Harry English Cloze Test. Senior High School Edition

Author: Chen Mujia, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2005-06-01
Features: Cloze tests are one of the essential exam questions in the college entrance examination (Gaokao) English test. This type of question focuses on assessing students' comprehensive English proficiency by using passages as the unit of assessment. It not only examines students' knowledge of vocabulary, grammar, and idiomatic expressions but also places high demands on their reading comprehension skills (especially the ability to understand context), analytical and judgmental abilities, and overall language application skills. Due to the strong comprehensiveness and difficulty of cloze tests, as well as their significant weight in the Gaokao, students' English performance to a large extent depends on how well they perform on these questions. To help students excel in cloze tests and improve their English exam scores effectively, we have invited a team of experienced teachers to meticulously compile the "Harry English Cloze Test Series." This book is designed with the following features:
1. Rich Content and Scientific Questioning: The selected passages are fresh and cover various aspects of social life, including personal stories, cultural and educational topics, historical and geographical knowledge, and popular science. They include common text types such as narratives, expository texts, and argumentative essays in cloze tests, and are as close to our daily lives as possible, reflecting a strong sense of modernity. In terms of question design, based on recent trends in cloze test questions, the focus is on constructing questions from the perspective of the passage and meaning, emphasizing the assessment of students' comprehensive English application skills.
2. Graded Compilation and Strong Targeting: According to the different requirements of the teaching syllabus for high school students, the book is divided into three levels: Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12. Each level follows a progression from easy to difficult, with three sections: Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced. Additionally, to cater to the varying English proficiency levels of students in different grades, the book distinguishes between text types and content.
3. Method Guidance and Thorough Explanations: Detailed introductions to effective methods and techniques for solving cloze tests are provided at the beginning of each section (Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced) to guide subsequent practice exercises. Each exercise is accompanied by answer keys and explanations, which are thorough and insightful, helping to train thinking and improve problem-solving skills.
We hope this series will be beneficial to your English learning!