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1、AcademicReadingcomprehensionReading-comprehensionquestionscanbequitedeceptive.Ononehand,theanswertothequestionidsomewhereinthepassage.Ontheotherhand,answerscanbecraftedtoseemrightbuttheyare,infact,wrong.Thispassagewillteachyouthebestwaytoapproachthereadingpas
2、sagesonthetest.1.ReadingAthoughitmightseemlikereading-comprehensionquestionsshouldn’tbeveryhard,butthesequestionswouldbemadedifficultbyexploitingsomecommonassumptions.Thereadingskillyou’llneedtouseforreading-comprehensionquestionsarequitedifferentfromtheonesy
3、ouuseinyoureverydaylife.Thebiggestchallengewillprobablybethelimitedtimeyouhavetoanswerthequiestions.Foronthing,readingpassagesareintentionallychoosedtobecomplicatedandareconcernedwithunfamiliarand,insomecases,intimidatingtopics,hopingthatyou’llhaveatoughtimea
4、bsorbingtheentiretyofpassageintheshortamountoftimetheygiveyou.inmanycases,thatisexactlywhathappens:testtakersspendtoomuchtimetryingtounderstandwhatthey’vreadandnotenoughtimeworkingontherquestions.Youwerealsohopedtobeoveranalyzingthetext.Thisleverofcriticalthi
5、nkingiswhollyapproporiateformosttypesofacademicreading,butitonlyleadstotrouble.Thewaytocrackthereadingportionistoreadlessintothepassages,notmore.Althoughitmaysoundcounterintuitive,insomewaysthepassageitselfistheleastimprotantpartofreading-comprehensionquestio
6、ns.Thisisforsimplereason---youdon’tgetanypointsforreadingthepassage,andtheonlywaytodowellistoamassasmanypointsaspossible.Readingcomprehension:thebasicapprach1.Attackthepassage.Thisstepwillvaryslightlybasedonthelengthofthepassageyou’redealingwith,butineachcase
7、,thegoalistoreadless,notmore.2.Sizeupthequestion.Reading-comprehensionquestioncanaskyoutodoavarietyofthings.Makesureyouknowwhatthequestion’saskingyoutodo.3.Findandparaphrasetheanswer.Thisisthekey.Alwaysreturntothepassagetofindyouranswers;neveransweritfrommemo
8、ry!4.Useprocessofeliminationtoselecttherightanswer.ATTACKTHEPASSAGEYoushouldneverreadapassagejustforthesakeofreadingit;thatis,youshouldalwayshaveagoalinmindbeforeyoustartreading.Mostofthe
