strategi mengerjakan tes toefl reading comprehension

This section is the last section in the TOEFL test. The most lengthy and time-consuming most. In this section, participants must test 50 items was working within 55 minutes. So that the average time required to work on a problem is one minute. It's certainly longer if we compare it with the average time to work on the structure of the questions less than 45 seconds.

In this section, there are 5 reading (passage), with a number of questions (between 7-13 questions) underneath. The questions asked of the information contained in the text, either explicit information (explicit) or implicit (implied). Thus, this section marupakan actually the easiest part because all the answers are found in the literature SURE. The important thing is where the answers we seek it. If we are people who read the hobby, there is a tendency to get a better score. In fact, this section can be used as 'mine value' to cover the shortfall in the Listening and Structure Section.

To do this part well, then we must have the ability to read a good technique. Two techniques that must be mastered reading is skimming and scanning.

Skimming is reading a text quickly to get a basic idea, main idea, or content of literature in general. In this skill we are not looking for specific information, reading only the main idea that we are looking for. So no need to read the entire piece of writing.

Scanning is fast memaca FIND a text for specific information. So we have the first question and find answers in a way to be scanned. In scanning, information that is not relevant to what we were looking neglected. Thus, in a scanning, we should have to the words that we wish to find in the literature. In general, scanning skills is what we use in working on Reading Comprehension questions.

In the Reading Comprehension section, participants tend to read the text first and then try to answer the question. It's not recommended. START OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SCAN IN READING. So, read the text first became ineffective in the context of scanning strategies. If we read the text first and answer questions later, then we will go back again to the reading to answer this question INEFFECTIVE!

There are 4 types of questions in Reading Comprehension Section:

MAIN IDEA question: the question asks yan central idea, main idea, theme, or title reading (reading TOEFL is not accompanied by the title!). The number is only ONE question and generally placed as the first question in the text.

DETAIL question: the question asking for specific information in the text. The answer to this type of reading material contained within EXPRESS (EXPRESS). The number of questions in each of the most widely read.

Implied question: is a question similar to the question detail, by way of answering that is also equal to answer detailed questions. However, the answer to the question is found in the literature implicitly (IMPLIED). This question is not as much as the amount of Detail question.

Vocabulary question: is a synonym ask questions or seek equivalent word whose meaning is closest to the word in question. Answering this question must be guessed BASED context of the sentence. Avoid guessing just by relying on our knowledge without checking it in the sentence reading. Always read the sentence in which a word is asked as a whole, then guess based on the context of the sentence. There is no other way to answer this type of question except by guessing based on context.

Pertnyaannya then is: what if the first question reading is the Main Idea? Questions to ask the content readings, or readings principal idea. The answer is: MAIN QUESTIONS ANSWERED drive through IDEA, BUT DO NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS THAN THROUGH MAIN IDEA.

This is because LAY THAN ANSWERS FROM THE MAIN IDEA SORTED DOWN IN READING. For example, question No.. 1 is the Main Idea, but question No.. Detail 2 is a question, then answer question No.. 2 are found in the very first line readings. No. If the question. 3, for example, is Implied, then the answer to this question is located below the previous question. Continue as such until the last question. If we go back to question 1 on Main Idea, so now we can definitely answer it, because we've read the passage from the top to finish. But at the same time we also completed answering main idea aside because the answer lies in the text sequences. Well, if you start working on the third section of this by reading the text, now start working on this section of the question is the answer then scan in the text. Now we can estimate the location of the answer because it is sorted in the text. Easy is not it?

Here is a detailed strategy to answer any type of questions on Reading Comprehension Section:

MAIN IDEA QUESTION

Editorial sentence question Main Idea of which is: What is the topic of the passage? / What is the subject of the passage? / What is the main idea of the passage? / What is the author's main point in the passage? / With what topic is the primary author concerned? / Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

If you want to answer this question without a pass, read the first sentence in each paragraph.

Think about the theme of readings that can be inferred from the first sentences in each paragraph.

Eliminasilah choice answer: too general, too specific, or not at all related to the topic of reading.

The answer to the question must be fitted main idea to explain the contents of the reading, should not be (too general in scope / wide) or less (scope is too narrow).

exemple :

Lichens, of which more than twenty thousand

species have been named, are complex associations

between certain algae. The lichen itself is not

an organism: rather it is the morphological and biochemical

product of the association. Neither a fungus

nor an alga alone can produce lichen.

The intimate relationship between these two

living components of lichen was once erroneously

though to represent mutualism. In mutual relationships,

both participants benefit. With lichens, however,

it appears the fungus actually parasitizes the algae.

This is one of the conclusions drawn from experiments

 in which the two components of lichens were separated

 and grown apart.

In nature, lichen fungi may encounter and

grow around saveral kinds of algae. Some types of

algae the fungi may kill; other types it may reject.

Lichen algae are autotrophic, meaning they make their

own food through photosynthesis. Lichen fungi are

heterotrophic, meaning they depend upon the algae

within the lichen to supply their food. Up to ninety

percent of than food made by the green alga cell is

transferred to the fungus. What, if anything, the fungus

contributes to the association is not well understood.

Lichens are hardly. The grow in many habitats

and are often pioneers in hostile environments

where few other organisms can flourish.

They have been known to grow

endolithically, having been discovered thriving inside

of rocks in Antartica. Lichen help reduce erosion by

stabilizing soil. Saveral kinds of insects glue lichens to

 their exoskeletons for camouflage.

Many species of birds use lichens as building

materials for nests. Human have used lichens for

dyes and antibiotics.

1. Which of the following best describes lichen association?

    A. Simple plants made of two different autotrophic organims.

    B. A mutual association between a fungus and an alga

    C. A parasitic association between two fungi, one autotrophic, the second autotrophic

    D. A union between a parasitic fungus and an autotrophic alga

2. The word "hardly" in line 26 is clossest in meaning to

    A. Tender

    B. Durable

    C. Armed

    D. Beneficial

3. In Biology, mutualism occurs when two different organism live close together and

    A. One organism parasitizes the other

    B. Both organism benefit from the association

    C. Both organism are harmed by the association

    D. One organism benefits while the other does not or is harmed by the association

4. In line 7, the word "intimate" is nearest in meaning to

    A. living

    B. Extraordinary

    C. Biological

    D. Close

5. Lichen serves as camouflage for which of the following?

    A. Insects

    B. Birds

    C. Reptiles

    D. Mammals

6. The true nature of the relationship between the lichen components was clarified by

    A. Examining lichens with a microscope

    B. Observing lichens palced in the dark

    C. Observing the lichen component when grown apart

    D. Decreasing the amount of nutrients available to the lichens

7. In line 27, the word "hostile" is clossestnin the meaning to

    A. Unusual

    B. Cool

    C. Untraveled

    D. Inhospitable

8. An endolithic lichen is one that

    A. Grows in the canopies of trees

    B. Grows inside rocks

    C. Grows at very high altitudes

    D. Grows inside other organism, including other lichens

9. Many lichens contribute at the communities they in habits by

    A. Removing pollutants from the air

    B. Controlling wood-rotting fungi

    C. Slowing the spread of viruses

    D. Reducing soil erosion

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