College English Test Band 6 - Standard Reading 160 Passages

Author: Wang Changxi, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Improving English reading ability is a crucial breakthrough for passing the CET-6 exam and comprehensively enhancing English proficiency. Reading ability is both the goal and the means of English learning. If reading skills are strong, it becomes easier to tackle cloze tests, translation, and writing, making grammar and vocabulary even less of an issue. The purpose of writing Standard Reading for CET-6: 160 Practice Passages is to guide readers in preparing for the CET-6 exam with targeted practice, fully utilizing reading to promote the improvement of overall English competence. Features of the book:
1. Helps candidates familiarize themselves with CET-6 reading, overcome fear, and enhance learning interest.
2. Learns and consolidates CET-6 vocabulary through reading.
3. Expands background knowledge.
4. Studies genres and grasps the structural characteristics of passages.
5. Learns natural English expressions to write fluent English articles.
Usage Instructions:
1. Combine intensive and extensive reading, emphasizing accuracy and speed. For the 160 passages in 40 units, readers can select those of interest to read intensively, thoroughly understanding the passage structure, word choices, and question-creation patterns. Use these patterns to attempt quick reading of other passages. Learn to grasp the main idea of the passage and master the positioning methods for various question types.
2. Pay special attention to key words and sentences while reading, especially in relation to different question types and answer sources. For main idea questions, focus on the first and last paragraphs and the first and last sentences of each paragraph. For detail questions, pay attention to numbers, proper nouns, quotations, lists, etc., in the questions. For contextual vocabulary questions, focus on definitions, synonyms, antonyms, explanations, dashes, comparisons, and transitions around the target word. For author’s attitude questions, pay attention to emotionally charged words that reveal the author’s positive or negative stance. Although inference and judgment questions can be challenging, paying attention to transitional and sequential words greatly aids in solving them.