2008 Kaoyan English Grammar New Thinking (Grasping Grammar from Real Exam Questions. Using Grammar to Conquer the Kaoyan Exam)

Author: Zhang Mansheng
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Publish Date: 2007-02-01
Features: This book provides a detailed summary and induction of similar breakthrough points and problem-solving techniques. Most of the examples in the book are selected from the postgraduate entrance examination (PGE) test papers from 1991 to 2007, with the purpose of helping candidates summarize the key points of past years. Additionally, the book nearly exhausts all difficult sentences in PGE English, accompanied by insightful explanations of problem-solving approaches and premium translations, offering numerous conveniences for candidates. Below, the specific features of the book are elaborated in detail:
1. Summarize past test paper key points, insightful problem-solving approaches
For candidates, the purpose of studying and practicing past test papers is to summarize knowledge points, grasp the trends of the PGE, discern the patterns of question-setting, and ultimately improve their exam-taking skills. This is also the creative intention of this book. Therefore, the book is organized around key points, integrating past test papers, allowing candidates to clearly see the appearance of the same key points in past exams. For example, the sentence patterns "no more...than" or "not...any more than" appear frequently in PGE English, commonly found in old grammar selection questions, but also in recent reading comprehension (e.g., the fourth passage in the 2005 reading section) and English-Chinese translation (e.g., question 49 in the 2006 English-Chinese translation section). Through such horizontal comparisons, candidates can quickly understand and master relevant key points, thereby preparing for next year's exam. For content with concentrated key points, the book also summarizes and explains them in the form of "topics," such as the specially designed "That Topic," "As Topic," and "Than Topic." Additionally, while summarizing key points, the book provides problem-solving approaches for each key point. For example, the above example clearly tells candidates "to understand what the relative pronoun 'which' refers to in a non-restrictive relative clause," meaning the key to correctly translating a relative clause is to identify the antecedent.
2. Exhaust all difficult sentences in PGE, analyze complex structures
The analysis of difficult sentences is of great significance for PGE English. In a sense, PGE is a process of analyzing and translating long and complex sentences, as there are numerous challenging sentences in fill-in-the-blank, reading comprehension, and English-Chinese translation sections. Therefore, a candidate's ability to analyze and understand difficult sentences directly affects their exam performance. However, despite the seemingly complex and varied English difficult sentences, their structures follow certain patterns. Chapter 11 of this book provides a detailed analysis of the patterns of difficult sentences: first, it explores the common techniques used in complex English sentences, mainly employing conjunctions, prepositions, and participles to form sentences; then, it lists various practical techniques for analyzing difficult sentences, such as "identifying parallel structures in sentences" and "paying attention to the reference of pronouns in sentences"; finally, it summarizes various structures of difficult sentences, such as three "object postposition-type" difficult sentence structures, the order of multiple postposed adjectives in English, and the ellipsis and inversion structures in English, and so on.
3. Premium translations for your appreciation, helping you conquer "English-Chinese translation"
Most of the examples in this book are derived from PGE test papers, with sentence structures similar in difficulty to PGE "English-Chinese translation." Moreover, almost every difficult sentence provides translation techniques in the "Insightful Tips," such as the above example, which clearly tells readers to use "this viewpoint" to correspond to the relative pronoun "which." Then, the "Premium Translation" provides the translated version. These translations are carefully organized and meticulously polished, authoritative, and can be regarded as excellent translation works. Here, I suggest readers first attempt to translate each example by themselves, then compare their translations with the provided versions to identify their shortcomings. This will undoubtedly help them learn more translation techniques, thereby laying a stronger foundation for PGE "English-Chinese translation."
In summary, the greatest feature of this book is that it truly enables candidates to "apply what they learn" and "gain what they apply," making problem-solving as effortless as retrieving something from a bag. Therefore, this grammar book is not simply a list of grammar rules, but a truly practical guide that helps you conquer the "PGE." This book provides a detailed summary and induction of similar breakthrough points and problem-solving techniques, with most examples selected from PGE test papers from 1991 to 2007, aiming to help candidates summarize the key points of past years. Additionally, the book nearly exhausts all difficult sentences in PGE English, accompanied by insightful explanations of problem-solving approaches and premium translations, offering numerous conveniences for candidates. Below, the specific features of the book are elaborated in detail:
1. Summarize past test paper key points, insightful problem-solving approaches
For candidates, the purpose of studying and practicing past test papers is to summarize knowledge points, grasp the trends of the PGE, discern the patterns of question-setting, and ultimately improve their exam-taking skills. This is also the creative intention of this book. Therefore, the book is organized around key points, integrating past test papers, allowing candidates to clearly see the appearance of the same key points in past exams. For example, the sentence patterns "no more...than" or "not...any more than" appear frequently in PGE English, commonly found in old grammar selection questions, but also in recent reading comprehension (e.g., the fourth passage in the 2005 reading section) and English-Chinese translation (e.g., question 49 in the 2006 English-Chinese translation section). Through such horizontal comparisons, candidates can quickly understand and master relevant key points, thereby preparing for next year's exam. For content with concentrated key points, the book also summarizes and explains them in the form of "topics," such as the specially designed "That Topic," "As Topic," and "Than Topic." Additionally, while summarizing key points, the book provides problem-solving approaches for each key point. For example, the above example clearly tells candidates "to understand what the relative pronoun 'which' refers to in a non-restrictive relative clause," meaning the key to correctly translating a relative clause is to identify the antecedent.
2. Exhaust all difficult sentences in PGE, analyze complex structures
The analysis of difficult sentences is of great significance for PGE English. In a sense, PGE is a process of analyzing and translating long and complex sentences, as there are numerous challenging sentences in fill-in-the-blank, reading comprehension, and English-Chinese translation sections. Therefore, a candidate's ability to analyze and understand difficult sentences directly affects their exam performance. However, despite the seemingly complex and varied English difficult sentences, their structures follow certain patterns. Chapter 11 of this book provides a detailed analysis of the patterns of difficult sentences: first, it explores the common techniques used in complex English sentences, mainly employing conjunctions, prepositions, and participles to form sentences; then, it lists various practical techniques for analyzing difficult sentences, such as "identifying parallel structures in sentences" and "paying attention to the reference of pronouns in sentences"; finally, it summarizes various structures of difficult sentences, such as three "object postposition-type" difficult sentence structures, the order of multiple postposed adjectives in English, and the ellipsis and inversion structures in English, and so on.
3. Premium translations for your appreciation, helping you conquer "English-Chinese translation"
Most of the examples in this book are derived from PGE test papers, with sentence structures similar in difficulty to PGE "English-Chinese translation." Moreover, almost every difficult sentence provides translation techniques in the "Insightful Tips," such as the above example, which clearly tells readers to use "this viewpoint" to correspond to the relative pronoun "which." Then, the "Premium Translation" provides the translated version. These translations are carefully organized and meticulously polished, authoritative, and can be regarded as excellent translation works. Here, I suggest readers first attempt to translate each example by themselves, then compare their translations with the provided versions to identify their shortcomings. This will undoubtedly help them learn more translation techniques, thereby laying a stronger foundation for PGE "English-Chinese translation."
In summary, the greatest feature of this book is that it truly enables candidates to "apply what they learn" and "gain what they apply," making problem-solving as effortless as retrieving something from a bag. Therefore, this grammar book is not simply a list of grammar rules, but a truly practical guide that helps you conquer the "PGE."