"GRE English Section Comprehensive Review Guide 2007"

Author: Zhang Pei (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: The postgraduate entrance exam English test is a proficiency test, characterized by its questions being designed based on the exam syllabus rather than a specific textbook. The time allocated for the English Knowledge Application, Reading Comprehension, and Writing sections is 180 minutes, and candidates must complete all questions within this time frame, which undoubtedly presents a high level of difficulty. Therefore, how to conduct efficient pre-exam review is crucial. This book is designed for this purpose, based on the new exam syllabus, providing candidates with a comprehensive theoretical review guide through question analysis and targeted exercises. It thoroughly summarizes the question-setting patterns while offering practical techniques and ample practical exercises, helping candidates avoid aimlessness in their review and enabling them to proceed systematically and purposefully, achieving twice the result with half the effort. This book provides review guidance for candidates on the following exam content:
The English Knowledge Application section consists of four types of questions: vocabulary knowledge, grammatical structure, collocation, and discourse cohesion. The vocabulary question is a key focus. The English Knowledge Application section primarily tests reading ability, so candidates must first understand the passage while flexibly applying their knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, logic, context, cultural and historical background, etc. Although the "Grammatical Structure and Vocabulary" section has been removed from the current exam paper, candidates must still pay close attention to it, as otherwise, it will be difficult to achieve good results in the English Knowledge Application and other sections. This book provides an overview of the key content in the Grammatical Structure and Vocabulary sections, offering great help to candidates.
The Reading Comprehension section has added questions in Section B (Collocation Choice Questions). Reading Comprehension has always been a "major event" in English exams, not only testing candidates' mastery of conventional expressions such as vocabulary, phrases, and sentence patterns but also assessing their comprehensive understanding of non-linguistic knowledge, including politics, economy, culture, history, science and technology, language, and society in English-speaking countries. This book provides a detailed analysis of the four common question types in Section A and Section B of Reading Comprehension, along with targeted solving techniques and simulated exercises, enabling candidates to quickly develop comprehensive problem-solving skills. Section C, English-Chinese Translation, primarily tests candidates' ability to accurately understand English sentences in context and express them correctly in Chinese. Candidates must not only have strong reading comprehension skills but also master the main translation techniques of English-Chinese translation to ensure the translation is accurate, complete, and fluent. The characteristics of English-Chinese Translation questions are long sentences, complex structures, and abstract content. Based on the question characteristics, this book introduces translation techniques in both lexical and syntactic aspects, with a special focus on long-sentence translation techniques. Through an understanding of translation methods and targeted practice, candidates can quickly improve their translation skills.
Writing The writing section has added practical writing, which is both a key focus and a challenge for candidates. It requires not only a solid language foundation but also mastery of basic writing techniques. For candidates, practicing more is certainly a viable approach, but without understanding and familiarity with writing methods and processes, it is impossible to improve scores quickly. Due to the importance of writing techniques, this book provides a comprehensive and in-depth introduction to how to write English essays, which can be considered a condensed monograph on English composition. From word selection, sentence construction, paragraph development, to completing the essay and common sentence patterns, candidates will undoubtedly gain new insights after careful reading. Our recommended "Ten-Sentence Essay Method" is a high-scoring essay technique, and candidates can significantly improve their scores after short-term training.
The newly added practical writing section includes writing tips and sample essays for 13 types of practical writing forms such as letters, notices, reports, records, and announcements, along with 15 practical exercises, enabling candidates to quickly improve their practical writing skills.
The number of candidates taking the postgraduate entrance exam has reached nearly a million, while the pass rate for the English exam is only about 20%, making the competition incredibly fierce. Therefore, study methods cannot be conventional; they must be innovative, finding methods that suit individual strengths while staying clear about the progress of one's review to remain calm and confident before the exam. This book will help you avoid aimlessness in your review, enabling you to study wisely and efficiently for the exam and achieve good results.