College English Test Band 4 (CET-4) and Coaching: Practice Test - Reading Comprehension

Author: Jing Shenghua, Chief Editor
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This volume is the "Skill Development: Reading Comprehension" section. Reading is achieved through written form to achieve practical language goals. It is not a passive language activity but an active and dynamic process of cognition, judgment, thinking, and understanding. To obtain the necessary information, readers must use various skills to analyze, judge, infer, and identify the facts described by the author and the viewpoints they wish to convey, grasp the central idea of the text, and understand the author's attitude toward the subject matter. In various English proficiency tests held in China, reading comprehension accounts for a significant proportion, which demonstrates the importance of English reading. However, from actual scores, for example in the College English Test Band 4 and Band 6, reading comprehension is the part with the highest number of lost points. This phenomenon reflects many issues, but we believe there are two main ones: first, a lack of mastery in the techniques, strategies, and methods of English reading comprehension; second, insufficient foundation in English language proficiency, limited reading volume, and shallow understanding of sentences and passages. For this reason, we have written this book. The entire book explores the various skills, requirements, and characteristics of English reading from multiple perspectives and levels, analyzes them in practical contexts, and includes targeted skill exercises, aiming to improve the users' level in both problem-solving approaches and the depth of text comprehension. For candidates preparing for the unified examination of College English Band 4 and Band 6, we recommend using this book over 30 days, spending about 45 minutes each day: Unit (3 days), Unit 2 (2 days), Unit 3 (7 days), Unit 4 (3 days), Unit 5 (15 days).