New Horizons College English Tutoring Materials (1)

Author: Yang Caixia
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book has the following characteristics: 1. Comprehensive and concise content. The selection of content in this book follows the following criteria: Content that is not very helpful in improving readers' English skills, or content that is not required to be tested in CET-4/CET-6 and postgraduate entrance examinations is omitted. Conversely, content that may be tested in CET-4/CET-6 and postgraduate entrance examinations is explained as much as possible. 2. Closely integrated with CET-4/CET-6 and postgraduate entrance examinations. While pursuing quality education, it does not forget test-oriented education. Features of the book: I. Learning Objectives and Key Points: Summarize the key knowledge and skills to be mastered in this unit in a concise and clear tabular form. Readers should have a general understanding and grasp of the content and key points of this unit before studying it. II. Self-Assessment – Related CET-4/CET-6 and Postgraduate Entrance Examination Questions: Collected all CET-4/CET-6 and postgraduate entrance examination questions that have tested the vocabulary of this unit in the past ten years. The purpose is to allow students to conduct a self-assessment before formally entering the unit study, analyze their progress and weak areas. III. Cultural Background: This part of the content is almost present in all similar books. The difference between this book and others lies in (1) only selecting cultural background knowledge about English-speaking countries that ordinary students are not very familiar with but should understand. (2) The introductions in this book are in both Chinese and English, while most other books use only Chinese or only English. IV. Text Structure Analysis: This part mainly analyzes the overall structure of each unit's text, explores the author's writing, and aims to improve readers' reading comprehension skills and guide them to learn writing techniques. The guiding ideology for writing this part is: When learning an article, not only should you expand your vocabulary and master the grammatical phenomena it contains, but you should also pay attention to improving your reading and writing skills. V. Difficult Sentences and Grammar Structure Analysis: This part is present in all similar books, but our explanation is more focused on the combination with exams, with an emphasis on explaining the examination points of various English exams. The examples and questions used are almost all from past CET-4/CET-6, postgraduate entrance examination, and TOEFL test papers. VI. Exam Treasure Box: Helps readers familiarize themselves with the content of CET-4/CET-6 and postgraduate entrance examinations and cultivate their exam-taking skills. VII. Real Exam Venue: Collects and explains the latest CET-4/CET-6 and postgraduate entrance examination questions. The purpose is still to help readers improve their exam-taking skills.