter for New First-Year Students

Text A-2 Student Opinion

Text B-1 A Day in the Life of Jane Wesley

Text B-2 Tipsfor First-Year Students

Unit 2

Text A-1 Making Friends

Text A-2 Black and White

Text B-1 Friends

Text B-2 Friendship

Unit 3

Text A-1 Stephen Hawking

Text A-2 Can Computers Replace People?

Text B-1 The Scientific Method (1)

Text B-2 The Scientific Method (2)

Unit 4

Text A-1 A Country of Immigrants

Text A-2 Andrew Carnegie

Text B-1 The Automobile in American Life

Text B-2 I.M. Pei

Unit 5

Text A-1 The Waitress

Text A-2 My First Job

Text B-1 Jump

Text B-2 The Death Car

Unit 6

Text A-1 Cyclingfor Air -- With Love

Text A-2 Internet Love Can Work

Text B-1 The Woman of His Dreams

Text B-2 Early Autumn

Unit 7

Text A-1 Alex, the Talking Parrot

Text A-2 Do Animals Think?

Text B-1 Natural and Applied Science

Text B-2 The Link Between Pure and Applied Science

Unit 8

Text A-1 Adult Education in the U.S

Text A-2 Nobody Can Do It Like McDonald's

Text B-1 Continuing Education Classes

Text B-2 Biological Clocks

Appendix

Key to Comprehension Exercises