2007 Graduate Entrance Exam English Reading 200 Passages (Volume 3: Breaking Down Each One for 3 Points)

Author: Ma Degao, Ma Maoxiang (editors)
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: Spark English addresses the urgent needs of candidates, thinking for them, and in a thoughtful integration of suggestions and experiences from renowned postgraduate entrance exam English tutors and high-scoring candidates, it creatively and proactively planned and compiled this unique volume-bound, targeted practice, connected interpretation, and easy-passing "200 Practice Passages for Postgraduate Entrance Exam Reading Comprehension," aiming to bring immediate and surprising results to candidates' reading review with our meticulous care, our comprehensive attention, and our scientific methods. The writing and explanations of this book fully incorporate and reflect the following features:
Carefully Selected Materials, Close to the Syllabus. All passages in this book are carefully selected by teachers from well-known universities from their daily teaching materials. In terms of length and, they embody the characteristics of past exam questions: wide selection, touch on hot topics, and the content of words beyond the syllabus and complex sentences is close to the actual exam. Especially, it has added the new question types in the new postgraduate entrance exam syllabus, making this book fully compliant with the syllabus requirements and facilitating candidates in familiarizing themselves with the exam format.
Volume-Bound, Targeted Practice. The 200 passages are divided into 33 units according to the postgraduate entrance exam reading comprehension question format. Every 11 units are combined into one volume, totaling three volumes, which is convenient for carrying and allows candidates to conduct targeted reinforcement training. It breaks down the originally challenging and profound reading training into smaller parts, enabling candidates to improve with confidence and steady progress. Moreover, the difficulty levels of all questions are reasonably matched, helping candidates to gradually improve their reading and exam-taking skills.
Connected Interpretation, Directly Targeting Key Points. All passages and questions in this book are thoroughly analyzed and expertly commented on by exam experts. The "Connected Interpretation" uses visualized connecting lines to provide an intuitive analysis of each reading passage in every unit, making it easy for candidates to discover the true source of solution information and thus approach questions with confidence. The "Reading Highlights" help candidates clarify the structure of the passages, while the "Answer Explanations" provide insights from the candidates' perspective, guiding them to grasp the solution approach and develop correct problem-solving thinking. The "Full Text Translation" offers the complete Chinese translation of all translation questions, greatly aiding in accurate expression, and the following "Translation Analysis" provides more detailed language guidance.
Categorized Index, Multi-Purpose Use. This book's innovative "Multi-Functional Categorized Index" provides a detailed index of, genre, and difficulty for all 200 passages, allowing candidates to selectively focus on training specific types of reading materials, making the book multi-purpose and greatly enhancing its usability.
Selected Difficult Sentences, Systematic Conquering. This book selects 1-4 complex sentences from each reading comprehension passage and visually deconstructs their challenging information. Additionally, beyond the three reading volumes, this book includes a bonus "100 Examples of Difficult Sentence Explanations," collecting over 100 difficult sentences from actual exam questions and typical examples for grammatical and syntactic analysis and explanation, along with reference translations to guide candidates in overcoming the challenge of complex sentences.
Key Vocabulary, Concentrated Conquering. At the end of the analysis for each passage, this book includes a "Core Vocabulary" section, covering functional and syllabus-exceeding vocabulary, providing definitions and explanations for key and difficult words in the text. In response to requests from many candidates, it also includes phonetic transcriptions, helping candidates to learn vocabulary in context and easily overcome difficulties in vocabulary mastery.