Exam English One-Stop Solution for Doctoral Studies

Author: Wang Xiangyun
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
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Preparing for a doctoral entrance exam is like a modern war. Establishing a correct worldview and adopting the right strategies and tactics are key to winning this war and achieving victory. Therefore, the author has paid special attention to the following three aspects when writing this book.
Listening, reading, writing, and translation – all must advance in parallel. Relying on a single skill is not enough to win the doctoral English exam. You must develop proficiency in all areas, including "Listening Comprehension," "Vocabulary and Structure," "Reading Comprehension," "Error Correction," "Cloze," "Translation," and "Writing." Therefore, in terms of content selection, whether it's listening comprehension or reading comprehension, whether vocabulary and structure usage or identifying errors, the author strives to make the material both comprehensive and focused.
It should be noted that for key content, the author uses different types of questions from various angles and perspectives to assess understanding, deepening the reader's grasp of these key areas through practice.
Starting with difficulty, demanding high standards
If you are still just memorizing CET-4 and CET-6 vocabulary and doing mock tests, failure will be waiting for you. The doctoral exam is not an English proficiency test; its requirements and difficulty are far greater than those of CET-4 and CET-6. Therefore, when preparing, you must "start with difficulty and demand high standards."
Taking listening comprehension as an example, do not be satisfied with understanding simple Q&A "dialogues" or"". Test yourself: Can you understand "long dialogues" spoken by native English speakers? Can you grasp English "news reports"? Can you comprehend "speeches" by English-speaking experts?
Focusing on key and difficult points without tiring of repetition
Those who "only see the trees and not the forest," who only focus on immediate problems and "analyze issues in isolation," will find it hard to imagine that they won't encounter difficulties in the doctoral exam. Therefore, for key and difficult content, the author has designed multiple questions for testing, hoping that through repeated practice, readers will truly master these areas.
At the same time, when providing detailed explanations for the questions, the author adheres to a principle: not only to tell readers the answers but also to explain the thought process and methods behind solving them, so that readers understand not just "what" but also "why."
For example, when analyzing vocabulary and structure, the author focuses on highlighting the key points tested in the questions, which the author calls the "key to the question." Classic examples are then cited to further illustrate.
To help readers achieve satisfactory exam results, the author has meticulously compiled this book, hoping that through "" (a strategy of practicing endless questions), readers will grow stronger in battle, forge an invincible armor, and become true heroes of unwavering victory. Because the author firmly believes, "Fear not the fortress's strength, nor the doctoral exam's difficulty. Broaden your horizons through diverse experiences, and pass with ample practice."
Targeting the characteristics of doctoral English, this book is purposefully constructed to cover all aspects of the exam. It includes 125 questions on "Listening Comprehension," 1,200 questions on "Grammar and Structure," 400 questions on "Reading Comprehension," 300 questions on "Error Correction," and 300 questions on "Cloze," among others.