《高职高专英语泛读教程》是一套实用新颖、学考并重的全新阅读教材。全套教材共分三册，每册十个单元，具有以下特点： 选材多样新颖，语言地道，内容深刻，篇幅及难度适中；课后练习丰富多样，从不同的角度训练和提高学生的英语水平和套用能力；系统讲解阅读技巧，并配以针对性强的练习，有效地巩固和提高学生的阅读技能；紧密结合“高职高专英语套用能力考试”和“大学英语四级考试”，使学生在日常学习中轻鬆备考。《高职高专英语泛读教程2》为其中的第二册。

Unit 1 Advertisements Everywhere

Passage A Advertising——True or False?

Reading Skills Distinguishing Between Facts and Opinions

Passage B Television Advertising Leads to Unhealthy Habits in Children

Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

Reading for Fun An Ad

Unit 2 Great Perseverance

Passage A A Brother's Song

Reading Skills Recognizing References

Passage B Ask, Ask, Ask

Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

Reading for Fun Mow LawnsJor Free

Unit 3 Going into the UN

Passage A History of the United Nations

Reading Skills Scanning

Passage B The Introduction of UN

Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

Reading for Fun Danish Air Force Compensates Santa

Unit 4 Famous Celebrities

Passage A Forever Anita Mui

Reading Skills Skimming

Passage B Ted Turner——the Founder of CNN

Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

Reading for Fun A Hot Proposal

Unit 5 Living with Mobiles

Passage A Can We Live Without Our Mobile Phones?

Reading Skills Detailed Reading

Passage B Mobile Phones

Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

Reading for Fun The Smart Way to Catch Burglars

Unit 6 Renewing Educational Concept

Passage A Nature School

Reading Skills Fast Reading

Passage B The School of Rock

Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

Reading for Fun A Dead Rabbit

Unit 7 Exploring Outer Space

Passage A Shenzhou VII Ready for Historic Task

Reading Skills Sequencing

Passage B Shenzhou VII Mission Marks'the Maiden Spacewalk by Clunese Astronauts

Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

Reading for Fun NASA and the Navajo

Unit 8 Cloning Genes

Passage A My Sister, My Clone

Reading Skills Underlining and Highlighting

Passage B Father of the Impossible Children

Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

Reading for Fun Pet Dog Cloning

Unit 9 Defining Success

Passage A Seeking the Meaning of Life

Reading Skills Making Inferences

Passage B A Commencement Address

Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

Reading for Fun Bigger and Better in Texas

Unit 10 Microsoft's Development

Passage A Will Microsoft Still Be Microsoft Without Bill Gates?

Reading Skills Summarizing

Passage B ABC Interviews with Bill Gates

Reading Comprehension from PRETCO

Reading for Fun A Smart Italian

Key to Exercises