STRATEGY TOEFL READING COMPREHENSION

Section 3 in the TOEFL test (PBT) is reading comprehension. This section is intended to determine the level of your ability to understand English text reading. At least you will see 5 readings followed by 10 questions for each text reading. That means there will be 50 questions that you must do. Within 50 minutes to 50 questions that you should be good to finish with a high TOEFL score in your favor. There are no images, diagrams, or other visual aid in reading TOEFL (PBT) you will encounter on the actual test.

Topics in TOEFL reading that you will encounter generally associated with the eye  at American universities. Suppose History, Literature, Art, Architecture, Geology, Biology, Health, Astronomy, Gegraphy and oyher subjects. Problems commonly faced by participants in a session TOEFL test reading comprehension limitations related to the time available. Not a few test participants were not able to complete all the 50 questions in a timely manner. By it must needs be, if you learn the tips and tricks that can help you tactically in this issue.

7 Tips to Answering TOEFL Reading Problem with Both :

To meet your needs in terms of adding references related reading strategies to answer the TOEFL, in this paper we have summarized 7 Tips to answer the ith good TOEFL reading you can learn.

1.      Not too long reading passage.

With no time limit, you do not need to read the text in depth. Commonly asked questions you can answer without having to read the readings in detail. You can take your time 1 or 2 minutes to read the first sentence in each paragraph for understanding the main idea. By understanding the main idea, you already get a glimpse of the information submitted.

2.      Notice to the 10 questions and record key words

Once you know the main idea of a text reading, you must read all 10 questions for the readings. Record key words in each question so that you can locate the keywords lies in reading in one tempo. It can save you time not to see the reading / searching for keywords on readings for each question from 10 to about it.
3. Do not panic if you encounter an unfamiliar topic for your reading
The questions in the TOEFL test done professionally by experts. Questions will not be given out of the readings. Whatever your background, you still could have answered the questions well without any prior knowledge of the reading topic.

4.      Learn how to get the main idea quickly

In certain TOEFL test questions related to the main idea (main idea) is always questionable. Strategies that you can apply is to read the sentence at the beginning and end of each paragraph. Generally quite simply by reading the first sentence of each paragraph in the main idea can be obtained.

5.      Understand the context for vocabulary questions

Your understanding of the vocabulary in the reading will be tested. In answering this kind of question you should not be hasty. Determines the meaning of vocabulary / vocabulary in question should not instantly make you menmilih answer without seeing the context of the sentence related vocabulary. Remember the many meanings of the word in English.

6.      Use the scanning method

To find information about the diepertanyakan the scanning method you should use the limited time given. Read all questions at once and remember the key words in question. Then read quickly by scanning to find the key words in the passage. This can save you time not to go back and forth looking for his key word in the readings for each problem as it is usually not questioned about the sequence numbers in the order of reading.

7.      Focus

Concentration in the TOEFL test is crucial. In reading comprehension sessions themselves, often found test participants forget the idea of ​​the first paragraph when participants have switched to the second paragraph. As a result, the first paragraph should be read again.

EXAMPLE:

PASSAGE

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 fo the association. Neither  a fungus nor an alga alone can produce lichen.

The  intimate relationship between these two living components of lhichen was once erroneously though to represent mutualism.Inmutual relationships bothparticipants benefit.With lichens ,howefer,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.Uptoninety 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 kind.Humans of insects glue lichens to ther exoskeletons for camouflage.

Many species of birds use lichen as building materials for nest.Human have used lichen for dyes and antibotics.

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

10. How are termites like ants?
      A. They live in communities, and each class has a specific duty
      B. Their bodies are the same shape
      C. The king and queen are imprisoned
      D. The females' reproductive capacities are the same