In order for you to achieve a good score on the Reading Section, you had better follow these strategies:

1- Do not waste your time reading the whole text. If you do so, you may be unable to answer all the questions. 2- Read the opening paragraph first and then read only the first and the last sentence (not line) in each paragraph. 3- Answer the easy questions first. These questions are usually highlighted or indicated by arrows. 4- Skip difficult questions and refer to them once you have answered the easy ones. 5- Questions are written sequentially. If, for example, question 5 asks you to refer to paragraph 3 and question 6 asks you to refer to the whole passage, you will surely find the answer either in paragraph 3 or paragraph 4. That is, do not refer to the whole passage. 6- When reading any question, focus mainly on the key word(s) and scan the passage to locate it or them. Then read the context that surrounds it or them. 7- Most often eliminate the choices that are copied from the text. 8- Dictionary definitions are not necessarily the correct answers. : Familiarize yourself with a list of words related to humanities (history, art, music, literature), science (chemistry, physics and biology), sociology, archeology , psychology, geology, and suchlike. 9- If you are asked to answer a question that refers to the beginning of a paragraph, read the ending of the previous paragraph. 10- Pay special attention to cohesive devices. This will surely help you understand how ideas are related. 11- Focus on all types of relationships that the passage presents. This relationship may range from cause-effect, compare-contrast, problem-solution and suchlike. 12- Sentence Insertion When asked to insert a boldface sentence in the proper place, do the following: Pay special attention to cohesive devices and pronouns in the boldface sentence. Read the sentence before each square very carefully and decide where the boldface sentence most fits.

13- Paraphrasing Question When asked to choose the choice that best expresses the essential information in a highlighted sentence, apply the following procedures: Break down the highlighted sentence into pieces.
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See how the parts of the given sentence are related. Focus on synonyms and antonyms in the choices. Most often the structure of the correct choice is different to that in the highlighted sentence. For example, passive forms are written in active forms, or the clauses are inverted. Some choices present totally opposite ideas to those in the original sentence. 14- Expect some mathematical or statistical questions. For example, if the passage mentions that the library was burnt in 1307, this means in the 14 th century, not the 13th century. 15- Except Questions When a question asks you to select an exception, you have to read the assigned paragraph before you finally decide which option is correct. Sample Questions All of the following are mentioned as places in which memories are stored EXCEPT: All of the following key facts about tornadoes are mentioned in paragraph 4 EXCEPT: 16- Summary Question How to answer summary questions? - Read very carefully through the bold face sentence that appears in the question. - Reread the opening and closing sentence in each paragraph. - Eliminate choices that only present sub-details such as examples or minor points. - Eliminate partially correct answers. - Eliminate correct, but irrelevant (not found in the text) choices. - Eliminate choices that support other choices in the question. 17- Matching/Classification When asked to categorize given choices under different headings or titles, do the following: - First, locate the titles in the passage. - Reread the opening and closing sentence in each paragraph. - Decide which of the choices match with the titles. - The titles may be either given in one paragraph or in different paragraphs. - Eliminate correct, yet irrelevant answers

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