STRATEGY FOR READING TOEFL TEST

Tips to work on the problems in the test TOEFL Reading section:
• Do not rush while reading text reading. Indeed, you are limited in the time available, but if you do not read carefully, you can read the information wrong or missed important thing.
• Use annotations such as underline, circle, or whatever you want to mark the words and phrases that are important. This will speed the process of filtering information and making search relevant information more easily again.
• If you have time left over, use the time to re-examine the content of the answers that you have. It never hurts to make sure that you are confident with all of your answers on the TOEFL test.
• Complete all questions. Although you do not know the exact answer to a question, the question remains browse all by guessing the answers. TOEFL will not reduce the value you when you fill out a wrong answer, then the use of the 25% chance that you have to get the value.
• Read the strategy. It's good to read text briefly beforehand, read all the questions, and then after it was re-reading the text in more detail. The point is, you can save the questions that have you read in your brain while reading the text carefully. This will facilitate you to search for relevant information needed to fill in the answers and you will know where to focus your mind to what part of the text.
• Exercise by reading many books and articles before. Get used to the eyes and brain to read the text of the English language, as this will speed up and expedite the process of your reading time of the TOEFL test. It also will expand your English vocabulary, and help you when the work on the problems.
• Exercise with a working example problems of online sites, books TOEFL test preparation, tutoring follow TOEFL preparation, and so on. There are so many sources of sample questions that you can access for free to prepare you before taking the actual test. Examples of questions you can find on the following sites:

Example :

1.      Into how many periods was the stone age divided?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

2.      In line 3, the word “derived”is closest in meaning to
A. Originated
B. Destroyed
C. Hallucinated
D. Discussed

3.       Which of the following was developed earliest?
A. Fish hook
B. Hatchet
C. Bow and arrow
D. Pottery

4.       Which of the following developments is not related to the conditions of the Ice Age?
A. Farming
B. Clothing
C. Living indoors
D. Using fire

5.      The word “crude” in line 12 is closest in meaning to
A. Extravagant
B. Complex
C. Vulgar
D. Primitive

Answer Key Discussion :

1.    The appropriate text answer is B. So answer period Stone Age is divided into 3 age: the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic.

2.     Answer the most similar meaning to the word that is derived originated. Derived and originated in the context of the sentence Its name was derived from the stone meaningful coming from.

3.     Question that is being asked about what the object is developed first. The earliest period ie Paleolithic period, so the object must come from this period. From reading the above we can see that the first thing that hatchet and developed the use of fire for heating and cooking. In the choice answers only hatchet. So the correct answer is B. Hachet.

4.    The Ice Age into the Paleolithic Age. We see in the text that in the Ice Age people should seek shelter in a cave, the use of clothes, and must develop new tools other. In response we see that clothing, living indoors, and the use of fire as well as farming. Among the four answers only farming that are not related to Ice Age period.

5.    Said crude in accordance with the word primitive.

Sources:
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