Strategy Toefl Reading Comprehension

STRATEGY TOEFL READING COMPREHENSION

In the Reading Comprehension section, participants tend to read the text first and then try to answer the question. It's not recommended. START OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SCAN IN READING. So, read the text first became ineffective in the context of scanning strategies. If we read the text first and answer questions later, then we will go back again to the reading to answer this question INEFFECTIVE!

There are 4 types of questions in Reading Comprehension Section:

1.      MAIN IDEA question: the question asks yan central idea, main idea, theme, or title reading (reading TOEFL is not accompanied by the title!). The number is only ONE question and generally placed as the first question in the text.

2.      DETAIL question: the question asking for specific information in the text. The answer to this type of reading material contained within EXPRESS (EXPRESS). The number of questions in each of the most widely read.

3.      Implied question: is a question similar to the question detail, by way of answering that is also equal to answer detailed questions. However, the answer to the question is found in the literature implicitly (IMPLIED). This question is not as much as the amount of Detail question.

4.      Vocabulary question: is a synonym ask questions or seek equivalent word whose meaning is closest to the word in question. Answering this question must be guessed BASED context of the sentence. Avoid guessing just by relying on our knowledge without checking it in the sentence reading. Always read the sentence in which a word is asked as a whole, then guess based on the context of the sentence. There is no other way to answer this type of question except by guessing based on context.

Here is a detailed strategy to answer any type of questions on Reading Comprehension Section:

1.      reading the text does not need to read all ( teks bacaan tidak perlu dibaca semua )

2.      read the first question and understand ( bacalah pertanyaan dahulu dan pahami)

3.      Do not think too long on words you do not know the point (jangan berfikir terlalu lama pada kata anda sendiri tidak tahu maksudnya )

4.      identification of nouns and verbs are important (identifikasi kata benda dan kata kerja yang penting )

5.      read and observe the words of each paragraph (bacalah dan amati kata-kata setiap paragraf)

6.      read the text carefully, mark the main point, the names and Definitions (bacalah teks dengan cermat,tandai point utama,nama-nama dan definisi)

7.      answer the questions, but not for too long on one question (jawablah pertanyaan,namun jangan terlalu lama pada satu pertanyaan)

8.      you have to fill in the answers, if guessing liable b or c (anda harus mengisi jawaban, jika menebak jawab b atau c)

EXAMPLE :

Question 1-3

Levels of vocabularry

Most language have several levels of vocabularry that may be used by the same speaker.in english,at least three half been identified and described.

Standard usag in clued those words and exspressions understood,used,and accepted by a majority of the speakers of a langwage in any situation regardless of the levels of formality. As such these words and expressions are well defined and listed in standard dictionarries.colloquialisms, on the other hand are familliar works and idions that areunderstood by almost all speakers of a language and used in formal speech or writting, but not considered acceptable for more formal situations. Almost all idiomatic expressions are colloquial language

Slang, however, refers to words and expressions understood by large number of speakers but not accepted as appropriate formal usage by the majority. Colloquial expressions and even slang may be found in standard dictionaries but will be so identified. Both colloquial usage and slang are more common in speech than in writing.

Colloquial speech often passes into standardspeech. Some slang also passes into standard speech, but other slang expressions anjoy momentary popularity followed by obscurity. In some cases, the majority never accepts certain slag phrases but nevertheless retains them in theircollective memories. Every generation seems to requires its own set of words to describe familiar objects and events.

1.      Which of the following is the main topic the passage ?

a.       Standard speech

b.      Idiomatic phrases

c.       Different types of vocabulary

d.      Dictionary usage

2.      How is slang defined by the author?

a.       Words and phrases accepted by the majority for formal usage

b.      Words and phrases understood by the majority but not found in standard dictioanaries

c.       Words and phrases that are understood by a restriced group of speakers

d.      Words and phrases understood by a large number of speakers but not accepted as formal usage

3.      The word obscuurity in paragraph 3 could best be replaced by....

a.       Disappearance

b.      Influence

c.       Qualification

d.      Tolerance

Endangered species

There are three valid arguments to support the preservation of endangered species,an aesthetic justification contends that biodiversity contributes to the quality of life because many of the undangered plants and animals are particularly appreciated for their unique physical beauty. The aesthetic role of nature in all its diverse forms is reflected in the art and literature of every culture, attaining symbolic status in the spiritual life of many groups, according to the proponents of the aesthetic argument, people need nature in all its diverse and beautiful froms as part of the experience of the world.

Another argument that has been put forward, especially by groups in the medical and pharmacological fields,is that of ecological self-interest. By preserving all species, we retain a balance of nature that is ultimately beneficial to humankind. Recent research on global ecosystems has been cited as evidence that every species contributes important or even functions that may be necessary to the survival of our own species, some advocates of the ecological derived from rare plants may contain the key to a cure for one of the diseases currently threatening human beings, if we do not proted other species, then they cannot protect us.

Apart from human advantage in both the aesthetic and ecological arguments, the proponents of a moral justification contend that all species have the right to exis, a viewpoint stated in the united nations world charter for nature, created in 1982. Furthermore, if humankind view it self as the stewards of all the creatures on eartth, it is incumbent upon human beings to protect them, and to ensure the continued existence of all species, moral justification has been extended by the movement called “deep ecology” the members of which rank the biosphere highter than people because the continuation of life depends on this larger perspective to carry their argument to its logical conclusion, all choices must be made for the biosphere not for people

4.      Which of the following is the main topic of the passage ?

a.       The beauty of the world

b.      The quality of life

c.       The preservation the species

d.      The balance of nature

5.      Which of the arguments supports animal right ?

a.       Aesthetic justification

b.      Ecological argument

c.       Self-interest argument

d.      Moral justification

6.      The world perspective in paragraph 3 could best be replaced by....

a.       Idea

b.      Event

c.       Truth

d.      View

Questions 7-10

The art world

One of the major problems in the world is how to ditinguish and promote an artist, in effect, a market must be created for an artist to be successful. The pratice of singning an numbering individual prints was introduced by james abbot  McNeil  Whistler’s, the nineteenth-century artist best known  for  the painting of his mother, called ”Arrangement in Grey an Black,” but known to most of us as “Whistler’s mother”.

Whistler’s brother-in-law, sir Francis Seymour Haden, a less well known artist, had speculated that collectors might find prints more attractive if they knew that there were only a limited number of copies produced. By signing the work in pencil, an artist could guarantee and personalize each print.

As soon as Whistler and haden began the pratice of signing and numbering their prints, their work began to inrease in value, when other artists noticed that the signed prints commanded higher prices, they began copying the procedure.

Although most prints are signed on the right side in the margin below the image, the placement of the signature is a matter of personal choice, indeed, prints have been signed within the image, in any of themargins, or even on the reserve side of the print. Wherever the artist elects to sign it, a signed prins is still valued above an unsigned one, even if the same edition.

7.      Which of the following would be better title for the passage?

a.       Whistler’s Mother

b.      Whistler’s Greatest Works

c.       The Pratice of Signing Prints

d.      Copying Limited Edition Prints

8.      What made Whistler’s work more valuable ?

a.       His fame as an artist

b.      His painting of his mother

c.       His signature on the prints

d.      His brother-in-law’s prints

9.      The word speculated  in pragraph could best the replaced by....

a.       Guessed

b.      Noticed

c.       Denied

d.      Announced

10.  The author mentions all of the following as reasons why a collector prefers a signed print EXCEPT....

a.       It guarantees the print’s authenticity

b.      It makes the print more personal

c.       It encourages higher prices for the print

d.      It limits the number of copies of the print