本套教材的文章都是與東西方文化相關的內容。
每冊8個單元，每個單元4篇文章，其中2篇為600－
800詞左右的短篇閱讀，2篇1000詞左右的長篇閱讀，
短篇閱讀後面設置3－4個開放式問題，長篇閱讀附上
以文章內容相關的匹配練習。由黃曉玲主編的教材《
中西文化閱讀（2大學英語通識教程）》涉及的內容
為中西方文化：文化和習俗、中西方藝術、中西方教
育、中西方社會醫療保障體繫、中西方戀愛和婚姻觀
、體育和娛樂、交通體繫、語言、節日、飲食、歷史
、地理、文學、服飾等多個主題。

Unit One Chinese Calligraphy＆Painting
Section A
Passage 1 Chinese Painting
Passage 2 Chinese Seal
Section B
Passage 1 Chinese Calligraphy
Passage 2 The Four Treasures of the Study：They Record
Civilization
Unit Two Ancient Chinese Architecture
Section A
Passage 1 Yongding Tulou
Passage 2 Zhaozhou Bridge
Section B
Passage 1 Temple of Confucius
Passage 2 Summer Palace
Unit Three Traditional Chinese Sports
Section A
Passage 1 Nadam Fair
Passage 2 Dragon Boat Racing
Section B
Passage 1 Recreative Gymnastics
Passage 2 Qigong
Unit Four Ancient Chinese Education
Section A
Passage 1 Confucius and Education
Passage 2 Academies of Classical Learning
Section B
Passage 1 Chinese Ancient Education
Passage 2 Imperial Examination
Unit Five Education
Section A
Passage 1 Private Colleges Are a Waste of Money for White，Middle Class Kids
Passage 2 Give Students the Right to Switch University
Section B
Passage 1 Scottish Education：Why Don’t the Sums Add Up？
Passage 2 A Proposed Federal College Rating System Could Hurt Disadvantaged Students
Unit Six Arts
Section A
Passage 1 Mona Lisa
Passage 2 British Museum
Section B
Passage 1 Big Bands
Passage 2 Ballet
Unit Seven Literature
Section A
Passage 1 Of Studies
Passage 2 Three Days to See
Section B
Passage 1 Heart of a Teacher
Passage 2 Doris Lessing：British Novelist of the“Female Experience”
Unit Eight Movie and Media
Section A
Passage 1 Artificial Intelligence
Passage 2 The Times
Section B
Passage 1 The Legend of 1900
Passage 2 The Introduction of BBC
Key