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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 14
READING TEXT
  1. Many people who are looking to get a pet dog get a puppy. There are many
  2. reasons why people get puppies. After all, puppies are cute, friendly, and
  3. playful. But even though puppies make good pets, there are good reasons why
  4. you should consider getting an adult dog instead.
  5. When you get a puppy, you have to teach it how to behave. You have to make
  6. sure that the puppy is housebroken so that it does not go to the bathroom
  7. inside the house. You have to teach the puppy not to jump up on your guests
  8. or chew on your shoes. You have to train the puppy to walk on a leash. This is
  9. a lot of work.
  10. On the other hand, when you get an adult dog, there is a good chance that it
  11. will already know how to do all of the previously mentioned things. Many
  12. adult dogs have already been housebroken. Many adult dogs will not jump on
  13. or chew things that you do not want them to jump on or chew. Many adult
  14. dogs will be able to walk on a leash without pulling you to the other side of
  15. the street.
  16. Puppies also have a lot of energy and want to play all of the time. This can
  17. be fun, but you might not want to play as much as your puppy does. Puppies
  18. will not always sleep through the night or let you relax as you watch
  19. television.
  20. On the other hand, most adult dogs will wait on you to play. What is more,
  21. they will sleep when you are sleeping and are happy to watch television on the
  22. couch right beside you.
  23. There is one last reason why you should get an adult dog instead of a
  24. puppy. When most people go to the pound to get a dog, they get a puppy. This
  25. means that many adult dogs spend a lot of time in the pound, and some never
  26. find good homes. So if you are looking to get a dog for a pet, you should think
  27. about getting an adult dog. They are good pets who need good homes.
QUESTION 1

The author apparently thinks that puppies are

QUESTION 2

As used in paragraph 2, which is the best csynonym for behave?

QUESTION 3

The main purpose of paragraph 2 is to explain how puppies

QUESTION 4

Based on theinformation in the text, which of the following statements is false?

QUESTION 5

Based on theinformation in the text, it can be understood that someone who owns a puppy must be