Super·Graded and Categorized English-Chinese Comparative Reading·Level 4. Comprehensive Edition

Author: Si Shusen, Wang Tianming (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publishing Date: 2005-04-01
Features: To adapt to the new developments in China's higher education, improve teaching quality, and meet the practical needs of the state and society for talent cultivation in the new era, the new Teaching Requirements for College English Curriculum (Trial Version) sets high requirements for reading comprehension (Reading Comprehension) skills: the ability to basically read English articles on general topics, with a reading speed of 70 words per minute. When reading long passages with slightly lower difficulty at high speed, the reading speed should reach 100 words per minute. The ability to basically read English domestic newspapers and periodicals, grasp the main ideas, understand key facts and related details. The ability to read common application materials in work and daily life. The ability to use effective reading methods. To meet the above requirements, improve the English reading comprehension skills of current students and a broad readership of young people, expand knowledge, vocabulary, and reading skills, and lay a solid foundation for passing the National College English Test (CET-4), we have compiled Super·Graded and Categorized English-Chinese Comparative Readings·CET-4.
This series consists of four volumes: Science and Technology, Economy and Law, Literature and Arts, and Comprehensive. The content and difficulty of this series are closely aligned with the specific requirements of the new Teaching Requirements for College English Curriculum for reading comprehension. The passages are fresh and engaging, strong in both interest and knowledge, broadening horizons while providing insights into the ever-changing world, and offering enlightenment, leading to improvements in multiple aspects of reading. Below is a brief introduction to each volume:
Science and Technology: The content covers various fields of natural sciences, such as basic scientific research, celestial bodies and the universe, space exploration, ecological environmental protection, earthquake prediction, healthcare, biotechnology, animals and plants, computers, network information, hackers, transportation, and the development and current status of stem cell research and cloning technology.
Economy and Law: Most of the articles involve the latest developments in the fields of economy and law, including hot social topics and foundational knowledge, such as the current status and issues of regional and global economic development, international finance and foreign trade, inflation, currency depreciation, and stock and securities trading, as well as judicial fairness and crime, and the latest analysis of China's entry into the WTO.
Literature and Arts: It includes entertaining and engaging anecdotes of famous figures, biographies of writers and artists, philosophical fables, reviews of music, fine arts, sculpture, historical allusions, works appreciation, and literary criticism.
Comprehensive: The content covers political figures, historical events, military developments, war models and the application of high technology, sports exchanges, the development and changes in cultural and education, geographical knowledge, customs and traditions of different countries, as well as population explosion and control.
Each volume in this series contains 100 passages, progressing from easy to difficult, with each passage ranging from 300 to 600 words, with a few longer passages exceeding 700 words, aimed at expanding information and meeting practical reading needs. For self-study, each passage is followed by an analysis of vocabulary usage, grammar structures, or difficult sentences, with concise annotations and reading comprehension exercises that match the question types of the National College English Test (CET-4), aiding readers in exam preparation. The reference translations help with comprehension and improve translation skills, and each article is accompanied by exercise answers for self-assessment.
Each volume in this series also includes four authentic reading comprehension sections and answers from the College English Test (CET-4) from January 2003 to June 2004.
This series is not only suitable for current students preparing for the CET-4 but also for intermediate English self-learners, self-study candidates, and readers preparing for the National English Proficiency Test (PETS).