2007 Master's Degree Entrance Examination -- English CET-4 Style Vocabulary

Author: Wang Ruoping et al. (Editor-in-Chief)
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Features: "Four Skills" is the highest level of English vocabulary learning. Currently, students' vocabulary memorization is limited to "word recognition," meaning that after seeing a word, their brains can reflect its basic meaning. In terms of "reading," they are still somewhat acceptable, but there are significant shortcomings in the other three aspects:
1. They cannot speak, i.e., they cannot pronounce the words.
2. They cannot write, i.e., they cannot spell correctly.
3. They cannot use them, i.e., they cannot apply them, primarily referring to their use in writing. How to use the memorized words in their own writing is a major issue. Remember: the most effective way to memorize words is to place them in contexts that interest you and are valuable, striving to achieve four skills: reading, speaking, writing, and using. This book is written under this guiding principle. To save your time and energy, this book avoids a "one-size-fits-all" approach and divides vocabulary into two categories:
Active Vocabulary: These words should be actively used. This book provides selected example sentences (highlighted in green) and collocations.
Passive Vocabulary: These words only need to be mastered for their basic meanings. They can be read and understood in reading and listening. In this book, only the entries and definitions are listed for such words.
The example sentences in this book are worth memorizing. They are vivid, up-to-date, and closely related to students' lives, making them ideal for memorization and achieving the four skills. It can be said that the example sentences in this book are unparalleled.
Solving writing problems for Chinese students during vocabulary memorization
Chinese students often make many vocabulary and grammar mistakes when writing essays. "Full of vocabulary and grammar errors" is the overall impression that examiners have of the average English writing level of all candidates nationwide. The fundamental reason why candidates easily make writing mistakes lies in the fact that the texts in textbooks rarely allow entire sentences to be directly transferred or slightly modified for use in essays. As a result, writing relies only constructing sentences based on the grammar they have learned, "artificially creating many problems," and thus English essays become a source of frustration for students.
If you choose this book from the beginning when memorizing words and thoroughly memorize the more than 2,000 example sentences in it, you can lay a solid foundation for your writing skills.