New Type English Listening Comprehension for CET-4 (Including CD-ROM)

Author: Qian Qing, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: With the acceleration of China's reform and opening-up, English has played an increasingly important role as a carrier for information dissemination and international communication in China's journey onto the world stage. Genuinely mastering this language is a pressing desire for many learners. In China, learning English has become a trend, even a social necessity. Correspondingly, various English learning textbooks and supplementary materials have surged in popularity, overwhelming the market, with books on English testing being particularly numerous and countless. In universities, taking the College English Test Band 4 and 6 (CET-4 and CET-6) has almost become a challenge faced by every Chinese college student. Especially since 2004, the Ministry of Education has begun reforming the CET-4 and CET-6, increasing the volume and proportion of listening comprehension questions, adding the proportion of rapid reading comprehension tests and non-selective questions, and emphasizing the assessment of students' listening and speaking skills, as well as their comprehensive English application abilities. This book is one of the "New CET 710 Score Series," and is a practical guidebook for the College English Test Band 4 listening comprehension. It is divided into several parts: an overview of the new CET Band 4 listening format, (test-taking skills and targeted training) for short conversations, (test-taking skills and targeted training) for long conversations, (test-taking skills and targeted training) for short passages, (test-taking skills and targeted training) for compound dictation, and a pre-test for CET Band 4 listening. It provides detailed introductions to the key points students should pay attention to in the exam, making it suitable for candidates preparing for the CET Band 4 exam for reference and study.