Special Training for New Types of Questions in Postgraduate Entrance Examination English Reading

Author: Mao Fenghua (Editor-in-Chief)
Publisher:
Publishing Date: 2004-11-01
Features: The main content and characteristics of this book are as follows:
1. Scientific and Practical. In , the book elaborates on the characteristics and solving patterns of the Sentence Completion type (also known as Choice Matching) in Section B of the postgraduate entrance exam reading comprehension. By revealing the thinking patterns, narrative modes, logical relationships, hierarchical structures, and cohesive devices of English articles, it lays a solid linguistic foundation for solving sentence completion questions. Subsequently, it analyzes the features of sentence completion questions in sample exam papers, introducing problem-solving strategies and techniques. Finally, it briefly introduces the basic skills for interpreting long sentences, especially in isolated conditions for interpreting options, enabling candidates to grasp the components, structures, and main ideas of sentences in a short time, thus placing them in the correct context.
2. Well-structured. While introducing methods and techniques, the book provides a large number of exercises for candidates to practice. The 50 practice questions are divided into three parts—Basic (10 articles), Intermediate (20 articles), and Advanced (20 articles)—based on the difficulty level of the articles, allowing candidates to systematically strengthen their training and review in a progressive manner.
3. Broad Content. The articles in this book are selected from foreign newspapers, magazines, books, and exam papers. They are rich in content, up-to-date, cover a wide range of topics, use standardized language, and are of moderate difficulty. This helps candidates broaden their horizons while improving their skills, ultimately leading to better performance. The selected articles include various genres, such as narrative, descriptive, expository, and argumentative texts, to enhance candidates' abilities in analyzing and solving problems across different types of texts.
4. Detailed Explanations. The book not only provides answers to each question but also offers in-depth analysis of the solutions. This helps candidates grasp the perspectives, methods, and techniques for answering questions, reinforcing their learning from . Additionally, the book provides full translations of each article and translations of distractors, which aids candidates in mastering the methods for analyzing complex sentence structures and translation techniques. This also serves to verify their understanding, deepen their comprehension of the passages, and improve their overall language proficiency.