Complete Gao Kao Review Plan: English (Student Book)

Author: Xiao Zhongyuan
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Publishing Date: 2005-05-01
Features: The format originates from first-line research in senior high schools, emphasizing "practicality"; organized by examination points in lesson sequences for ease of classroom use; meticulously crafted by top-tier school teachers and experts, challenging "zero errors"; focuses on "medium-difficulty questions" to strengthen foundational knowledge. The Complete Quality High School Review Plan is a renowned brand of high-stakes teaching materials developed by Beijing Complete Quality Education Research Institute. It is the "first series of high-stakes review textbooks in China," emphasizing fundamentals, capturing the times, reflecting local characteristics, highlighting comprehensiveness, and strictly following lesson-based writing to truly enter the classroom. It serves as an operational carrier for teachers and students to conduct efficient reviews in class, maximizing review efficiency. Since its publication, it has been warmly welcomed and highly recognized by senior high school teachers and students.
To better grasp the new trends of the 2006 high-stakes reform, we organized a joint writing effort by third-line senior high school teachers, subject leaders, and seasoned high-stakes research experts from dozens of top national demonstration high schools to develop the 2006 edition of The Complete Quality High School Review Plan, providing senior high school teachers and students with a scientific and comprehensive preparation plan. "Correctness, innovation, and practicality" are the core design philosophies of this book.
Correctness—We integrated the educational resources of top-tier schools and teachers across the country, with experts overseeing every stage from initial conception to final design, and top teachers refining every detail. Their professionalism is infused into every part and every nuance of the book. After three rounds of review and five rounds of proofreading, we further had experts and first-line senior high school teachers review and refine it in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Tianjin, Beijing, Anhui, Chongqing, Liaoning, Shandong, and Sichuan. We conducted time-limited trials among teachers and students in over 100 key secondary schools, both urban and rural, and promptly corrected any errors or imperfections found during review or trial, striving for "zero errors" to give readers peace of mind in purchasing, using, and excelling in exams.
Innovation—The format of this book is entirely derived from our first-line research with teachers and students, listening to the most authentic voices of senior high school educators and fully respecting the actual needs of review teaching. Designed according to the examination points sequence specified in the Examination Syllabus, it truly enters the classroom, facilitating effective interaction between teaching and learning and maximizing review efficiency. Content is the guarantee of a book's intrinsic quality. For The Complete Quality High School Review Plan, content innovation lies more in the completeness and fluidity of thought and process, the scientific and novel yet effective review strategies provided, the rich and valuable preparation resources, and the fresh examples, exercises, and test questions. These are closely linked to production, social life, and the latest technological and cultural developments, focusing on hot and focal issues. We organized a team of high-stakes question-setting experts to compile new questions representing the trends of high-stakes reform under the new context and scenarios, incorporating the latest high-stakes examination papers or mock papers and new questions from professional journals. Classic questions are rephrased from new perspectives to accurately guide high-stakes review and imbue the book with a strong sense of the times.
Practicality—Closely aligned with the actual needs of the first round of high-stakes review, it fully implements the spirit of the Examination Syllabus by the Ministry of Education's Examination Center, which emphasizes medium-difficulty questions, focusing on solidly strengthening foundational knowledge and ensuring students can reliably secure basic scores while preparing for challenging questions in terms of knowledge, skills, methods, and mindset. During its compilation, the book always adheres to a human-centered philosophy, putting readers first. For example, The Complete Quality High School Review Plan provides ample space for answering, includes supplementary unit for easy use and grading, and appends valuable preparation materials at the end of the book to provide a platform for students to summarize and reflect on examination points.