本书为17个单元，每个单元由Text A、Text B和Text C组成。Text A和Text B为教师课堂训练所用，Text C为学生课后自我训练和检测所用。Text B和Text C与Text A在选材上体现了同一主题。提供了“快速阅读技巧与策略”，供学生学习和教师参考。内容涉及语言、文化、经济、IT信息、求职、艺术、娱乐、名人演讲、体育、法律、医疗等学科领域以及社会热点问题。主题设计合理，融知识性、信息性、时代性、趣味性和实用性为一体。

Unit 1

Text A A Housewarming Party

Text B Nightlife: Put on Your Dancing Shoes

Text C Night Life in Singapore

Unit 2

Text A Online Dating: Getting to Know Someone Gradually

Text B Budget Dating: Cutting Costs Without Cutting Fun

Text C A Great Marriage Story

Unit 3

Text A Study Abroad Flourishes, with China a Hot Spot

Text B Getting Your Student Visa

Text C Lifelong Learning

Unit 4

Text A Preparing Answers in Advance for a Job Interview

Text B I.ooking for a Job in Hard Times

Text C Why Career Planning Is Time Wasted？

Unit 5

Text A Mix and Match: The Secret to Dressing Well

Text B Looking Good！ A Plus-size Woman's Revolution

Text C My Smoky Eye

Unit 6

Text A The Secret to Staying Youthful

Text B A Success Story

Text C Recognizing Job Burnout

Unit 7

Text A Grand Canyon Glass Skywalk Opens

Text B Why Go on a Trekking Holiday？

Text C Hiking Hut-to-Hut in the Atps

Unit 8

Text A Why Not Consider an Iguana for Your Next Pet？

Text B Yellowstone A Look Forward

Text C Whale Watching in California

Unit 9

Text A Easy Ecommerce——Opening Your Own Online Business

Text B Identity Theft Crimes

Text C Traditional Shopping vs. Online Shopping

Unit 10

Text A Tennis Court Surfaces: Clay, Concrete and Grass

Text B Snowboarding

Text C My Skydiving Story

Unit II

Text A Magic Tricks That Everyone Can Learn

Text B The Crazy World of 3D Animation

Text C Finding the Perfect Holiday Home

Unit 12

Text A Oil Price in the Future

Text B With Gas Price Falling, Trucks Come Back

Text C Left-overs from Food Production: Transportation Fuels of the Future？

Unit 13

Text A Greening Our Infrastructure

Text B Recycling and Reducing Paper Use

Text C Japan Races to Build Zero Emissions Electric Car

Unit 14

Text A Solid State Drives vs. Traditional Hard Drives

Text B Improved PSP Gets Even Cooler New Features

Text C The Truth Behind the Apple IPod

Unit 15

Text A The Sub-prime Lending Crisis

Text B What Can Climate Scientists Tell Us About the Future？

Text C Natural Disaster Management

Unit 16

Text A Interesting Facts About

Text B The Kobe Bryant You Know and Don't Know

Text C All Eyes on First Lady's Wardrobe

Unit 17

Text A Are You Storing Food Safely？

Text B Food Additives as Damaging as Lead

Text C The Global Water'Crisis

Key to Comprehension Exercises