[English Learning]Reading

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Overview:

• Time
•  Reading Question Type

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1. Time:20 min/passage(Toefl ibt)
2. Reading Question Type: 10 different types of reading questions,divide into three broad categories

• Basic Information Skills Questions

                 "In the first/second/third paragraph..."the answer is always stated or strongly implied in the passage,usually in more than a sentence or two.

                 include factual information questions, negative factual information questions, vocabulary questions, and reference questions

• Inference Skills Questions

                 use the information in the passage to answer questions that aren't directly addressed in the passage.

                 ①imply a change over time, then ask you about the nature of that change

                 ②deal with the author’s implied intentions or opinions and vocabulary items that aren’t defined, but whose meanings are implied in the passage.

• Reading to Learn Questions

                add new information to an existing part of a passage, summarize the passage, or group statements in a new way.