2008 New Oriental English

Author: Ma Degao
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: To provide candidates with high-quality review materials for postgraduate entrance exam reading comprehension and to avoid the problems mentioned in the aforementioned books, we conducted in-depth research on the postgraduate entrance exam syllabus and past exam papers, combined with the practical issues encountered by candidates during their review, and wrote this book. In this book, we have made the following attempts:
1. Familiar with the Source, Reading Training: Familiarizing oneself with the source of the exam papers and conducting targeted reading training around the source is the most effective way to prepare! This book includes 7 units, totaling 42 reading passages, all selected from English and American journals and newspapers such as Time, The Economist, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, which are completely consistent with the sources of postgraduate entrance exam papers. The selection is well-chosen, with a reasonable proportion of topics and genres, covering hot topics comprehensively, being original, and having strong predictive power.
2. Meticulous Simulation: This book has conducted a comprehensive, systematic, scientific, and meticulous analysis of the postgraduate entrance exam syllabus and past reading comprehension papers. It scientifically and accurately identifies the topics, genres, question-setting characteristics, and difficulty levels of postgraduate entrance exam reading passages.
3. Final Sprint Reading, Optimized Solutions: To facilitate candidates' review in the later stages of the postgraduate entrance exam, this book provides effective preparation plans, including schedule arrangements and strategies for improving reading skills. Candidates can review in an orderly manner according to the provided schedule. Additionally, the postgraduate reading comprehension is divided into three parts, with articles and questions having different characteristics, so the examination methods are also different. This book proposes different preparation strategies based on discourse analysis for the different characteristics of the three parts of reading comprehension.
4. "Exam-like" Analysis, Insight into the Truth: At the end of each article, there is a "Exam-like" analysis section. It analyzes the organizational structure and writing features of postgraduate entrance exam articles, as well as the question-setting patterns based on this structure, to thoroughly uncover the truth of postgraduate entrance exam reading comprehension. Through analysis, we found that the layout and writing style of postgraduate entrance exam articles are not arbitrary or without rules, but rather have fixed layout patterns and writing characteristics. Different types of questions are set for different parts of the article based on their functions. Therefore, if candidates master the layout and question-setting patterns of postgraduate entrance exam articles and practice accordingly, they will naturally be sharp-eyed and at ease during the exam.
5. Carefully Designed, Deep Understanding: In addition to originality and consistency with the exam papers, this book has carefully designed many unique sections aimed at improving candidates' thinking and comprehension skills.