English Extracurricular Reading 365 Articles for Junior High School Students (Grade 7)

Author: Xu Qifu
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Wang Maimai Book Brand, established in the 1980s. In 1987, a book titled "The Spy Catcher" by a former British MI5 intelligence officer caused a sensation in Western society, and China Central Television (CCTV) also reported on it in the news program "News Broadcast." As a result, the domestic publishing industry was inspired, scholars and translators worked tirelessly to search for publishing information, and relevant publishing houses did their utmost to seize publishing opportunities. However, it was the unknown Wang Maimai who emerged victorious from the crowd, signing a contract with Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House. Making his debut, he achieved a resounding success, with the first edition of his translated work "The Spy Catcher" selling nearly 100,000 copies. Once the victory was secured, it was unstoppable. In the following years, Wang Maimai continued to produce hit translations such as "Royal Sisters," "Midnight Thoughts," "Nancy Reagan's Memoirs," and "The Unpublished Works of Mark Twain," all of which became bestsellers. After 1990, due to teaching commitments, Wang Maimai began to compile college English textbooks and teaching materials for the CET-4 and CET-6 exams. From then on, small and large bookstores near universities across the country frequently introduced new titles from Wang Maimai English, which became bestsellers. Suddenly, as if a spring breeze had blown, a thousand trees blossomed like pear blossoms. In the domestic college English teaching materials market, Wang Maimai English stood alone for years, truly leading the trend for over a decade. Today, the Wang Maimai English series has hundreds of titles, covering subjects from middle school to college and postgraduate entrance exams. Its brand has gained increasing popularity among readers due to its exceptionally clear explanations of textbook difficulties and its accurate grasp of exam trends. Surveys show that students from many universities and high schools across the country own Wang Maimai brand books, with almost every student having at least one, demonstrating the brand's immense popularity. In addition to textbook learning, students should accumulate more than 150,000 words in extracurricular reading. — The Complete Set of "365 Extracurricular English Readings for Middle School" (6 volumes) by the Ministry of Education's "English Curriculum Standards" is designed for students from 7th to 12th grade. It has the following features:
1. Innovative Layout: Time as the vertical axis, with one reading per day; reading as the horizontal axis, blending knowledge and culture to create a new learning space in English, enabling readers to naturally develop the habit of English reading.
2. Rich Content: Abundant in information, with engaging and substantial material, offering a knowledge-based, interesting, readable, and systematic combination that general reading materials cannot match. It allows readers to read ahead, select, and reread according to their needs.
3. Strong Targeting: Each reading passage is accompanied by comprehension questions to test your understanding, expression prompts to share your insights, and annotations to help you grasp the text accurately and improve your skills. Additionally, there are daily proverbs and quotes that not only cultivate readers' comprehensive English learning and application abilities but also provide supplementary reading material for readers of different levels and needs.