English Extracurricular Reading 365 Articles for Junior High School -- Grade 7

Author: Xu Qifu
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Publish Date: 2005-09-09
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1. Innovative Layout: Time is the axis, with one reading passage per day; reading is the continuation, blending knowledge and culture to create a new learning space for English, helping readers naturally develop the habit of English reading.
2. Rich Content: The materials are abundant and informative, offering a knowledge base, fun, readability, and systematicity that general reading publications cannot match. They allow readers to engage in advanced, selective, and repeated reading according to their own needs.
3. Strong Targeting: Each reading passage is accompanied by comprehension checks to assess your understanding, expression prompts to share your insights, and annotations to help you grasp the text accurately and improve your skills. Additionally, each day features an aphorism or proverb, which not only cultivates readers' comprehensive ability to learn and use English but also provides a supplementary reading resource for readers of different levels and needs.