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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 21
READING TEXT
  1. Cellular phones have become a part of everyday life for many
  2. Americans. Many people depend on them to carry out their daily work,
  3. even while driving. As a result, many accidents have taken place in the
  4. last ten years due to the use of cellular phones while on the road. It seems
  5. that people can't concentrate on the road while talking on a cell phone.
  6. Driver inattention was the most frequently identified factor for cell
  7. phone use related accidents. The next most frequently noted conditions
  8. were failure to yield and following too close. Based on these facts alone,
  9. it is easy to see that cellular phones and driving don't mixwell.
  10. I understand why people think restricting cell phone usage while
  11. driving is the best means of solving this problem. However there are
  12. many good aspects to cellular use in the car. For example, accidents get
  13. reported to 911 rapidly, traffic updatets occur more often because citizens
  14. call and report traffic jams, and drivers who need to be taken off the road
  15. because of being intoxicated or just plain reckless can be located quickly.
  16. Rather than restricting access, the goal should be to provide safer ways of
  17. using cellular phones while driving.
  18. In fact phones are being created by Erricson, Motorolla, and Nokia
  19. today which offer a hands-free cell so that you can keep both hands on the
  20. wheel while driving and talking. Some of the safety precautions needed
  21. for using cell phones while driving come in the form of headsets and give
  22. the user a voice activated sequence, which allows them to talk into the
  23. speaker, and dials the number instantly.
  24. This feature allows drivers to keep their hands on the wheel and eyes on
  25. the road. One of the most recent advancements in cellular technology
  26. comes from Brightcell Technologies. It is called the Triflex Hands-free
  27. phone kit. The Triflex turns a cell phone into a speakerphone.
  28. It works by plugging a DC adapter into the car's cigarette lighter or power
  29. outlet. The phone is placed in the cradle of the kit and a special connector
  30. in the base recharges your unit, saving battery power and converting your
  31. conversations into speakerphone mode. The safety means necessary to
  32. achieve safe driving while talking on the phone can be accomplished
  33. through the application of good engineering and human factors design
  34. practice.
  35. In conclusion, because of the rapid growth in use of cell phones while
  36. driving many more accidents are occurring daily. Cell phone use in cars
  37. has some good purposes and has become a part of life to some
  38. individuals. Accidents related to cell phone use will decline as proper
  39. safety precautions are made. So it's simple to see that we can't just ban
  40. the use of cells while driving.
QUESTION 1

It's stated in paragraph 1 (lines 1-5) that

QUESTION 2

The pronoun them in line 2 stands for .

QUESTION 3

The main idea of paragraph 3 (lines 10-17) is that

QUESTION 4

The word goal in line 16 means

QUESTION 5

The word created in line 18 may best be replaced by

QUESTION 6

Why should cell phone use be banned while driving?

QUESTION 7

People who want cell phones banned while driving would agree that

QUESTION 8

The word related in line 38 is synonymous to

QUESTION 9

Which of the following .statements is NOT mentioned in the text?

QUESTION 10

What is the writer's opinion of using cell phones while driving?