2008 Graduate Entrance Exam English Long and Difficult Sentences and Vocabulary Breakthrough

Author: Li Yujie (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2007-02-01
Features: This book aims to help candidates achieve a breakthrough and leap in vocabulary within a short period, thereby overcoming the greatest challenge on the path of postgraduate entrance exams. It breaks the conventional arrangement of many vocabulary books, which often lack clarity in prioritization, fail to distinguish difficulty levels, and evenly distribute time and effort, thus providing candidates with more targeted guidance. The compilers of this book have long been engaged in postgraduate English tutoring and teaching, publishing several highly beloved postgraduate English tutoring series favored by candidates. This book is the result of the compilers' meticulous effort, covering all postgraduate entrance exam vocabulary outlined in the exam syllabus.
During the process of teaching postgraduate entrance exam courses at New Oriental, the author has had a profound understanding that most candidates lack a solid grasp of vocabulary and complex sentences. In the process of memorizing vocabulary, many candidates remember numerous words but are unfamiliar with high-frequency core vocabulary. When faced with complex sentences, many candidates are often at a loss when confronted with the vast and confusing English grammar and obscure reading materials. To address these issues, this book goes beyond candidates' expectations, including 747 complex sentence groups and 1,588 high-frequency core words, focusing on thorough analysis of sentences to help candidates master the meaning and usage of words. At the same time, through accurate understanding and proficient memorization of vocabulary, it enhances candidates' grasp and application of sentences. The content features of this book can be summarized as follows:
1. Brand-new Concept, Comprehensive Guidance for Postgraduate Entrance Exam Review
Fully implementing the brand-new concept of "learning vocabulary through real exam questions," this book guides the new trend of postgraduate entrance exam preparation. Most of the complex sentences in this book are derived from reading comprehension, translation, and cloze tests in past postgraduate entrance exam papers. On this basis, it comprehensively analyzes the exam papers, summarizes core vocabulary.
2. Innovative Format, Unique Memory Methods
Breaking the traditional method of memorizing words by alphabetical order, this book adopts a brand-new memory model—learning words through sentences, using familiar words to remember unfamiliar ones, and cycling through memory in a loop, ultimately achieving a dual breakthrough in both vocabulary and complex sentences.
3. Precise Positioning, All-around Breakthrough
Each example sentence in the book is basically marked with the year it appeared in past exam papers, and the sentences are precisely positioned and analyzed, resolving candidates' grammar confusion and reinforcing grammar knowledge while memorizing words. The book provides classic example sentences from past exam papers, using them to illuminate grammar, provide translations, and break through vocabulary, enabling candidates to achieve the greatest in the shortest time.