陈德民主编的《高级阅读教程》第四版是为培养和提高学生的英语报刊阅读能力并进而加强和巩固英语口译能力而编写的。第四版的编写原则和体例与前三版基本相同，替换的文章占全书的五分之二，多为近两年发表在英美报刊杂志上的文章，选材的渠道有所拓展，主题也更为广泛了。读者应具有中级以上英语水平，在经过一个阶段的学习后，一般应能达到或基本达到“英语高级口译证书考试大纲”对英语报刊阅读能力的要求。

Part One Society

 Lesson 1

Reading A The Great Awakening

Reading B The Next American Century

 Lesson 2

Reading A Life Behind the Prison Looking Glass

Reading B The Twilight of the Elites

 Lesson 3

Reading A Social Security: Is There Really a Crisis?

Reading B Must Try Harder

 Lesson 4

Reading A Who Says A Woman Can't Be Einstein?

Reading B Taming Wild Girls

 Lesson 5

Reading A Stop Thinking That All Religions Are Essentially the Same

Reading B Putting God Back into American History

Reading C Politicians Should Serve You, Not Wealthy Contributors

Part Two Science & Technology

 Lesson 6

Reading A Blingtronics

Reading B The Power of Us

 Lesson 7

Reading A Grand Theft Identity

Reading B Toy Soldiers

 Lesson 8

Reading A The Maverick God of Small Things

Reading B Buzz off, Harry -- Britain Needs Reinventing

Reading C Changing Channels

 Lesson 9

Reading A Nature Is the Model Factory

Reading B Quantum Money: Note Perfect

Part Three Adolescence & Education

 Lesson 10

Reading A To Get Good Teachers and Doctors, Measure Them Better

Reading B Cook the Books

 Lesson 11

Reading A The Importance of Resilience

Reading B You Don't Scare Me, 007 -- I'm a Killer Too

Reading C How a Jury of Teens May Put a New Spin on Juvenile Justice

Part Four Mind & Health

 Lesson 12

Reading A Ignorance Is Bliss

Reading B Choice Words on Having Too Much Choice

 Lesson 13

Reading A Eat Less, Live Longer?

Reading B When I Stopped Thinking, I Wrote Illness out of

My Life

 Lesson 14

Reading A Who Has Designs on Your Students' Minds?

Reading B Water, Air, Fire, Earth: the Original Fab Four

Part Five Business & Economy

 Lesson 15

Reading A US Red Ink = America's Global Weakness

Reading B The First World Debt Crisis Only Serves to Hasten the Shift of Power to the East

Reading C A Biotech Battle Royal: Rivals Laying Siege to Amgen's Near Monopoly in Anemia Drugs

 Lesson 16

Reading A Tagged, and Ready for Bed

Reading B Upstart States

Part Six Reading Tests

 英语高级口译考试阅读测试概要

 英语高级口译考试阅读测试题

 Test One

Section 2

Section 5

 Test Two

Section 2

Section 5

 Test Three

Section 2

Section 5

 Test Four

Section 2

Section 5

 英语高级口译考试阅读测试题参考答案