English Listening Self-Test. College English Test Band 4

Author: Zhang Yiming
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book is divided into four parts: Listening Guidance; Warm-up Exercises; Self-Tests; and VOA (Voice of America). The Listening Guidance section analyzes the characteristics of various listening question types in the CET-4 exam, introduces problem-solving techniques, and offers suggestions for psychological preparation for the test. The Warm-up Exercises include 20 thematic units, providing foundational practice in vocabulary, phrases, and sentences, ranging from basic to advanced levels. The formats include: dictation fill-in-the-blanks, completing answer questions, and multiple-choice. This section starts with a lower difficulty level, is concise and easy to practice, and lists potential new words at the beginning of each unit to guide beginners. The Self-Tests include ten simulated self-assessment exercises. Following the reformatted CET-4 sample questions, each exercise consists of: 8 short dialogues (multiple-choice); 7 long dialogues (multiple-choice); 10 short passages (multiple-choice); and 11 compound dictation. The VOA section features ten special English news reports with diverse themes, designed in a dictation fill-in-the-blanks format.