●Unit 1 Earthquakes
●Passage A A Nation Grieves
●Passage B Earthquakes
●Unit 2 Studying Overseas
●Passage A Studying at Oxford
●Passage B Citations in a Foreign Language
●Unit 3 The Olympic Games
●Passage A A Splendid Start -- XXIX Olympic Games Opens in Beijing
●Passage B Team Effort -- China Celebrates as the Paralympics Comes to a Successful Close
●Unit 4 Medicine
●Passage A Accounting for Taste
●Passage B A/H1NI Flu
●Unit 5 Space Exploration
●Passage A Final Frontier
●Passage B How Is Space Junk Dodged?
●Unit 6 Education
●Passage A Why Are We ttere?
●Passage B Women Surpass Men in Advanced Degrees
●Unit 7 Finance
●Passage A Behind the Global Markets 'Meltdown
●部分目錄

本書是高等學校十二五規劃教材《新平臺大學英語教程》繫列之一――《閱讀》分冊。本教程內容涵蓋北京奧運、金融風暴、汶川地震、H1N1流感等1含有A篇和B篇，兼顧教學與自學、精讀與泛讀、深度與廣度。注釋簡潔貼切，注重異國文化的介紹。    《新平臺大學英語教程(閱讀)》可作為大學英語四級後的高階閱讀教程，也可供廣大英語愛好者、大學英語教師使用。    《新平臺大學英語教程(閱讀)》由鄭國雲任主編。