2023 is coming to an end, and the graduate school entrance examination, which has been prepared for a year, also came to an end a few days ago. Whether it is for students who are participating in this year's graduate school entrance examination, or students who are eager to try and are preparing for next year's exam, let's take a look at the changes in the latest real questions and analyze what characteristics it has.
1. 2024 Basic Japanese at the Beijing Foreign Language Research Center.
To a certain extent, this year's basic Japanese part focuses on a mindset that breaks the box, which surprised many students. It mainly presents the following characteristics.
1.Examine the variation of the question type.
First of all, some of the question types that have been examined over the years have been weakened or directly "out" in this year's exam. For example, according to the practice of the examination over the years, the difficulty of grammar multiple-choice questions has been relatively stable, but it has always been a "must-have" component of the basic Japanese test paper. But this year, this question type was canceled and did not appear. For another example, the knowledge of linguistics, which is a headache for everyone, was not directly examined in a particularly professional form this year.
Secondly, since most of the majors of foreign language Chinese literature at Beijing Foreign Language and Literature this year have been uniformly adjusted to the corresponding foreign language translation and writing of each language, the question types that were once examined in the second major have naturally been adjusted to basic Japanese.
2.Examine changes in knowledge.
First of all, for the noun explanation part, in recent years, everyone has the impression that it is actually showing a feeling of "weakening", that is to say, the knowledge points that everyone often says about "rote memorization" are constantly decreasing. However, this year, knowledge points that are understood to be "rote memorization" such as "Nobunaga Motoi", "Japanese Painting", "Ichchiku, Ichchiku", "Akashi Cuisine", and "Zhongliu Consciousness" (a total of 5 examined with 4 points each, mainly focusing on social, cultural, and historical aspects) have reappeared (and Zhuyin is required), which can be called a "comeback" of the old question type. Objectively speaking, although this part is not particularly difficult, and most of the questions or related questions have appeared in the previous real questions. But for students who are not prepared at all, it is not easy to get all 20 points.
Secondly, for the vocabulary test part, many students are basically still struggling with whether N1 and College 8 are enough in the preparation process, so this year's exam questions also give the "answer" - N1 and College 8 are the basic skills of the Beijing Foreign Language Research Center, but they are not enough. This year's vocabulary questions are still in the form of multiple-choice questions, and the familiar question types of kanji writing kanji and kanji kanji are examined, but the focus of the examination content is on specialized vocabulary such as literature, history and culture, such as "resentment", "絵馬", "Kamakura" and other words that are easy to misread and miswrite.
3.The part that remains unchanged overall.
The reading part is still an important point, with a total of 3 articles examined, and the overall examination takes a variety of forms. One of them is about choice, about death, and the author's view of the pain of sudden death and cancer to live until the end of life;The remaining two are subjective, and one discusses the shortcomings and omnipotence of the educational grade systemThe other is a combination of the familiar new works of Haruki Murakami and Hayao Miyazaki, and talks about related topics such as "plural worlds" and "parallel worlds" in modern Japanese storytelling. It is also interspersed with explanations of terms such as "age".
It also examines ideas such as what to do if there is a fair judging system, and the need to gather examples of literary works (including book titles, plots, etc.) to support the introduction of a Japanese** or anime about a parallel world. In addition, the translation (Japanese to Chinese) part of the relatively flexible examination position has been reinstated in the basic Japanese test paper this year, which examines Ryuichi Sakamoto's related question change, which can also be regarded as a hot topic (Ryuichi Sakamoto passed away in March 2023), the overall length is moderate, and there are many long and difficult sentences in the second half, which is more difficult.
2. Foreign Language Translation and Writing of Beijing Foreign Language Research Institute in 2024.
Foreign Language Translation and Writing (Japanese) is a new question type that appears for the first time this year, and the difficulty and mode of the test are decent, and there are no special strange or out-of-the-ordinary questions.
1.The distribution of question types examined.
There are three major question types in the unified examination for Chinese several foreign language and literature majors, namely: Chinese translation to Japanese, summary writing and large composition writing.
2.Examine the content knowledge points.
The theme of the Chinese-to-Japanese part of the inspection is the China International Import Expo (short for China International Import Expo), and the overall difficulty is medium. This is completely consistent with the direction of the topic given in the sample question, that is, focusing on the general theme of foreign exchange and showing China's image. This part is also a big part that we should focus on. At the same time, while grasping the general direction, it is necessary to increase the memory and accumulation of relevant proprietary words.
For example, we can pay attention to the accumulation of various important foreign activities or conferences held by our country, such as the "Belt and Road" Forum for International Cooperation, the Asian Games, the APEC Conference and other related words and expressions. As well as improving the basic ability of translation, that is, there should be no basic word and grammatical errors, and it can correspond well to the original text, of course, the most basic thing is that the translated sentences are in line with the rules and habits of Japanese expression.
The summary writing part is a translation of a foreign language essay with a length of about 4,000 words, and it is required to summarize the summary into 600 words in Japanese. There is a certain translation tone, which examines the essence of the university and related topics, belongs to the conventional theme, and the difficulty of the text is not very large, but there are certain requirements for the refinement and re-output of conventional views, so in the process of answering this question, it is necessary to have a clear understanding of the content expressed in each natural paragraph, that is, to have strong reading comprehension skills. In the process of preparing for the exam, you can also pay more attention to the articles with a certain depth in the expression of ideas, and do more inductive and generalization exercises to improve the overall expression effect.
The essay writing section examines the understanding of beauty in literature, dance, fine arts, and other art forms. It is also a self-selected angle to argue, and the word count is required to be 800 words. On the whole, the topic of the essay is deeper, but the choice of writing direction is larger, and it is relatively easy to write. However, it is still difficult to write an essay that meets the requirements of the test and has a certain degree of differentiation from others, including whether the format of the essay is neat and standardized, whether the language expression is accurate, natural and fluent, "advanced", and whether the thinking logic of the paragraph is smooth and deep. For example, in this essay, whether the process of discussion only revolves around the general discussion of beauty, whether there are practical and powerful examples, and whether it is in line with the characteristics or focus of Beijing Foreign University or "Japanese Research".
3. Combined with the latest examination situation, how to prepare for the new year.
Finally, I would like to share with you that the latest past papers can be called an important bellwether for us in the preparation process in the future. Many of the knowledge points and question types that appear are also places that we need to focus on. However, I would also like to remind you that the postgraduate examination of Beijing Foreign University or the Japanese Research Center always presents a characteristic of seeking change while maintaining stability, that is to say, there may be new situations in the next year's exam, so what we can do is to grasp the information given to us by the latest real questions. At the same time, the types of relevant questions and knowledge points that have been previously investigated will be strengthened. In a word: take the real title as the center of the circle, and draw the circle of the big exam preparation reserve.