《大学英语快速阅读教程(3)》由宋军主编，是根据教育部新颁布的《大学英语课程教学要求》编写而成，适用于大学二年级(上)非英语专业学生或具有同等英语水平的阅读爱好者。

本教程编写目的是，通过积极主动的快读训练，帮助学生扩大英语词汇量，提高快速浏览能力、准确猜词能力、独立分析能力和归纳总结能力。

Unit 1

 Passage 1 University of Southampton

 Passage 2 How Do U.S. Colleges & Universities Evaluate Foreign Transcripts

 Passage 3 Public and Private Schools in the U.S.

 Passage 4 Elementary and Secondary Education in America

Unit 2

 Passage 1 Student Diary: Academic, Athletic, and Social Lives

 Passage 2 Five "Facts" from a Freshman

 Passage 3 Studying Abroad and Culture Shock

 Passage 4 How to Give Your First Speech

Unit 3

 Passage 1 Ways to Get About in Britain

 Passage 2 Carsharing

 Passage 3 Eating Out in America

 Passage 4 Casino

Unit 4

 Passage 1 The Purchase of Alaska, a Real Deal

 Passage 2 The History of NBA

 Passage 3 The Great Fire of London

 Passage 4 President Bush and the 9/11 Attacks

Unit 5

 Passage 1 China: Roused by Disaster

 Passage 2 7 Reasons You Won't Get a Job in 2009

 Passage 3 Web Opens World for Young Chinese

 Passage 4 Attention Chinese Shoppers: No More Free Plastic Bags

Unit 6

 Passage 1 We Are on the Brink—Perhaps It Is Time to Look to the Romantics for What Lies Ahead

 Passage 2 Toward a Greener Economy

 Passage 3 Arts and Crafts Find New Life Online

 Passage 4 Economy Begins with Eco

Unit 7

 Passage I Art Museum as Research Lab

 Passage 2 Earth-Friendly School

 Passage 3 Organizing Your Web Life in One Place

 Passage 4 Chocolate to Live For!

Unit 8

 Passage 1 Faking It. The Emotional Labour of Medicine

 Passage 2 Gifted Children: How to Bring Out Their Potential

 Passage 3 Why Children Need Father-Love and Mother-Love

 Passage 4 Why Do We Sleep

Unit 9

 Passage 1 He's Just like You and Me, Except for the ￡31bn Fortune

 Passage 2 Johnny Hart: Cartoonist Found Humor in Dinosaurs, Dungeons

 Passage 3 Earth-Friendly Architect Richard Rogers

 Passage 4 Political Scientist Samuel P. Huntington

Unit 10

 Passage 1 How Many People Do You Have to Meet to Find Your Soul-Mate

 Passage 2 Panic Attack: The First Day on the Job

 Passage 3 Succeed After a Layoff by Reinventing Yourself

 Passage 4 Stress and Stress Reduction

Key to Exercises