- Text
- About 200 words
- Questions
- About 5
- Topics
- Science, history, social science
- Tests
- Main idea, detail, inference, vocabulary
How to read the passage
- 01Skim once for the main idea: read the first sentence of each paragraph.
- 02Read each question, then go back to the exact sentence it is about.
- 03Answer from the text, not from what you know.
Question types and how to answer them
| Type | Asks | Approach |
|---|---|---|
| Main idea | What is the passage mainly about? | Too narrow or too broad is wrong |
| Detail | According to the passage, … | Find the line, match the paraphrase |
| Inference | What can be inferred…? | One small logical step, no more |
| Vocabulary | The word X is closest in meaning to… | Swap each option into the sentence |
| Purpose | Why does the author mention X? | Look at the sentence before it |
Wrong-answer traps
- Extreme words: always, never, all, completely.
- True statements from the passage that do not answer the question.
- Options that mix two details into a claim the text never makes.
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