方卫、章志萍、王聿玮主编汪榕培、石坚、邹申总主编的《21世纪大学英语应用型长篇阅读(附光盘3十二五普通高等教育本科国家级规划教材)》是为21世纪大学英语应用型系列配套的长篇阅读教材。依据《21世纪大学英语应用型综合教程》的主题，编写出为学生提高阅读能力和应试能力的阅读教程。本书围绕综合教程中的单元主题，分为8个单元，每单元设3篇课文，并配以最新四、六级考试题型。

Unit 1 Hero and Courage
Passage 1 Muhammad Ali Became a Big Brother to Me-And to All African Americans
Passage 2 Why China's Pop Culture Icons Matter
Passage 3 Journeying from Evil to Heroism
Unit 2 Communication
Passage 1 How Immigration Changes Language
Passage 2 Can We Talk to the Animals?
Passage 3 The Emoji (表情符号) Have Won the Battle of Words
Unit 3 Stress
Passage 1 Worriers vs. Warriors
Passage 2 Sleepless? Stressed?Anxious? Exhausted?
Passage 3 Stress May Be Good for You
Unit 4 Study Abroad
Passage 1 Chinese Overseas Need to Be Integrated
Passage 2 The Joys of Culture Shock
Passage 3 Why Expats (移居国外者) Marry Foreigners and then What Happens
Unit 5 Consumption
Passage 1 The Power of Buying Less by Buying Better
Passage 2 Having It All-A History of Global Consumption
Passage 3 Inconspicuous Consumption (非炫耀性消费)
Unit 6 Ageing Society
Passage 1 Why I Hope to Die at 75
Passage 2 Making Ageing Positive
Passage 3 A Billion Shades of Grey
Unit 7 Charity
Passage 1 Why the Rich Don't Give to Charity
Passage 2 Where Does Foreign Aid Go?
Passage 3 Class Divide in Chinese-Americans' Charity
Unit 8 Leadership
Passage 1 Why Are American Colleges Obsessed With "Leadership"?
Passage 2 What Makes a Great Leader Today?.
Passage 3 Few Women at the Executive Top
Appendix Keys and Answers