《新编大学英语阅读教程(第2册)》每个单元分为三个部分：Part I为仔细阅读，包括主课文一篇和三种题型的练习共15题。课文后均附有“生词表”和“注释”，生词採用双解方式。PartⅡ为一篇快速阅读文章，后面附有10个练习题。PartⅢ为练习部分，共三篇短文，其中两篇为多项选择题型，第三篇则为Banked Cloze。Short Answer Questions或Cloze。练习的设计从有利于学生打好语言基础和提高语言套用能力的角度出发，在题型上，考虑学生参加大学英语四级考试的实际需要，设计了部分针对最新的四级考试的练习，帮助学生逐步熟悉新的考试形式。

Unit One Family Life
Warming up Exercises
Part I Reading in Depth
Raise a Money-smart Kid
Part II Skimming and Scanning
Teaching Teens Boundaries and Self-control
Part m Exercises
Section A Reading Comprehension
Section B Banked Cloze
Unit Two Fruit Trees
Warming up Exercises
Part I Reading in Depth
Jujubes——Chinese or Red Dates
Part II Skimming and Scanning
Pruning Peach Trees
Part m Exercises
Section A Reading Comprehension
Section B Cloze
Reading Skill: 读出言外之意 （Reading Between the Lines）
Unit Three Love and Marriage
Warming up Exercises
Part I Reading in Depth
To Make Love Grow
Part 11 Skimming and Scanning
To Win at Marriage, Learn to Lose
Part m Exercises
Section A Reading Comprehension
Section B Banked Cloze
Unit Four Tourism
Wanning up Exercises
Part I Reading in Depth
Reinventing the African Safari
Part II Skimming and Scanning
Avoiding a Large Phone Bill When Traveling
Part m Exercises
Section A Reading Comprehension
Section B Answer the Following Questions Briefly
Reading Skill: 寻找主题句 （Locating the Topic Sentence）
Unit Five Fishing
Warming up Exercises
Part I Reading in Depth
All about Global Fishing
PartII Skimming and Scanning
Collapse: End of Global Fish Stock by 2050 ？
Part m Exercises
Section A Reading Comprehension
Section B Banked Cloze
Unit Six Mass Media
Warming up Exercises
Part I Reading in Depth
Rupert Murdoch's Crumbling Media Empire
Part II Skimming and Scanning
Elizabeth Taylor, Lifelong Screen Star
Part III Exercises
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Unit Seven Wealth and Health
Unit Eight Social Ethics
Unit Nine Genuine Friendship
Unit Ten Animal Husbandry

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