《新通用大学英语进阶阅读3/普通高等教育“十一五”国家级规划教材》特色：

·  设计科学：以《大学英语课程教学要求》为依据，采取“主题与技能”相结合的编写模式，即单元设置围绕内容主题，练习设计针对阅读技能，并参照最新四、六级长篇阅读考试的题型，帮助学生轻松应对各种阅读能力测试。

·  学用结合：选材体现知识性、趣味性、实用性和文化性相结合的原则，内容新颖，体裁多样；在培养学生阅读技能的同时，增加了启智、促思因素，提高学生在阅读时的知识性输入，从而达到学以致用的目的。

·  寓教于乐：每册书均配有多媒体趣味学习光盘，光盘选材独立，采用先进的计算机技术和有趣的游戏设计来有效训练并提高阅读技能。测试完毕后自动生成成绩报告，综合评估阅读速度和阅读理解能力，辅助学生进行个性化学习。

前言
UNIT ONE Cultural Literacy
  Passage ? Cultural Literacy for the Young and the Nation
  Passage ? The Importance of Cultural Literacy
UNIT TWO Getting Things Done
  Passage ? The Art of the Doable To-do List
  Passage ? Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity
UNIT THREE Controversial Issues
  Passage ? Write or Wrong: The Death of Handwriting?
  Passage ? Is Cloning Ethical and Should It Be Pursued?
UNIT FOUR Environmental Issues
  Passage ? Your Home: Healthy or Unhealthy?
  Passage ? Chemistry and Clouds
UNIT FIVE Tradition
  Passage ? My Culture Shock Experience
  Passage ? Spring Festival Traditions
UNIT SIX Disaster
  Passage ? Seasonal Flu and Swine Flu Fundamentals
  Passage ? Death Dust: The Valley-fever Menace
UNIT SEVEN Emergency
  Passage ? At the Critical Moment
  Passage ? Japan’s Radioactive Nightmare
UNIT EIGHT Books
  Passage ? World Digital Library
  Passage ? Alice Munro
UNIT NINE Magazines
  Passage ? Seattle, Washington
  Passage ? Magazine Industry Soars
UNIT TEN Health
  Passage ? Dancing in the Park
  Passage ? Swede Ambitions
UNIT ELEVEN Life Choices
  Passage ? Life Is All About Choices
  Passage ? We Are What We Choose
UNIT TWELVE Holidays
  Passage ? Japanese Girls’ Day
  Passage ? Boxing Day
UNIT THIRTEEN Inventions (1)
  Passage ? Paper-thin Batteries Made from Algae
  Passage ? The Yo-yo
UNIT FOURTEEN Inventions (2)
  Passage ? Clever New Fan Has No Blades
  Passage ? Four Great Inventions
UNIT FIFTEEN Prism of the World
  Passage ? Life’s Five Toughest Questions
  Passage ? How to Choose the Right Job
UNIT SIXTEEN Enjoying the World
  Passage ? Unexpected Pleasures of Walking in Madrid
  Passage ? The March of Xi’an’s Terracotta Army
Answer Key
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“十一五”国家规划教材

结合四六级改革“长篇阅读”的新题型，通过4册循序渐进的训练，逐渐使学生达到长篇阅读题型对学生英语阅读理解的要求。

每册1个单元，每个单元有两篇阅读文章，第一篇文章为传统的阅读理解题型，文章后配有是非判断或选择题；第二篇文章设置为四六级考试新题型长篇阅读。