iBTReadingQuestion:NegativeDetail(Comprehension)
Sincethisquestioncaneatupalotofyourtime,thereisanotherstrategythatworksbestforsomeTOEFLtesttakers.Gatherthekeywordsfromthequestionandfindtheparagraphthatcontainsthemwhichismostlikelytohavetheanswersinit.Then,beforelookingattheanswerchoices,scantheparagraphforthegeneralideaandanyitemsthatyouthinkmightbeintheanswerchoices.Thenlookattheanswerchoices.Sometimesthisapproachactuallysavestimebecauseyoulookattheanswerswithanideaoftheparagraphsgeneralmeaningasopposedtojustsearchingfortheanswerchoicesinthetext.Ofcourse,thisalsohelpsiftheanswerisfalsewhichmeansthattheoppositemeaningwasstatedinthetext.Ontheotherhand,iftheanswerisjustirrelevant,thenitcouldbeamatterofjustidentifyingthoseanswerchoicesinthetextandeliminatingeachoneuntiltherightanswercannotbefound.Ifyourereallylucky,therightanswerwillberidiculousanditwillnotfitinwiththeotheranswerchoices,butIthinkthisoccursmoreintestbooksthanontheactualiBTTOEFLtest.
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LABELS:IBTREADINGQUESTION:NEGATIVEDETAIL
TUESDAY,OCTOBER2,2007