《综合教程》基础阶段共分四册，其中第四册供英语专业二年级第一学期使用。
课文内容广泛，涉及文化、社会、伦理、爱情、家庭、知识等多个主题，使学生在学习英语的同时扩展个人视野，提高人文素养。
本书为教师用书，每个单元的Text I设计了Textexplanations，为帮助教师讲解课文以及部分词汇和句型的用法提供了相当详细的建议和参考意见。

Unit 1
Text I Fresh Start
Text II A University Stands and Shines
Unit 2
Text I The Company Man
Text II Time to Take It Easy
Unit 3
Text I How to Write a Rotten Poem with Almost No Effort
Text II The Interpretation of Poetry
Unit 4
Text I The Transaction
Text II Some Self-analysis
Unit 5
Text I "Take Over, Bos'n!"
Text II War
Unit 6
Text I The Real Truth about Lies
Text II To Lie or Not to Lie? -- The Doctor's Dilemma
Unit 7
Text I The Chaser
Text II Young Men and Elderly Men
Unit 8
Text I Out of Step
Text II Skylines and Skyscrapers
Unit 9
Text I Our Schedules, Our Selves
Text II The Unhappy American Way
Unit 10
Text I Homeless
Text II The Ideal of the Family Versus the Ideal of Personal Individualism
Unit 11
Text I Knowledge and Wisdom
Text II How to Become a Man of Genius
Unit 12
Text I Chinese Food
Text II Chinese Food in America
Glossary of Text I's
Glossary of Text II's