English Professional Level 8 Listening (Includes MP3) (Shockwave Series)

Author: Liu Qin, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book is divided into three main parts. Chapter "Know Thyself and Know the Enemy," aims to introduce the requirements and testing focus of the listening comprehension section in the teaching syllabus and examination syllabus, as well as a comparison with the listening comprehension requirements of the TEM-4 and the old syllabus, to give candidates a macro understanding of the subject. Chapter "Break Down One by One," focuses on analyzing the selection characteristics, question analysis, and test-taking strategies for lectures, conversations, and news. By studying detailed, candidates can effectively improve their test-taking skills. Chapter "Practice Makes Perfect," provides 18 sets of practice questions, all arranged according to the requirements of the TEM-8. The materials are either selected from or from foreign newspapers, magazines, or broadcasts. The topics are diverse, covering politics, economics, history, culture, education, science and technology, and language and literature. The question types are varied, including main idea questions, key point questions, detail questions, inference questions, attitude questions, summary questions, and other common question formats. Each set of questions is accompanied by detailed answer analysis and audio transcripts, guiding candidates on how to transform test-taking strategies into actionable models for use in the exam. This book is specifically designed for English majors preparing for the TEM-8, but it can also be used by adult education students, self-taught undergraduates in English majors, and other students with equivalent proficiency.