本丛书所选取的素材涉及国际政治、文化、经济、科技、文娱、体育及社会生活等多个方面。内容丰富、选材新颖、具有时代感，为广大学生所喜闻乐见。
　　丛书的装订灵活别致：在页面内侧刻有一行齿痕，便于撕取。每分册各有38个单元，每单元安排1篇阅读材料和不同题型的2篇完形填空材料。每篇阅读材料后除标有“建议阅读时间”外，在题目下方还印有空格供学生填写姓名、答案，同时便于老师批改评分，省时又省力。本丛书既适合在老师指导下集体使用，也适合学生个别使用。老师可利用早读课让学生做此练习，也可将该书安排为寒暑假读物；学生个人使用时也可根据“建议阅读时间”及标准答案来进行自我测试。
　　本丛书得到授权，有部分材料选自新加坡Shing Lee出版社出版的教材，在此谨向他们表示诚挚的谢意!

Unit 1 The Sweet Candy
Unit 2 How the Chipmunk Got Its Stripes
Unit 3 More Than a Ride to School
Unit 4 Nature's Drugstore
Unit 5 Raisins:The Incredible Shrinking Grapes!
Unit 6 The Amazing Holes
Unit 7 Nature's Design
Unit 8 A Successful Girl
Unit 9 Be Aware of Sodium
Unit 10 Room for Renting
Unit 11 Maple Day
Unit 12 What Should We Put the Blame On?
Unit 13 Where to Go for a Holiday
Unit 14 Computer World:Female Wanted
Unit 15 International Trade in Ancient China

Unit 1 The Sweet Candy
Unit 2 How the Chipmunk Got Its Stripes
Unit 3 More Than a Ride to School
Unit 4 Nature's Drugstore
Unit 5 Raisins:The Incredible Shrinking Grapes!
Unit 6 The Amazing Holes
Unit 7 Nature's Design
Unit 8 A Successful Girl
Unit 9 Be Aware of Sodium
Unit 10 Room for Renting
Unit 11 Maple Day
Unit 12 What Should We Put the Blame On?
Unit 13 Where to Go for a Holiday
Unit 14 Computer World:Female Wanted
Unit 15 International Trade in Ancient China
Unit 16 Exploring the Evolution of Cichlid
Unit 17 Angela Makes a Discovery
Unit 18 Funny Stories about Traffic Accident
Unit 19 We Are Half of the Sky
Unit 20 The Harvest in the Potato Field
Unit 21 All It Takes Is a Second
Unit 22 Earthquake Intensity
Unit 23 HK Students Eyeing Mainland Universities
Unit 24 Cruelty or Kindness
Unit 25 A Brief History of the ASPCA
Unit 26 Saint Lucia's Day
Unit 27 The Strange Egg Cracks
Unit 28 Ancient Chinese Fables
Unit 29 School Uniforms
Unit 30 Baboons in Desert Survive without Water
Unit 31 Building Bridges
Unit 32 Losing Weight
Unit 33 The World Mourns Diana,Princess of Wales
Unit 34 What Can We Eat?
Unit 35 A Lost Diary
Unit 36 Plant "Cry Out" for Water
Unit 37 Chemicals from Animals Help Heal Wounds
Unit 38 An Adventure in Nature