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Reading

Choose a text number. Its questions will appear on its own page.

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How to solve: ReadingA text with several questions: main idea, details, word meaning and inference.

What it tests

Careful reading: finding the main idea, locating details, understanding a word from its context and drawing conclusions the text supports.

In the exam: part I, 10 tasks.

Step by step

  1. Read the questions first, so you know what to look for.
  2. Skim the whole text once for its topic and the author's purpose.
  3. For each question find the exact place in the text (line numbers help) and read the sentence before and after it.
  4. Choose the option that says the same thing in other words — not the one that copies the most words.
  5. For “main idea” questions pick the option that covers the whole text, not one paragraph.

Watch out for

  • An option that is true in real life but not stated in the text.
  • An option that repeats words from the text but changes the meaning (“always” instead of “often”, wrong date or person).
  • A detail that is correct but too narrow for a “main idea” question.

Example

Text: “It took 800 men seven years to build the bridge.” — The bridge was built in: a) one year b) seven years c) 800 days

b) The text says “seven years”; 800 is the number of men, not days.

Text 12
READING TEXT
  1. Do you enjoy watching wild animals? They may actually enjoy watching you, too!
  2. If you sit still, like a rock, the birds may fly closer, seeing that you are not a threat.
  3. Deer may approach you out of curiosity. There are a lot of wild animal “don'ts” but if
  4. you are observing right, you'll have an enjoyable and safe experience, and so will the
  5. wild life.
  6. The first rule is to avoid disturbing the animals. If a bird appears upset by you, you
  7. are probably too close to its nest and may be affecting the survival of its eggs or young.
  8. Curiosity may draw you to a bird nest, but beware of the consequences to the
  9. inhabitants of the nest. Eggs that are left uncovered will cool quickly, killing
  10. the embryos.
  11. Second, don't feed the animals. Wild animals who get used to being fed forget how
  12. tofendforthemselves. Human food is bad for animals. Most importantly, wild
  13. animals who lose their fear of humans might bite or attack people if they are teased or
  14. denied their favorite human treat. A wild animal who attacks a human usually has to be
  15. killed.
  16. My last rule is don't let your dog chase wildlife. This puts great stress on wild
  17. animals, and they may use too much energy trying to escape. Besides, your dog might
  18. end upbeing the victim of a bear or a mountain lion. If you should see an obviously
  19. injured animal, report it here at the ranger station.. Now, I want to wish you all a
  20. pleasantexperience in the Thompson National Forest.
QUESTION 1

What is the text mainly about?

QUESTION 2

According two the author, why should one avoid disturbing a bird's nest?

QUESTION 3

Why is it important not to feed wild animals?

QUESTION 4

The phrase fend for in line 12 is closest in meaning to

QUESTION 5

What might happen if the dog chases wildlife?