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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. Noise is an environmental pollutant. Particularly in crowded urban areas, the
  2. noise produced as a by-product of our advancing technology causes physical
  3. and psychological harm, and detracts from the quality of life for those who
  4. are exposed to it.
  5. Unlike the eye, the ear has no lid; therefore, noise penetrates without
  6. protection. Loud noises instinctively signal danger to any organism with a
  7. hearing mechanism. In response, heartbeat and respiration accelerate, blood
  8. vessels tighten, the skin pales, and muscles tense.
  9. Because noise is unavoidable in an industrial society, we are constantly
  10. responding in the same way that we would respond to danger. Recently,
  11. researchers have concluded that noise and our response may be much more
  12. than an annoyance. It may be a serious threat to physical and psychological
  13. health and well-being, causing damage not only to the ear and brain but also
  14. to the heart and stomach.
  15. We know that hearing loss is America's number one non-fatal health
  16. problem, but now we are learning that some of us with a heart disease and
  17. ulcers may be victims of noise as well. The psychic effect of noise is also very
  18. important. Nervousness, irritability, tension and anxiety increase, affecting the
  19. quality of rest during sleep, and the efficiency of activities during waking
  20. hours.
QUESTION 1

According to the text,

QUESTION 2

The word detract in line 3 is synonymous to

QUESTION 3

The sentence “Noise is unavoidable in an industrial society' means

QUESTION 4

Which of the following words from the text means “speed up”?

QUESTION 5

Loud noise causes