这本综合英语，是全国高等教育自学考试指定教材。书中内容是根据考试大纲编写的，分为阅读理解、词语解释、语法完形填空。并有大量习题，供考生练习。后记中，附有综合英语（一）自学考试大纲。

Lesson One

Text The Story of an Hour

Lesson two

Text In the Laboratory

Lesson three

Text Detective on the Trail

Lesson four

Text The Trashman

Lesson five

Text The Day I Was Fat

Lesson Six

Text Another School Year—Whar For?

Lesson Seven

Text The Great Idea of Mr.Budd(I)

Lesson Eight

Text The Great Idea of Mr.Budd(II)

Lesson Nine

Text The English Character

Lesson Ten

Text Thank You,Ma'am

Lesson Eleven

Text The Emotional Bank Account—Secrets of Happy Families

Lesson Twelve

Text I Got B.A.by Sheer Luck

Lesson Thirteen

Text Freedom in Dying

Lesson Fourteen

Text The Outside Chance

Lesson Fifteen

Text The Letter"A"(II)

Vocabulary List

Useful Expressions

They knew that Louise Mallard had a weak heart So they broke the bad news gently.Her husband,Brently,was dead.