College English Test 1: Surfing on Listening Phrases and Idioms (Wang Haitao)

Author: Wang Haitao
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book has been the authoritative standard for testing college students' English proficiency in the College English Test Band 4 and Band 6 (CET-4, 6) since it was first introduced, and is often referred to as a "national treasure" in English testing. According to the objectives set by the teaching syllabus, common English phrases and expressions have become a key focus in college English classrooms, and are skillfully integrated into various test formats, including listening comprehension, reading comprehension, vocabulary and structure, cloze, error correction and translation, as well as writing. This book covers the five core language skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translation, with listening placed at the top. However, in actual college English teaching, the order of skill development is often rearranged to reading, writing, translation, listening, and speaking. Listening and speaking, as the most important language application skills, become the weakest links for learners due to limited opportunities for practice in daily life. This book also enables candidates to truly experience some effective listening training techniques and methods, setting a roadmap for long-term listening training.