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Author: Du Ning / Chen Jianhua (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: "Practice makes perfect!" is an eternal truth. All the problems candidates encounter in the postgraduate entrance exam English test largely stem from insufficient practice. All problem-solving techniques and rules are clear in theory but vague in practice. Only through continuous and extensive practice can precision be achieved amidst ambiguity. The 2005 postgraduate entrance exam English syllabus underwent significant changes, introducing a "reduce one, add two," which means removing listening comprehension and adding reading selection and matching, as well as applied writing. After the "reduce one, add two," reading comprehension continued to solidify its supreme position in the exam, with its total score increasing from 50 to 60 points. Meanwhile, the writing section maintained its upward trend, with the word count rising to nearly 300 words and the score increasing to 30 points. Despite these changes, we can still see that the key focus, assessment points, and overall trends of the postgraduate entrance exam English have not fundamentally changed. Careful review and detailed practice of past exam papers remain crucial for candidates to familiarize themselves with the logic and master problem-solving patterns, which is still the key to achieving high scores.
This book selects postgraduate entrance exam English papers from 1996 to 2005, adhering to the new postgraduate entrance exam syllabus requirements for test formats, removing the no-longer-tested "grammar structure, vocabulary, and short passage correction," and categorizing them by different test formats for detailed explanations. The six parts are: English knowledge application, Reading Comprehension A (multiple-choice questions), Reading Comprehension B (choice and matching), Reading Comprehension C (English-Chinese translation), applied writing, and short passage writing.
The book has the following key features:
1. Strong guidance, precise extraction—Each section begins with an in-depth theoretical analysis of the postgraduate entrance exam English test formats covered, offering strong guidance, comprehensive content, and facilitating the connection between theory and practice. It helps candidates break down each section systematically, achieve mastery, and become proficient.
2. Linked analysis, hitting the key points—This book adopts a linked analysis method for all six sections of the postgraduate entrance exam English, providing a clear and intuitive understanding. In the multiple-choice reading comprehension, choice and matching sections, and English knowledge application, corresponding links highlight the key points, analyze options, and help candidates quickly grasp the test's question-setting points, characteristics, correct options, and distractor features. The linked analysis in English-Chinese translation makes the exam's translation features and corresponding techniques very intuitive; while in the writing section, the linked analysis directly targets writing key points, offering concise and effective guidance for imitation.
3. Difficulty coefficient, know thyself and the enemy—This book adds a difficulty coefficient to each question in the paper analysis, which is the candidate's correct answer rate. A lower coefficient indicates a harder question, meaning fewer candidates answer it correctly. Through difficulty coefficient detection, candidates can easily identify the difficulty level of each type, mark the difficulty of each question based on their experience, and focus on key areas when reviewing papers again, saving time.
4. Brainstorming, comprehensive attack—One of the book's distinctive features is the brainstorming training in the multiple-choice reading comprehension section. In addition to in-depth analysis of each question in the postgraduate entrance exam English multiple-choice reading comprehension, additional potential test points are added after each passage, helping candidates comprehensively understand the question-setting points of reading comprehension articles and launch a full attack.
5. Master's tips, dispelling the clouds—This book includes a "Master's Tips" section in the multiple-choice reading comprehension and English knowledge application parts, providing extended explanations or summaries for key questions. The content is concise and to the point, clarifying difficulties and aiding candidates in memorization.
6. Full translation, no omission—This book provides full translations for the multiple-choice reading comprehension, choice and matching, English-Chinese translation, and English knowledge application sections, enabling candidates to fully understand the articles, grasp their discourse structure at the paragraph level, and correctly analyze long and complex sentences for comprehensive review.
"Immerse yourself in the fragrance, savor the essence," we hope candidates can fully utilize the book's comprehensive and detailed analysis, carefully digest and reflect on it, and diligently study. We believe this book will undoubtedly accompany you to success.