High School English Extracurricular Reading 365 Articles--Grade 11

Author: Xu Qifu
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Wang Maimai Book Brand, which originated 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) reported on it during the News Broadcast. As a result, the domestic publishing industry was stirred into action. Scholars and translators worked tirelessly to search for publishing information, while relevant publishers 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 Press. Making his debut, he achieved a resounding success, with the first edition of his translation of 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continued to produce hit translations, including Royal Sisters, Midnight Thoughts, Nancy Reagan's Memoirs, and The Unpublished Works of Mark Twain, each becoming a bestseller. After 1990, due to teaching commitments, Wang Maimai began compiling college English textbooks and test preparation materials for the CET-4 and CET-6 exams. From then on, small and large bookstores near universities across the country frequently discovered the launch of best-selling Wang Maimai English books. Like a sudden spring breeze that blossoms a thousand trees, Wang Maimai English dominated the domestic college English supplementary market for years, reining supreme for over a decade. Today, the Wang Maimai English series has hundreds of titles, covering subjects from middle school to college and postgraduate studies. 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 its remarkable popularity. The Ministry of Education's English Curriculum Standards require cumulative reading of over 360,000 words in addition to textbooks. "Read a little every day, and you will break ten thousand volumes." 365 English Extracurricular Reading Articles for Middle School Students is a set of 6 books designed for students from 7th to 12th grade. It has the following features:
1. Innovative Layout: Time as the vertical axis, with one article per day; reading as the horizontal axis, integrating knowledge and culture to create a new learning space in English, helping readers naturally develop the habit of English reading.
2. Rich Content: Large amount of information, diverse themes, and substantial content, offering a knowledge-based, engaging, and systematic reading experience that general reading materials cannot match. It allows readers to engage in advanced, selective, and repeated reading based on their individual needs.
3. Strong Targeting: Each reading passage is accompanied by comprehension questions to assess your understanding of the text, expression prompts to share your insights, and annotations to help you grasp the text accurately and improve your skills step by step. Additionally, it includes a daily proverb or quote, which not only cultivates readers' comprehensive ability to learn and use English but also facilitates self-directed reading for readers of different levels and needs, providing supplementary reading material.