由郭杰克主编的《全新版大学英语<第2版>快速阅读4》是普通高等教育十一五国家级规划教材，是教育部推荐使用的大学外语类教材。它的目的在于提高英语阅读速度，以适应目前信息量日益膨胀的现状。全书共分八个单元，其中每个单元由A-1、A-2和B-1、B-2四篇短文组成。每个单元的A-1和B-1供课堂使用，A-2和B-2供课外阅读。本书主要供修读要求较高的学生使用。

Unit 1

Text A-1 Alone in the Arctic Cold

Text A-2 Memories of Afghanistan

Text B-1 The Conquest of Mt.Jolmo Lungma

Text B-2 Buzz-bombs and Doodlebugs

Unit 2

Text A-1 Atomic Cars

Text A-2 Improving Industrial Efficiency Through Robotics

Text B-1 Maglev: A New Generation in Railroad Technology

Text B-2 Letters: Obsolete Technology

Unit 3.

Text A-1 The Job Hunt: How to Start a Succesful Career

Text A-2 A Tale of a Succesful Student Job Seeker

Text B-1 What Makes a Good Job？

Text B-2 The Kind of Work Daddy Does

Unit 4

Text A-1 Is the World Flat？

Text A-2 The World Isn't Flat - It's Networked

Text B-1 TheJeaning of America and the World

Text B-2 Americans and Food

Unit 5

Text A-1 Fast-Food Nation: Meat and Potatoes

Text A-2 Doggie Bags

Text B-1 Ad Nation

Text B-2 It's All at the Mall

Unit 6

Text A-1 Ka rosh i

Text A-2 The Ctilture of"Lead Time"

Text B-1 Pace of Life

Text B-2 The Impact of Time

Unit 7

Text A-1 Looking Back at 9/11

Text A-2 My Memories of September 11, 2001

Text B-1 The Worst Scare of My Life

Text B-2 Take Care, America

Unit 8

Text A-1 Grand Canyon Crowding

Text A-2 Ecotourism

Text B-1 Working Your Way Around the World

Text B-2 Jones Beach

Appendix

Key to Comprehension Exercises