College English Test Band 6 Standard Reading 160 Passages

Author: Wang Changxi
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: Improving English reading ability is a crucial breakthrough for passing the CET-6 exam and comprehensively enhancing English proficiency. Reading ability is both the goal and the means of English learning. If reading skills are strong, it becomes easier to tackle cloze tests, translation, and writing, making grammar and vocabulary even less of an issue. The purpose of writing Standard Reading for the CET-6 Exam: 160 Practice Passages is to guide readers to prepare for the CET-6 exam with targeted practice, fully utilizing reading to promote the improvement of comprehensive English skills.
Key Features of the Book:
1. Helps candidates familiarize themselves with CET-6 reading, overcome fear, and enhance learning interest.
2. Learn and reinforce CET-6 vocabulary through reading.
3. Expand background knowledge.
4. Study genres and grasp the structural characteristics of passages.
5. Learn idiomatic English expressions to write fluent English articles.
Usage Instructions:
1. Combine intensive and extensive reading, focusing on accuracy and speed.
For the 160 passages in the 40 units, readers can choose those of interest to read intensively, thoroughly understanding the structure, word choice, and question-creation patterns. Use these patterns to attempt quick reading of other passages. Learn to identify the main idea of the passage and master the positioning methods for various question types.
2. Pay special attention to key words and sentences while reading.
Combine different question types and answer sources, and be mindful of key words and sentences in the passage.
- To answer main idea questions, focus on the first and last paragraphs and the first and last sentences of each paragraph.
- For detail questions, pay attention to numbers, proper nouns, quotations, lists, etc., in the questions.
- For contextual vocabulary questions, note definitions, synonyms, antonyms, explanations, dashes, comparisons, and contrastive/turning words around the target word.
- For author’s attitude questions, watch out for emotionally charged words that reveal the author’s positive or negative stance.
- For inference and deduction questions, though more challenging, paying attention to transitional and sequential words can greatly help solve them.
Wang Changxi is a renowned expert in English exam coaching. He has studied at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Beijing Normal University and has taught at the School of Foreign Languages, Renmin University of China, serving as the Director of the Institute of Foreign Language Teaching at Renmin University. He has long been engaged in research on English linguistics and English testing. He has published over 90 books, totaling over 10 million words. Due to his rich teaching experience, high accuracy in question-setting, and precise grasp of exam syllabi, he is widely beloved by candidates and his works are highly acclaimed and consistently bestsellers. He has hosted postgraduate English and general English lectures on China Radio International, taught professional English on Hebei TV and Jiangxi TV in 2000, and delivered CET-4 and CET-6 lectures on China Education Television in 2003. He has published numerous English exam coaching articles in China Youth News. The saying "When learning English, look for Changxi" has been widely circulated among students.