《阅读与欣赏》是“21世纪研究生英语”系列教材的主干教材之一，是根据国家教育部（原国家教委）颁发的《非英语专业研究生英语（第一外语）教学大纲》的要求所编写的泛读教材，共分3册。1、2册供硕士阶段使用；第3册供博士阶段使用。
　　本教程1、2册各由16个单元组成。每单元又分成A，B两篇内容相关的课文。为方便学习，每课给出了生词表、音标、中文词义、课文注释和练习题。另外，课文的平均长度为1600字左右，每篇课文末尾均注明该课文的字数，便于读者掌握和检测阅读速度。

Unit 1
　Text A How Fast Should a Person Read？
　Text B The Art of Listening
Unit 2
　Text A Warming up to Words
　Text B The Culture Did lt
Unit 3
Text A Light Shows of the Mind
Text B Who Owns Intelligence
Unit 4
　Text A Curse of the Mummy
　Text B The Moral Development of Children
Unit 5
　Text A Confucius and the Scholars
　Text B Chinese Numerals
Unit 6
　Text A Injustice First
　Text B Hoist by His Polemic
Unit 7
　Text A Mothers with Another’S Eggs
　Text B Pregnancy and Pi l ls
Unit 8
　Text A The Way of Tea in Japan
　Text B Caffeine and Women’S Health
Unit 9
　Text A Superiority Complex
　Text B When Our Students Don’t Respect Us
Unit 10
　Text A Ethics in the Infosphere
　Text B The Existence of Different Morals
Unit 11
　Text A The Hunt for Another Way
　Text B Letting Species Die
Unit 12
　Text A Rethinking Animals
　Text B Degrees of Animal Concern
Unit 13
　Text A Can Work Kill?
　Text B Was There Something I Was Supposed to Do with My Life
Unit 14
　Text A Medical Software Marvels（Ⅰ）
　Text B MedicaI Software Marvels（Ⅱ）
Unit 15
　Text A Why We Are Addicted to Addiction
　Text B Dying to Be Thin
Unit 16
Key to Exercises