《大学英语快速阅读教程(2)》由宋军主编，是根据教育部新颁布的《大学英语课程教学要求》编写而成，适用于大学一年级(下)非英语专业学生或具有同等英语水平的阅读爱好者。

本教程编写目的是，通过积极主动的快读训练，帮助学生扩大英语词汇量，提高快速浏览能力、准确猜词能力、独立分析能力和归纳总结能力。

快速阅读方法指南

Unit 1

 Passage 1 How to Use a Library

 Passage 2 Media Selection for Advertisements

 Passage 3 Green Tea Is More Than a Way of Life in South Korea

 Passage 4 Culture Shock

Unit 2

 Passage 1 Learning to Keep Your Cool During Tests

 Passage 2 The Extrinsic or Intrinsic Education

 Passage 3 Reading--the Most Important Way to Learn English

 Passage 4 My School Education

Unit 3

 Passage 1 Modern Wedding Customs and Traditions in Western

 Passage 2 Thanksgiving Day

 Passage 3 Taboos in America

 Passage 4 Cross your fingers

Unit 4

 Passage 1 American Civil War

 Passage 2 Louisiana Purchase ~ Exploration of the West

 Passage 3 Things to Know about G20

 Passage 4 The Statue of Liberty?

Unit 5

 Passage 1 Somali Hijackers

 Passage 2 What Do Parents Owe Their Children?

 Passage 3 Barbie Not the Only Thing Turning 50

 Passage 4 WHO's New Concern—Swine Flu A-H1N1 Virus

Unit 6

 Passage 1 About Homeownership in America

 Passage 2 The Rise of Industry

 Passage 3 House Price Rise: the Global Worry

 Passage 4 The Third Session of the World Urban Forum

Unit 7

 Passage 1 Will We Run Out of Water?

 Passage 2 Energy in the Future

 Passage 3 Is the Electric Vehicle Ear at Hand?

 Passage 4 Birth of an Antarctic Super-Berg

Unit 8

 Passage 1 Nicotine

 Passage 2 Animals on the Move

 Passage 3 Airplane

 Passage 4 Diet to Prevent Cancer

Unit 9

 Passage 1 Obama. Person of the Year

 Passage 2 Reagan. The 40th President of USA

 Passage 3 J. K. Rowling

 Passage 4 He Helped Develop the Fast Food Industry

Unit 10

 Passage 1 The Internet Transforms Modern Life

 Passage 2 A Bus Driver Delivers Free Home-cooked Meals

 Passage 3 Top 8 Modern Life Survival Skills

 Passage 4 Laid-Off Japanese Workers Becoming Homeless

Key to Comprehension Exercises