Mid-term exam written expression

Author: Zeng Xingchu
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: Listening generally accounts for 20-40 points in local middle school entrance exams. Due to various reasons, students' listening proficiency varies greatly, and the average score on listening tests in recent years has been extremely low. Listening has become a bottleneck for some students in their English learning.
1. Authority
The lead editor of this book is a nationally renowned teacher, a special consultant and external editor for several newspapers, with extensive teaching experience. They have profound research in language learning and testing, especially in listening tests. The contributors to this book are distinguished teachers from top schools in educationally advanced regions across the country, with strong academic backgrounds and outstanding teaching achievements.
2. Predictability
The compilation of this book is based on the in-depth and scientific research conducted by the lead editor and all contributors on high school entrance exam questions. From material selection to question design, it strives to align with high school exam questions. The book is developed according to the examination syllabus issued by the Ministry of Education's Examination Center, high school exam question evaluation reports, and high school exam question and analysis, while also based on an understanding of the new curriculum standards. It provides a scientific analysis and prediction of the trends in middle school listening tests.
3. Integration of Guidance and Practice
The book teaches students how to fish, guiding learning methods. Each of the 12 units is meticulously explained by experienced teachers on listening improvement techniques, analysis of high school listening questions, and insights into high school listening question types.
4. Large Volume
The book is divided into 12 units, with a total of 24 sets of tests, meeting the "quantity" needs for classroom or self-study listening training for both teachers and students. The language materials in each chapter's tests are consistent with the word count requirements of middle school exam questions, ensuring that the length of each test aligns with the middle school exam.
5. Authenticity
All listening materials in the book are dialogues and monologues, in spoken form, and rich in contemporary relevance.
6. Scientific Question Design
The test questions in the book are designed to match high school exams, with question types such as factual information questions, mathematical calculation questions, main idea questions, inference and judgment questions, and attitude and opinion questions. Moreover, the question stems are simple, effectively training listening comprehension skills.
7. Native Speaker Narration
The narrators are native speakers with clear pronunciation, beautiful intonation, and a speaking pace consistent with high school exams.
8. Practicality
The accompanying audio cassettes can be controlled by students individually, making them convenient and cost-effective. This series of books is co-authored by national and provincial/municipal outstanding teachers from 31 provinces and cities. Among them, some have been engaged in tutoring and teaching for many years, some have participated in question setting and marking for years, and some are directly the heads of question-setting and marking teams. Their rich teaching experience, keen grasp of exam trends, and profound coaching insights are combined to create this authoritative and predictive series.
This series is divided into 5 volumes based on exam question types: High School Listening, High School Multiple Choice, High School Cloze, High School Reading Comprehension, and High School Writing. Each volume contains high school exam review exercises, answer keys with brief explanations, problem-solving methods, and exam-taking tips. The selected exercises are highly predictive and cover a wide range, incorporating mock exam papers and monthly test questions from top schools.