New Horizons College English Tutoring Materials · Level 3

Author: Yang Caixia
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book has the following characteristics:
1. Comprehensive and concise content. The selection of content in this book follows the following criteria: Content that does not significantly contribute to improving readers' English proficiency and is not required for CET-4/CET-6 or postgraduate entrance examinations is omitted. Conversely, content that may be tested in CET-4/CET-6 or postgraduate entrance examinations is explained as much as possible.
2. Closely integrated with CET-4/CET-6 and postgraduate entrance examinations. While pursuing quality-oriented education, it does not neglect examination-oriented education.
1. Learning Objectives and Key Points: Summarizes the key knowledge and skills to be mastered in this unit in a concise and clear tabular form. Readers should have a comprehensive understanding and grasp of the content and key points of this unit before studying it.
2. Self-Assessment – Related CET-4/CET-6 and Postgraduate Entrance Examination Questions: Collected all CET-4/CET-6 and postgraduate entrance examination questions that have tested vocabulary related to this unit in the past ten years. The purpose is to allow students to conduct a self-assessment before formally entering the unit study, analyzing their progress and weak areas.
3. Cultural Background: This section is almost present in all similar books. What makes this book different from others is (1) only selecting cultural background knowledge about English-speaking countries that ordinary students are not very familiar with but should understand.
4. Text Structure Analysis: This section mainly conducts a comprehensive structural analysis of each unit's text, exploring the author's writing approach. The purpose is to improve readers' reading comprehension skills and guide them to learn writing techniques. The guiding principle for writing this section is: When learning an article, it is not only necessary to expand vocabulary and master grammatical phenomena, but also to pay attention to improving reading and writing skills.
5. Difficult Sentences and Grammar Structure Analysis: This section is present in all similar books, but our explanation focuses more on the connection with exams, emphasizing the key points tested in various English exams. The examples and questions used are almost all from past CET-4/CET-6, postgraduate entrance examination, and TOEFL test papers.
6. Exam Treasure Box: Helps readers familiarize themselves with the content tested in CET-4/CET-6 and postgraduate entrance examinations and develop exam-taking skills.
7. Real Exam Venue: Collects and explains the latest CET-4/CET-6 and postgraduate entrance examination questions. The purpose is still to help readers improve their exam-taking skills.