在当今的信息时代，我们需要阅读的英语资料浩如烟海，而我们又没有时间去细心阅读每本书或每一篇文章。因此，要适应信息量日益膨胀的形势并从中获取我们需要的信息。提高我们的阅读速度是十分必要的。根据新颁布的《大学英语课程教学要求》，达到大学英语一般要求的快速阅读速度应为每分钟100个词。为了适应这一要求，郭杰克主编的《全新版大学英语<第2版>快速阅读(附光盘2)》的篇章快速阅读速度即为每分钟100个词。

Unit 1

 Text A-1 Why Learn Another Language?

 Text A-2 Tips on Studying a Foreign Language

 Text B-1 How to Study Effectively

 Text B-2 What Is Intelligence, Anyway?

Unit 2

 Text A-1 Remembering My Grandparents

 Text A-2 Leaf and Loaf

 Text B-1 The True Story of a Young Man

 Text B-2 A Game of Light and Shade

Unit 3

  Text A-1 A Long Walk Home

  Text A-2 The Disappearing Generation Gap

  Text B-1 Rites of Passage

  Text B-2 The Last Adventure

Unit 4

  Text A-1 The Fun and Excitement of "Reality"

  Text A-2 Future Talk

  Text B-1 E-mail Is for Old People

  Text B-2 Talk to Me

Unit 5

  Text A-1 A Young, Blind Expert on Computers

  Text A-2 As Dream Comes True

  Text B-1 Go for the Gold

  Text B-2 Across the Frozen Sea

Unit 6

  Text A-1 In Every Era There Are Fads, Crazes and Trends

  Text A-2 Txt Msg Phenomenon: R U in2 It?

  Text B-1 Reality TV: A Fad or the Future?

  Text B-2 The MySpace and Facebook Generation

Unit 7

  Text A-1 Why English?

  Text A-2 Reading -- the Most Important Way to Learn English..

  Text B-1 Two Languages

  Text B-2 Conversational Ball Games

Unit 8

  Text A-1 Acid Rain

  Text A-2 Industry and the Environment

  Text B-1 Global Warming May Not End Up Being Warm at All

  Text B-2 Rubbish Disposal

Appendix

Key to Comprehension Exercises