Bore through Level 4 - Analysis of of College English Test Band 4 (New 2002 January - 2006 January 10 sets of complete original questions)

Author: Li Junfeng
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: Mastering past exam papers is a shortcut! The compilers of this book are teachers with many years of experience on the teaching front, deeply understanding the situation of candidates. Based on a large amount of statistical data accumulated from teaching, the questions are meticulously explained. If 90% of the people can answer a question correctly, it won’t be covered; if more than half of the people get it wrong, it will be explained in detail, without avoiding the important and focusing on the trivial. This makes the doubts clearer and the difficulties more prominent. We recommend using the complete set of past exam papers as the primary material for pre-examination intensive training, rather than relying on predictions or guesswork. Doing several sets of complete past exam papers before the exam allows for practical practice of knowledge and skills, helping to identify and bridge the gap—this is the key to success in passing the CET-4. The College English Test Band 4 (CET-4) is a proficiency test. Proficiency tests have the advantages of scientifically designed questions with strong reliability and validity. However, they also have disadvantages: many fixed question types and patterns are present in the questions. In reality, one exam paper is essentially a specific version or variation of these fixed question types and patterns. As long as you do a lot of practice and understand the patterns of question setting, it’s easy to overcome the challenges of the CET-4, and many students even score higher than their actual abilities. The CET-4 is similar to the TOEFL exam abroad in that both are proficiency tests. Many Chinese students who are not very proficient in English can achieve relatively high scores after doing a certain number of TOEFL past exam papers. It’s not unusual for them to score 600 on the TOEFL in China. The same principle applies to the CET-4—mastering past exam papers is a shortcut. Currently, there are dozens of versions of books containing past exam papers. Based on a comprehensive review of these books, we have done extensive work to develop the unique features of this book:
1. Answer Verification: Some students might ask, "Isn’t the answer a problem?" Let’s be honest, based on the information we’ve collected, it’s hard to find a single book without incorrect answers among the many available—some of which are quite famous. Many students are baffled by wrong answers and annotations after completing the questions. For the same question, checking three books might yield three different answers, leaving them unsure which one to trust. Therefore, this book uniquely emphasizes the importance of the correctness and uniqueness of answers, which is considered a "novelty" in this field in China.
2. Full Translation: Translation is an excellent way to improve the English proficiency of non-English majors. Through careful effort, this book provides full translations for all sections except listening, fully revealing the surface and essence of CET-4 exam papers to candidates. On one hand, it serves as a reference for students who don’t understand the meaning of the text. More importantly, we hope that students can turn the entire exam paper into a translation exercise. This will fundamentally improve your English skills.
3. Detailed Explanation: A common experience among students when reading books is that many of them have a high degree of arbitrariness in explaining questions—"They explain in detail what you already know, but gloss over or skip what you don’t understand." Many books explain difficult questions like this: "It’s wrong because it doesn’t match the meaning of the text." The compilers of this book are teachers with many years of experience on the teaching front, deeply understanding the situation of candidates. Based on a large amount of...[more content]