Practice
Look over the text and preview the organization by answering the following questions.
1. What is the title of this book?
(Please find it in the book cover.)
2. Who are the authors?
(Please find them in the book cover.)
3. What is the publication date?
(June, 2000)
4. What is the main reason the authors produced this book?
(Please refer to the introduction.)
5. Where did you find the answer to Question 2?
(Please refer to the book cover.)
6. For what kind of reader is this book intended?
(Freshmen and sophomores of the English majors and self-taught English learners about the same language level.)
7. How many units does this book contain?
(15)
8. What are the specific reading and study skills to be learned in this book?
(Previewing,understanding the topic, determining the main idea, guessing meanings of words from context, recognizing organization and seeing relationship, finding the point of view and guessing meanings of words from word-formation.)