牟爱鹏主编的《大学英语快速阅读教程(下)》以最新大学英语教学改革的目标为指导，参照快速阅读技能要求与训练形式进行编写。全书共60篇文章，分两大部分：技巧导航和篇章阅读。本书内容丰富，题材多样，可读性强；梯度合理，过度适宜；阅读技巧易懂、实用；文后练习设计方便学生学练结合，练习项目与四、六级考试题型结合密切，可作为各类高校大学英语快速阅读训练教材。

《大学英语快速阅读教程》分上、下两册，共120篇文章，每册包括三大部分：技巧导航、篇章阅读和练习答案。本教程的突出特点是：

1.强调学生自主学习能力的培养。作者本着“管用，易懂，实用”的原则，归纳整理出一套常用的快速阅读技巧，旨在帮助学生系统了解快速阅读的概念、要求和方法，以便进行科学有效地自我快速阅读训练；

2.在练习设计方面，本教程将平时训练与考试模拟相结合，紧扣大学英语四级考试新题型要求。练习类型包括以快速准确把握文章总体逻辑走向和信息要点的是非判断题和以快速定点查找关键信息词的句子填空题。两种练习都突出了阅读速度和要点理解。学生可以把日常训练与考试模拟合二为一，有一举两得之功效。

本书为《大学英语快速阅读教程》下册，由牟爱鹏主编。

技巧导航(Ⅱ)

 1.阅读过程中的猜词技巧

 2.联想思维——记忆英语单词的有效方法

 3.文化背景对阅读理解的影响

篇章阅读

Unit 1

 Text A Reading

 Text B Making English Work

 Text C Next Stop after Graduation

 Text D Biz Books Preferable to Potter

Unit 2

 Text A Five Fantastic Mascots

 Text B Carnival in Brazil

 Text C Some Customs of India

 Text D American Dress

Unit 3

 Text A Women and Fashions

 Text B Why Don' t Girls Think like Boys?

 Text C Pop Stars Earn Much

 Text D Selfless Support

Unit 4

 Text A A Special Gift

 Text B Method of Education: East versus West

 Text C Names and Titles

 Text D Can People Trust Each Other

Unit 5

 Text A They May Know Your Private Life

 Text B How to Build Secure E-mails

 Text C Crime in Computer

 Text D Computerized Supermarket

Unit 6

 Text A Confucius

 Text B The First Lady

 Text C Dolly Parton

 Text D Helen Keller

Unit 7

 Text A Saving the Rainforests for Future Generations

 Text B Astrology

 Text C Indoor Pollution

 Text D Ten Principles of Health and Illness

Unit 8

 Text A Making Sense of Smell

 Text B Belt or No Belt

 Text C Euthanasia: For and Against

 Text D You're Fired

Unit 9

 Text A Friendship of American Style

 Text B Hospitality

 Text C Pets and Americans

 Text D Meeting an Old Friend

Unit 10

 Text A The Principles of Problem Solving

 Text B Time

 Text C The Thing I Really Like Is There' s No Tipping

 Text D Should We Allow Curiosity to Kill the Cat?

Unit 11

 Text A The Critical Period for Learning

 Text B Overcoming Your Freshman Fears

 Text C The Virtual College

 Text D Choosing Optimism

Unit 12

 Text A Where Have All the Voters Gone?

 Text B The White House

 Text C Television Addiction Is No Mere Metaphor

 Text D New "Green Revolution": Cleaner Cars and Energy

Unit 13

 Text A The British Educational System

 Text B Equality of Opportunity and Competition

 Text C Reading Good Books

 Text D In Some Way Different

Unit 14

 Text A TV and Radio Are Amusing Us Silly

 Text B Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder

 Text C The Lost Gold Piece

 Text D Noah' s New Ark

Unit 15

 Text A Macao

 Text B Stump

 Text C Amazon River

 Text D My Strange Beijing Friend

练习答案