本教材分为上、下两册，每册由八个单元组成。每个单元有四篇文章，练习形式与大学英语四、六级考试长篇阅读题型紧密结合，每篇文章除了段落匹配题外，还设计有多项选择题和信息填空题。通过对英语语言材料的学习，可以开阔学生们的视野，使其熟练掌握阅读技能和把握好新题型提出的要求，使他们在愉悦的阅读中提高学习兴趣，逐步提升阅读能力及英语语言的应用能力。
本教材适用于各类高校大学一至四年级学生，可以作为课堂教材或自学材料。
本书为下册。

Unit 1 EDUCATION
Passage Ⅰ What Good Is a College Education Anyway？
Passage Ⅱ Is Education the Key to Success？
Passage Ⅲ Which Is More Important, IQ, EQ or AQ？
Passage Ⅳ Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century
Unit 2 THE OLD
Passage Ⅰ Caring for Old People Is an Awesome Responsibility
Passage Ⅱ Older Adults Are the Happiest
Passage Ⅲ The' Secrets o,f Long Life Revealed
Passage Ⅳ Retirement Planning, Decade by Decade
Unit 3 FAMILY
Passage Ⅰ Boomerang Children
Passage Ⅱ Parents' Homework. Find Perfect Teachers for Kids
Passage Ⅲ Inspiration for Your Kids
Passage Ⅳ Protect Your Nest
Unit 4 BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
Passage Ⅰ China, a True Global Financier
Passage Ⅱ Creating Your Wealth-building Plan
Passage Ⅲ Ethics in Marketing
Passage Ⅳ The Balanced Development of the Economy and the Population
Unit 5 MEDICAL ADVANCEMENTS
Passage Ⅰ Using the Mind Against Diseases
Passage Ⅱ Will Electronic Medical Records Improve Health Care？
Passage Ⅲ How Can We Prevent Medical Errors？
Passage Ⅳ Main Energies for the Body
Unit 6 MARRIAGE
Passage Ⅰ Marriage in America: Past, Present and Future
Passage Ⅱ Does Having Kids Make You Happy？
Passage Ⅲ Marriage by the Numbers
Passage Ⅳ The All-or-nothing Marriage
Unit 7 CAREER
Passage Ⅰ How to Find a Job You Like
Passage Ⅱ Bosses Gone Wild
Passage Ⅲ Steps to Reshape Your Job
Passage Ⅳ office Politics
Unit 8 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Passage Ⅰ Car Generation Gap: Five Ways Our Autos Have Changed
Passage Ⅱ Surviving in Space
Passage Ⅲ Is the Electric Vehicle Era at Hand？
Passage Ⅳ Sounds of the Solar System Are Music to the Ears of Space Scientist