Reading Test Hints
KNOW WHERE TO START LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER
The quickest way to find the answers to the Reading Test questions is to know where to look for them.
If you know what the main idea or topic of each paragraph is, you can first look for the answer to
a question in the most likely paragraph in the passage.
• Look at Question 13 in Reading Test One:
Q13 English language classrooms in the U.S. have the widest range of student nationalities.
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Having matched the headings to the paragraphs in the passage in Questions 5 - 10, we know
that Paragraph (iii) has the heading
"Heterogeneity in the language classroom ". Question 13
refers to heterogeneity in U.S. English language classrooms, so it is logical to look in Paragraph
(iii) for the answer. A quick scan of Paragraph (iii) reveals that the question statement is true.
There is usually a logical place to begin looking for the answer to a reading question. This requires
an understanding of the
main idea or topic of each paragraph. You can save yourself a great
amount of time if you work out the main idea or topic of each paragraph in the early stages of your
assessment of the passage. (See also Reading Hint 42.)
READ AROUND THE KEYWORDS/PHRASES
Sometimes the answer to a question can be found without a detailed reading of a paragraph that might
contain the answer. First, choose the keyword/phrase from the question, and locate the first instance
of it in the reading passage, reading around it to discover the answer. Next, read the sentence the
keyword/phrase is within. Then, if necessary, read the preceeding and succeeding sentences. If the
answer is not found by reading around the first location of the keyword/phrase, search for the next
instance, and repeat the process. Continue until the answer is found.
D Look at Question 15 in Reading Test One:
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