Reading test - tips
- Do not get caught in the specific details of the passage.
- Answer general questions before detailed questions.
- Always refer to the passage before choosing an answer.
- Mentally outline all major points covered in non-fiction passages, take notes if necessary to find answers quickly.
- Concentrate on paragraph opening and closing.
- For fiction passages pay attention to the story and the characters.
- Answer the easy questions for each passage first. Skip the tough ones and come back later to them.
Make-up Reading test
The Reading Test is a 40-question, 35-minute test that measures your reading comprehension. The test questions require students to derive meaning from several texts by referring to what is explicitly stated and reasoning to determine implicit meanings and to draw conclusions, comparisons, and generalizations.
The test comprises four prose passages that are representative of the level and kinds of text commonly encountered in college freshman curricula; passages on topics in the social studies, the natural sciences, prose fiction, and the humanities are included.