The TOEFL test section of the Reading Comprehension
Section aims to test your ability to understand, interpret, and analyse text or
readings on a wide variety of topics. This section consists of four to six
texts/readings of approximately 200-450 words. Each text is usually followed by
7-12 questions. The number of questions for Reading Comprehension is 50
questions. Reading topics usually relate to academic issues, especially
textbook about biology, physics, Geography, American history, biography,
economics, social sciences, and the arts.
One of the tests in the TOEFL is the Reading
Comprehension session. At the TOEFL Reading session we will get 50 questions
from 5 to 7 pessage within 55 minutes. This means you should really understand
the contents of the paragraph well and then quickly fill out the questions
asked. The basic strategy for working on the Reading TOEFL test is that one
problem should be answered in 1 minute because the remaining time is used to
circle the answer. The big challenge in this Reading test is our power in
understanding the content and the context of paragraphs usually of the word we
have is heavily influenced. Then the thing that is not less important is to
understand the type of problem because the question of reading a lot of the
kind of Soalnya. Knowing the exact type of problem is the first step towards
our precise and correct answer.
Question Type Reading Comprehension and his
strategy:
1. Main
Idea Questions
In this type of question you will be asked to
identify the main topic or the whole idea that summarizes the whole paragraph
content.
Examples of problems that often come out are as
follows:
What is the main idea of the passage?
With which of the following is the passage mainly
concerned?
What is the main part of the passage?
Which of the following does the author Mainoy
discuss?
Which of the following would be the best title?
Strategy How to answer the TOEFL Reading This type
is you must know the main idea of the pessage. Just read the first 1 sentence
of each paragraph we will immediately know the answer.
2. Inference Questions – specific applications
In this type of question will be asked to form a
conclusion based on the information discussed in certain paragraphs.
Examples of problems that often come out are as
follows:
Which of the following does the author imply?
Which of the following can be inferred from the
passage?
Strategy How to answer the TOEFL Reading This type
is that you have to check one by one the available answer options and make sure
whether the answer option is in the paragraph or not. Normally you are asked to
find one wrong/whichever option is not mentioned. The next strategy is a good
look at the main object/word in double choice and then you Lansgsung skimming
where the sentence that contains the double choice then read the 1 sentence
completely and you immediately find out if the double choice is correct or
Wrong.
3.Inference Questions – General applications
In this type of question you will be asked to apply
the information from a common section of the situation outside this section.
Examples of problems that often come out are as
follows:
How does the author feel about the characters
mentioned in the passage?
Which of the following best describes the author's
purpose?
What is the general tone of the passage?
Strategy How to answer this type of TOEFL Reading is
that you must know the character or purpose of the author, or the emphasis that
implicitly becomes the author's spirit in making the paragraph. The trick is to
read every 1 initial sentence in each paragraph and also read the final 1
sentence in the last paragraph.
4. Factual questions – Positive
In this type of question you will be asked to know
the specific information discussed in the section of the paragraphs. This is
very important because you have to know with each bagin part of the paragraph
correctly.
Examples of problems that often come out are as
follows:
Which of the following questions does the passage
answer?
According to the passage, which statement is true?
When did ' something "happen?
Who did "something"?
Strategy How to answer the TOEFL Reading This type
is you are almost the same as the strategy to the two difference in this case
we have to selected one true question of the multiple choice that the content
of the statement is wrong. Your strategy should be to check one by one of the
available answers and make sure whether the choice of the answer is in the
paragraph or not. The next strategy is a good look at the main object/word in
double choice and then you Lansgsung skimming where the sentence that contains
the double choice then read the 1 sentence completely and you immediately find
out if the double choice is correct or Wrong.
5. Factual questions – negative
In this type of question you will be asked to
identify the information not addressed in this section or by implicit
information.
Examples of problems that often come out are as
follows:
The author discussed all the following in the
passage EXCEPT...
According to the passage, which is the most likely
reason?
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the
passage?
Strategy How to answer the TOEFL Reading This type
is that you have to check one by one the available answer options and make sure
whether the answer option is in the paragraph or not. Normally you are asked to
find one wrong/whichever option is not mentioned. The next strategy is a good
look at the main object/word in double choice and then you Lansgsung skimming
where the sentence that contains the double choice then read the 1 sentence
completely and you immediately find out if the double choice is correct or
Wrong.
Examples of TOEFL test questions section Reading
Comprehension
DIRECTIONS
In this section you will read several passages. Each
one is followed by several questions about it. For questions 1-50, you are to
choose the one best answer, (A), (B), (C), or (D), to each question. Then, on
your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that
corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen. Answer all questions
following a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage.
READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE:
The railroad was not the first institution to impose
regularity on society, or to draw attention to the importance of precise
timekeeping. For as long as merchants have set out their wares at daybreak and
communal festivities have been celebrated, people have been in rough agreement
with their neighbors as to the time of day. The value of this tradition is
today more apparent than ever. Were it not for public acceptance of a single
yardstick of time, social life would be unbearably chaotic: the massive daily
transfers of goods, services, and information would proceed in fits and starts;
the very fabric of modem society would begin to unravel.
Example I
What is the main idea of the passage?
(A) In modem society we must make more time for our
neighbors.
(B) The traditions of society are timeless.
(C) An accepted way of measuring time is essential
for the smooth functioning of society.
(D) Society judges people by the times at which they
conduct certain activities.
The main idea of the passage is that societies need
to agree about how time is to be measured in order to function smoothly.
Therefore, you should choose (C).
Example II
In line 4, the phrase “this tradition” refers to....
(A) the practice of starting the business day at dawn
(B) friendly relations between neighbors
(C) the railroad’s reliance on time schedules
(D) people’s agreement on the measurement of time
The phrase “this tradition” refers to the preceding
clause, “people have been in rough agreement with their neighbors as to the
time of day.” Therefore, you should choose (D).
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