STRATEGY TEST READING

“STRATEGY READING TEST TOEFL”

To help friends who will face the TOEFL test, this is information about the TOEFL test questions answered correctly and within the time specified in the needed strategies that have been proven effective answer. Common strategies to answer questions with either TOEFL reading that you can learn.

1.      Not too long reading passage

2.      Do not panic if you encounter an unfamiliar topic for your reading

3.      Understand the context for vocabulary questions

4.      Use the scanning method and record key words

5.      Focus.

With specific strategies to answer the reading:

1.      Question Main Idea

Question what is the shape Topic/Subject/Main Idea/Title/Main Points.

Location Possible Answer: Located at the beginning of each paragraph.

2.      Question detail that the information in the paragraph

Question types:  According to the passage?;  it is stated in passage?; 

the which of following is true?

Possible location of answers: Found sequence in the story section.

3.      Was not part of story / writing

Question types:

Which of following is not stated/Mentioned/Discussed

All of the following are true except ...?

Possible location of answers: Found sequence in the story section.

4.      Question Implied

An indication in the story that should take the conclusion of the story.

Question types:  It is implied in the passage that ...;

It can be inferred from the passage that ...

Location Possible Answer: Found in a row in the parts of the story.

5.      Vocabulary (Vocabulary)

Type Question: What is the meaning of X in line Y?

Location Possible Answer: Information to help understand the word in question is in the context of the sentence around the word.

6.      Question'' Where''

Questions to indicate the location where a word or phrase by about

Type Question: Where in the Passage ...?

Text 1

Once there was a farmer from Laos. Every morning and every evening, he ploughed his field with his buffalo.

One day, a tiger saw a mouse deer, and a cockerel walking together to meet a snail. On their way, they saw a farmer and a buffalo working in the field. The tiger said to the mouse deer and a cockerel, “I wonder how stupid the buffalo is. He lets himself being ruled by the small animal.” “You are right. The big animal is really stupid. I’m sure he knows very well that the small animal has killed my brothers and sisters for their meals”, said the cockerel. “Well, if it were true, the small animal must be. heartless one. I think you’d better ask the big animal, Tiger” said the mouse deer.

After the man went home, the tiger spoke to the buffalo, “You are so big and strong. Why do you do everything the man tells you?” The buffalo answered, “Oh the man is very intelligent.” The tiger asked, “Can you tell me how intelligent he is?” “No, I can’t tell you,” said the buffalo, “but you can ask him”.

So the next day the tiger said to the man, Can I see your intelligence?” But the man answered, “It’s at home.” “Can you go and get it?” asked the tiger. “Yes,” said the man, “but I’m afraid you will kill my buffalo when I’m gone. Can I tie you on a tree?”After the man tied the tiger on the tree, he didn’t go home to get his intelligence. He took his plough and hit tiger. Then he said, “Now, you know about my intelligence even if you haven’t seen it”

1.      The tiger became more curious because of …

A.    the snail’s advice.

B.     the cockerel’s story

C.    the man’s intelligence.

D.    the mouse deer’s request.

E.     the big buffalo’s suggestion.

2.      Which of the following was surprised to see the buffalo and the farmer working on the field?

A.    The lion

B.     The tiger

C.     The snail

D.    The cockerel

E.     The mouse deer.

3.      What lesson can we learn from the story?

A.    Don’t leave your intelligence at home.

B.     Intelligence can’t be judged from appearance.

C.     Don’t compare man’s intelligence to animals.

D.    The bigger a person, the more intelligence he is.

E.     The smaller a person, the more intelligence he is.

4.      The main idea of paragraph 2 is …

A.    The buffalo is very useful for the farmer.

B.     The mouse deer didn’t believe the cockerel’s story.

C.     The cockerel supported the tiger’s idea to ask the buffalo.

D.    The tiger was surprised to hear the cockerel’s story about his family.

E.     The mouse deer told the tiger to ask the buffalo to get the answer to their surprise.

5.      The tiger wondering how stupid buffalo because of…

A.    The buffalo gave advice to tiger to meet the man

B.     he saw the mouse deer, and a cockerel walking together to meet a snail

C.     he saw the buffalo is working with farmers in the field.

D.    the buffalo can’t told how the man’s intelligence.

E.     a tiger saw a mouse deer, and a cockerel walking together to meet a snail.

Text 2

In 1956 a Brazilian scientist imported some special bees into Brazil from Africa. The African bees were the same size as ordinary bees. But they were much stronger and more dangerous. A sting from one of these bees can kill a man of even a buffalo very quickly.

The scientist imported the bees because he wanted to breed a new type of bees using the African bees and ordinary European bees. He wanted to combine the strength of the African bee with the safety of the European bee. Unfortunately, in 1957, 26 queen bees escaped and began to breed in the jungles of Brazil. They spread very quickly and since that time they have been moving slowly north- wards, covering 300 to 400 kilometres a year. Over 200 people have died after being stung by the killer bees, and thousands of animals have also died. By March 1978 the killer bees had reached Venezuela and in 1980 they arrived in Panama. If they continue to move at the same speed will reach the USA in 1988.

Today scientists from many different countries are trying to find ways of stopping the killer bees. But if they cannot be stopped, the Americans, like the Brazilians, will have to learn how to live with a new a very dangerous visitor.

1.      Which bees kill people?
A. The African bees
B. The new type of bees
C. The European bees
D. The ordinary bees
E. The passage does not say

2.      Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The imported African bees are stronger but not as dangerous as the European bees
B. The African bees are smaller but more dangerous than the European bees
C. A sting from the African bee is so poisonous that it can kill a buffalo in a very short time
D. Scientists have been successful in stopping the killer bees
E. scientist wanted to breed a new type of bees that give more honey

3.      Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Brazilian scientist wanted to have a new type of bees
B. Scientists are trying to prevent the killer bees from moving north-wards
C. Many people have died because of the poisonous sting of the African bees
D. The dangerous bees moved to Venezuela before reaching Panama
E. The imported African bees are less dangerous than the European ones

4.     When the passage was written?
A. The killer bees had already reached the USA
B. Thousands of animals had already died
C. Scientist had found ways of stopping the killer bees
D. The Brazilian scientists had already bred a new type of bees
E. People in Brazil had already known how to live with the killer bees

5.      “But they were much stronger and more dangerous”. (paragraph 1)
Who is the underline word?
A. Brazilian scientist
B. The scientist
C. The Americans
D. The African bees
E. The Brazilians

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