《大学体验英语快速阅读教程4（第3版）/“十二五”普通高等教育本科国家级规划教材》含18个单元，每单元分TextA和TextB两篇。教程编写采取“主题和技能”相结合的模式，即单元设置围绕主题内容，阅读练习设计针对阅读技能与文章内容。第三版在2005年第一版的基础上，结合师生在使用过程中的反馈进行修订。修订后的练习设计兼顾大学英语四、六级新题型应用和阅读策略训练。书后附有练习的参考答案。
本书的快速阅读材料内容丰富，题材多样，语言地道、规范，结构严谨，同时兼顾知识性、趣味性和科学性，以此激发读者学习英语的积极性，增加词汇量，扩大文化背景知识，有利于训练学生掌握快速阅读的方法，熟悉考试题型和提高答题技巧。所选材料难度适中，所含生词辅以汉语注释，学生不致产生畏难情绪，丧失阅读信心。所选文章篇幅适宜，学生不致产生疲劳感。
- Introduction to Important Reading Strategies and Skills
- Unit 1 Learning
- Text A Learning and the Brain
- Text B Teenage Brains
- Unit 2 Employer and Employee Satisfaction
- Text A Telecommuting
- Text B Stupid Jobs Are Good to Relax with
- Unit 3 Social Problems.
- Text A Workplace Violence Is a Source of and Reaction to Stress
- Text B To Arm or Not to Arm
- Unit 4 Strategies
- Text A Language Learning Strategies
- Text B How to Make Math Class Interesting?
- Unit 5 Traffic and Transportation
- Text A Seat Belt Usage
- Text B Smarter Cities Program
- Unit 6 National and International Politics
- Text A Politics of Australia
- Text B Political Apologies
- Unit 7 New Technologies
- Text A New Technologies Create New Problems
- Text B How to Use Your Laptop to Locate an Earthquake
- Unit 8 Competition
- Text A Knowledge-based Competition
- Text B Why Competition Is Good
- Unit 9 Energy
- Text A Energy Sources and Uses
- Text B What Breakthroughs Do Biofuels Need?
- Unit 10 Health
- Text A Should Dentists Offer Health Screenings?
- Text B Five Ways to Keep Your Fitness Resolutions Alive
- Unit 11 Forest and Nature
- Text A Dry， Hot and Windy
- Text B Drug Trafficking Poses Surprising Threats to Rain Forests
- Unit 12 Ecosystem
- Text A Can Ecosystems Be Eestored?
- Text B Warmer， Werrwe and Better
- Unit 13 Deserts
- Text A Deserts
- Text B Sahara
- Unit 14 Tourist Attractions
- Text A Grand Canyon National Park
- Text B Athens City Break Guide
- Unit 15 Matters of Public Concern
- Text A Privacy， Neither Absolute nor Highly Valued
- Text B Reasons for Extramarital Affairs
- Unit 16 Invention
- Text A About Crittercam
- Text B Steven Jobs
- Unit 17 Environment
- Text A European Youth Face Environmental Hazards
- Text B What Killed the Great Beasts of North America?
- Unit 18 Living Species
- Text A Warming to Extinction
- Text B The Secret of Dolphins' Speed Is Not Skin-deep
- Answer Key
