30 Days to Master CET-4 Writing

Author: Fu Ying
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: True 30-day breakthrough, perfect combination of test, explanation, and practice, highlighting key points and key examination content, targeted breakthrough, closely aligned with the new syllabus and examination trends, tailored learning plans for readers. Pioneered the concept of the CET "Wealth Book" - the 30 Days to Master CET series is a self-study review book specifically designed for English learners of non-English majors (Public English) to achieve high scores in the National College English Test Band 4 (CET-4) quickly. The series consists of seven volumes: Vocabulary Preparation, Basic Knowledge, Listening, Reading, Grammar and Vocabulary, Cloze, Translation, Summary, and Writing. The main creators of the series are teachers with years of experience in teaching CET-4 and CET-6, who are rich in teaching experience and skilled in preparation guidance, with their students achieving a nearly 100% pass rate in CET-4 every year. The series also incorporates contributions from some CET-4 and CET-6 master examiners in certain chapters, providing unique insights and valuable experience for students preparing to tackle the CET-4 battlefield. This book is the Writing volume of the 30 Days to Master CET series, closely aligned with the specific requirements and scoring standards of the CET-4 writing exam, fully considering students' actual levels and needs, and highlighting the following features:
1. True 30-day Breakthrough
The 30-day breakthrough in this book is scientifically and reasonably divided into a certain number of tasks, with daily special training exercises for various question types. This helps students systematically, comprehensively, and with focus to grasp key points in a short time, effectively manage their study time, gradually master the new CET-4 question types, and ultimately conquer the National College English Test Band 4.
2. Systematic and Comprehensive
This volume provides a thorough and detailed introduction to all the genres required in Level A writing, including argumentative essays, practical writing, chart essays, and observational description essays, as well as key word essays that are currently not yet tested but required by the syllabus. It combines in-depth and easy-to-understand explanations of past exam essays and some student samples, offering a comprehensive analysis of various genres, structures, characteristics, examination question types, and scoring standards. This helps students grasp the requirements and characteristics of the CET-4 writing exam from a macro perspective.
3. Focus on Practicality
All content in the book revolves around the word "practicality." It not only provides methods for reviewing and structuring essays but also, with examples, points out students' weaknesses in coherence, word choice, and sentence construction. It analyzes the key elements for achieving high scores in essays and provides sentence patterns that students can directly apply. In the "Idea Sparking" section, 20 mock questions and model answers are provided for students to practice and imitate.
4. Authentic and Innovative Material Selection
Most of the analytical materials in this volume come from original scoring samples of recent CET-4 exams and students' regular essays, with no modifications. Readers can use these articles to objectively evaluate their own level, understand how to avoid and revise similar essays, and learn from the model answers to improve their writing skills and achieve high scores in the exam.
5. Highly Humanized Service System
Based on the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve, the book arranges a learning plan for readers. As long as readers strictly follow the review plan, they can ensure learning effectiveness (see instructions for use at the end of the book). At the end of the book, we have prepared learning diary pages for readers to record daily learning insights and key points, which can be cut out and bound into a notebook for convenient review. The book is divided into three parts: "Know Thyself and Thy Enemy," "Step by Step to Victory," and "Idea Sparking."
In the "Know Thyself and Thy Enemy" section, readers can learn about the topic selection and scoring standards of CET-4 essays, as well as common mistakes in student writing. The "Step by Step to Victory" section starts with reviewing and structuring essays, teaching students how to use writing techniques step by step to improve their writing skills. Additionally, this section provides many sentence patterns that readers can directly apply, offering a "shortcut" to improving writing skills. The "Idea Sparking" section provides 20 mock questions with thought analysis and model answers, helping readers better prepare for Level A writing training.