Section 1 – Spider silk cuts weight of bridges

How to practise Reading Section 1

You should send about 20 minutes in Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1.

Section 1 Reading Passage

Questions 1-5

Questions 6-10

Questions 11-13

Do the statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?

Section 2 Revolutions in Mapping

You should send about 20 minutes in Questions 14-26, which are based on Reading Passage 2.

Section 2 Reading Passage

Questions 14-18

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D

Write the correct letter in boxes 14-18 on your answer sheet.

Questions 19-21

Questions 22-26

Section 3 Hypnotism

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on Reading Passage 3.

Section 3 Reading Passage

Questions 27-31

Questions 32-36

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D

Write the correct letter in boxes 32-36 on your answer sheet.

Questions 37-40

My Advice is:

Use the strategies I have discussed to make your reading for information more effective.

It IS a good idea to look at the questions for each passage before you start reading, but don’t spend too long on this. Just notice any key words, terms or names and important dates or numbers.

Then read the passage…..

Don’t read for detail. – Read to gain an overall understanding of the organisation of the text and how it develops and arrangement of ideas.

Next go to the first Question. Read the question, identify the task and consider the information you are looking for.

Skim read the passage to locate the area you are likely to find the information you need (remember that some questions follow the order of the passage) and then scan, before reading in detail and checking your answer.

Then do the same for the remain questions

At the end, when you check your answers, think carefully why you got some answers wrong and why some sections were challenging.

Was it your understanding of the text or the reading strategy you followed?

Jonathan