National English Proficiency Test Vocabulary Essentials 1

Author: Ma Jing
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: After each entry, there are collocations, phrases, grammar, key points, comparisons, and typical test questions to help you memorize words effectively!
Level Standards:
Level I (Beginner): Slightly above the English proficiency of junior high school graduates under the nine-year compulsory education system (mastering about 1,000 words and related phrases).
Level II (Lower Intermediate): Equivalent to the English proficiency of an excellent high school graduate (mastering about 2,000 words and related phrases).
Level III (Intermediate): Equivalent to the English proficiency of someone who has studied public English for two years in a university or self-studied a course of similar level after graduating from high school (mastering about 4,000 words and related phrases).
Level IV (Upper Intermediate): Equivalent to the English proficiency of someone who has studied public English for at least 3-4 years in a university or self-studied a course of similar level after graduating from high school (mastering about 5,000 words and related phrases).
Level V (Advanced): Equivalent to the English proficiency of a second-year student in an English major at a university (mastering about 7,000 words and related phrases).
I. Spelling and Pronunciation
If the spelling and pronunciation are not unique, they are listed together. For example, cheque (= [Am.] check) indicates that in American English, the word is spelled as check. After the phonetic transcription, the part of speech is noted. If a word has multiple parts of speech, each part of speech is prefixed with a bold Roman numeral. Part-of-speech symbols are in italics. Nouns are marked with U for uncountable nouns and C for countable nouns. If a word can be both countable and uncountable, no mark is used.
II. Typography
Entries in this book are in bold black type. "Comparisons," "Collocations," "Grammar," "Typical Test Questions," and "Key Points" are enclosed in solid fish-tail brackets []. Part-of-speech symbols are in white italics. The rest are in white regular type.
III. Symbols
Round Brackets ():
(1) Indicate special plural forms of nouns and whether nouns are countable or uncountable.
(2) Indicate optional letters, phonetic transcriptions, or words within parentheses.
(3) Used to mark inflectional forms.
(4) Used to add habitual collocations after verbs.
(5) Used to add supplementary explanations for meaning and examples.
Slash /:
(1) Used to fill in phonetic transcriptions within the two lines.
(2) Used to separate alternative spellings.
(3) Used to indicate interchangeable parts.
Solid Fish-Tail Brackets []: Used to denote the specific sections under each entry.
Tilde ~~: Used in examples and idioms to represent the target word.
IV. Sequences
This book uses the following sequences:
Part of Speech Category: I, II, III
Meaning Category: ①, ②, ③
V. Part-of-Speech Symbols and Abbreviations