High School English Extracurricular Reading 365 Articles--Grade 10

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 reported on it during the News Broadcast. As a result, the domestic publishing industry was inspired, scholars and translators worked tirelessly to search for publishing information, and 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 Publishing House. 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Maimai continued to deliver hit translations, such as Royal Sisters, Midnight Thoughts, Nancy Reagan's Memoirs, and The Unpublished Works of Mark Twain, each becoming bestsellers. After 1990, due to teaching commitments, Wang Maimai began to compile college English textbooks and test preparation materials for the CET-4 and CET-6 exams. From then on, small and large bookstores near numerous universities across the country frequently introduced best-selling Wang Maimai English books. Suddenly, like a spring breeze that swept the land, a thousand trees burst into blossoms. In the domestic college English teaching aid book market, Wang Maimai English stood alone for years, truly leading the way for over a decade. Today, the Wang Maimai English series has already expanded to 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 precise 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 copy, demonstrating the brand's immense popularity. The English Curriculum Standards issued by the Ministry of Education require that, in addition to textbooks, students accumulate a cumulative reading volume of over 360,000 words. 365 Middle School English Extracurricular Reading Articles is a complete set of 6 books, suitable 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, encouraging readers to naturally develop the habit of English reading.
2. Rich Content: Abundant and engaging material, offering a knowledge-based, entertaining, and systematic approach that is hard to find in general reading publications. 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, expression prompts to share your insights, and annotations to help you grasp the text accurately and improve your skills. 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.