Nama : Yuni Komarul Wardani
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Reading
Comprehension
The Reading Comprehension section of the TOEFL test consists of five reading passages, each followed by a number of reading comprehension and vocabulary questions. Topics of the reading passages are varied, but they are often informational subjects that might be studied in an American university: American history, literature, art, architecture, geology, geography, and astronomy, for example.
The Reading Comprehension section of the TOEFL test consists of five reading passages, each followed by a number of reading comprehension and vocabulary questions. Topics of the reading passages are varied, but they are often informational subjects that might be studied in an American university: American history, literature, art, architecture, geology, geography, and astronomy, for example.
Time is definitely a factor in
the Reading Comprehension section. Many students who
take the TOEFL test note
that they are unable to finish all the questions in this
section. Therefore, you need to make the most efficient use of your time in
this section to get the highest score. The following method is the best way of
attacking a reading passage to get the most questions correct in a limited
amount of time.
STRATEGIES FOR THE READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1. Skim the reading passage to determine
the main idea and the overall organization of ideas in the passage.
You do not need to understand every detail in a passage to answer the questions correctly. It is therefore a waste of time to read the passage with the intent of understanding every single detail before you try to answer the questions.
You do not need to understand every detail in a passage to answer the questions correctly. It is therefore a waste of time to read the passage with the intent of understanding every single detail before you try to answer the questions.
2. Look ahead at the questions to determine what
types of questions you must answer.
Each type of question is answered in a different way.
Each type of question is answered in a different way.
3. Find the section of the passage that deals with each
question.
The question type tells you exactly where to look in the passage to find correct answers.
The question type tells you exactly where to look in the passage to find correct answers.
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For main idea questions, look at the first line of each paragraph.
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For directly and indirectly answered detail questions, choose a key word in
the question, and skim for that key word (or a related idea) in order in the
passage.
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For vocabulary questions, the question will tell you where the
word is located in the passage.
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For where questions, the answers are found anywhere in
the passage.
4. Read the part of the passage that contains the answer
carefully.
The answer will probably be in the same sentence (or one sentence before or after) the key word or idea.
The answer will probably be in the same sentence (or one sentence before or after) the key word or idea.
5. Choose the best answer to each question from the four
answer choices listed in your test book.
You can choose the best answer according to what is given in the appropriate section of the passage, eliminate definitely wrong answers, and mark your best guess on the answer sheet.
You can choose the best answer according to what is given in the appropriate section of the passage, eliminate definitely wrong answers, and mark your best guess on the answer sheet.
Almost
every reading passage on the TOEFL test will have a question about the main idea of a passage. Such a question may be worded in a
variety of ways; you may, for example, be asked to identify the topic, subject, title, primary idea, or main idea. These questions are all really asking what primary point
the author is trying to get across in the passage. Since TOEFL passages are
generally written in a traditionally organized manner; it is not difficult to
find the main idea by studying the topic sentence, which is most probably found
at the beginning of a paragraph.If a passage consists of only one paragraph,
you should study the beginning of that paragraph to determine the main idea.
Example Reading Comprehension
An elephant is the largest and
strongest of all animals. It is a strange looking animal with its thick legs,
huge sides and backs, large hanging ears, a small tail, little eyes, long white
tusks and above all it has a long nose, the trunk.
The trunk is the elephant's peculiar
feature, and it has various uses. The elephant draws up water by its trunk and
can squirt it all over its body like a shower bath. It can also lift leaves and
puts them, into its mouth. In fact the trunk serves the elephant as a long arm
and hand. An elephant looks very clumsy and heavy and yet it can move very
quickly.
The elephant is very intelligent
animal. Its intelligence combined with its great strength makes it a very
useful servant to man and it can be trained to serve in various ways such as
carry heavy loads, hunt for tigers and even fight.
Question :
1. what is the strongest animals in the world?
2. the ... is the elephant’s peculiar feature, and it has
various uses.
3. Which of the following is NOT part of the elephant
described in the first paragraph?
4. how does an elephant look like?
5. The elephant is said as an intelligent animal because...
6. from the text, we may conclude that ...
7. The third paragraph is mainly about the fact that ........
8. “The trunk is the elephant's peculiar feature
..." (Paragraph 2)The underlined word is close in meaning to ....
9. the word “strongest” in line 1 is nearly the same as
10. the antonim word “heavy” in paragraph 2 is..
Answer :
1.
Elephant
2. Trunk
3. It is wild
4. Clumsy and heav
5. It can be use to trainvand hunt
6. Teh elephant is the perfect animal
7. Elephant are very useful
8. Strange
9. powerful
10. Weight
