Graduate Entrance Exam English Long Sentence Coach

Author: Exam English Composing Group
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: One of the major characteristics and difficulties of the exam English is the presence of some very long or peculiar sentences, which we call exam English long sentences. In terms of their role in the exam and their impact on candidates, the long sentences in reading and translation are the most damaging. Among these, the long sentences in reading are the most challenging. For example: These questions are political in the sense that the debate over them will inevitably be less an exploration of abstract matters in a spirit of disinterested inquiry than an academic power struggle in which the careers and professional fortunes of many women scholars—only now entering the academic profession in substantial numbers—will be at stake, and with them the chances for a distinctive contribution to humanistic understanding, a contribution that might be an important influence against sexism in our society. Although this sentence is far from being the most difficult to understand in exam English, it is easy to imagine the frustration of candidates in the exam hall when they discover that a long article contains a sentence as long as 81 words. As the basic unit of any reading material, the importance of sentences is self-evident. However, the complexity of sentence structures in exam English reading goes beyond the scope of other domestic English exams, and their length is astonishing. Often, by the time candidates reach the end of a sentence, they have forgotten what was said earlier, leaving many beginners confused and compelled to abandon the idea of truly understanding the article. Therefore, during the preparation phase for exam English, it becomes a very practical task for many candidates to overcome the obstacle of difficult sentences in a relatively short amount of time. In terms of words, sentences, and passages, sentences are the key to reading. Sentences are the basic units of semantic expression. Although you may adopt various methods to improve your reading skills, without passing the challenge of long and difficult sentences, your reading speed cannot achieve a qualitative leap. In fact, if you cannot understand an article, it is because you have not understood the difficult sentences. Currently, it is not unusual for the reading comprehension section of the exam English to include sentences with 50 to 70 words in length. All reading passages in the exam English are from English-speaking countries, mostly selected from popular foreign publications, covering various aspects such as social life, science and technology, and economics. These original materials are rewritten by reading test experts according to the exam requirements. This book includes all the difficult sentences that have appeared in the reading comprehension, translation, and cloze sections of the postgraduate entrance exam English over the years. Additionally, it selects and refines a large number of high-quality difficult sentences from newly published foreign books and journals that are completely consistent with the exam level and are equal to or more difficult than the exam level. All the difficulties are systematically and thoroughly analyzed in a step-by-step manner, and the sentences are classified and organized based on their structural characteristics, providing readers with general methods for analyzing difficult sentences. It will help you break through the difficult sentences that may appear in the exam English general exam in the future, fundamentally improve your English reading level, and make your fear of difficult sentences a thing of the past. There is no path longer than the one taken by the feet, and no mountain higher than the one climbed by a person. The key to learning English lies in persistence every day, without fail, and never giving up halfway. From a certain perspective, the entire exam English is about reading. Good reading skills are the prerequisite for achieving a satisfactory score. I hope that all students can persevere in training with strong will and determination, completely shatter the stubborn rock of difficult sentences, and clear the obstacles for a qualitative leap in reading ability in the end.