本书为《英语阅读教程》第三分册,包括10单元,40篇课文。课文内容多为文艺小说、人物传记、历史故事、宗教传说等,也有一些科技文章。课文长度950～1200词之间。

本书练习设计精巧,形式多样:阅读文之前有提示性的问题;阅读课文之后有选择题、填空题、词汇练习题;每单元后还有一篇速读短文和针对短文的选择题,以检查学生的阅读速度和理解能力;同时,每单元中还有专门讲解阅读技能和词汇知识的部分,并配有相应的练习。书后附有练习参考答案。

本书配有学习辅导书,辅导书内容包括:阅读文章难点注释及参考译文。

前辅文
Unit I Texts 1—4
  IA Reading for Comprehension and Speed
   1. Johnny Shiloh
   2. True Tales of Pirate Treasure
   3. A Hole_in_the_ground Hobby
   4. My Bank Account
  IB Learning about Skills and Words
  IC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
Unit II Texts 5—8
  IIA Reading for Comprehension and Speed
   5. The Career of Horace Greeley
   6. High up in the Tropics
   7. The Black Man in the Picture
   8. Tame Volcanoes
  IIB Learning about Skills and Words
  IIC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
Unit III Texts 9—12
  IIIA Reading for Comprehension and Speed
   9. Danger in Space
   10. The Seven Gifts
   11. The Beau Catcher
   12. The Voices of Time
  IIIB Learning about Skills and Words
  IIIC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
Unit IV Texts 13—16
  IVA Reading for Comprehension and Speed
   13. All Aboard for Europe
   14. The First Men on the Moon
   15. The Late Mr. Adams
   16. Tiger Treasure
  IVB Learning about Skills and Words
  IVC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
Unit V Texts 17—20
  VA Reading for Comprehension and Speed
   17. Rain Is Born
   18. The Warning Shot
   19. North of the Arctic Circle
   20. The Telephone and Its Inventor
  VB Learning about Skills and Words
  VC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
Unit VI Texts 21—24
  VIA Reading for Comprehension and Speed
   21. Marlin Perkins’ World
   22. New York’s Big Ditch
   23. The Day the Big Top Burned
   24. Forest Fires:A Major Disaster
  VIB Learning about Skills and Words
  VIC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
Unit VII Texts 25—28
  VIIA Reading for Comprehension and Speed
   25. Stuck on Stamps
   26. The Two_year Apple
   27. The Star of the Magi
   28. Horatius
  VIIB Learning about Skills and Words
  VIIC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
Unit VIII Texts 29—32
  VIIIA Reading for Comprehension and Speed
   29. In Seven Minutes
   30. She Signed Dollar Bills
   31. Needed:Colonists for Space
   32. A Separate Peace
  VIIIB Learning about Skills and Words
  VIIIC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
Unit IX Texts 33—36
  IXA Reading for Comprehension and Speed
   33. Lost over the Atlantic
   34. Two Loaves of Bread
   35. Zenobia—Queen of the East
   36. Three Days to See
  IXB Learning about Skills and Words
  IXC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
Unit X Texts 37—40
  XA Reading for Comprehension and Speed
   37. The Time Nightshirt
   38. A Triumph yet to Be Won:V_day in the Polio War
   39. Man in a Hostile Land
   40. The Big Switch
  XB Learning about Skills and Words
  XC Testing Your Reading Comprehension and Speed
Key to Exercises