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       Table of Contents
       Introduction:...................................................................................................................4
        Strategies to Use for Building Reading Fluency...................................................................4
        Strategies to Use for the Reading Section of the TOEFL iBT Test........................................5
        Basic Reading Question Types.............................................................................................7
       Practice with Understanding Meaning From Context.....................................................10
         Determining meaning from context..............................................................................10
         Identifying meaning from a given definition.................................................................11
         EXERCISE R1 Understanding words in context..............................................................14
         EXERCISE R2 Choosing the best synonym.....................................................................23
         EXERCISE R3 Understanding the author's meaning......................................................28
       Practice with Understanding the Connection of Ideas....................................................34
         Understanding referents...............................................................................................34
         Understanding transitional expressions........................................................................34
         Understanding the organization of ideas......................................................................35
         EXERCISE R4 Locating referents within sentences........................................................36
         EXERCISE R5 Locating referents within a passage.........................................................37
         EXERCISE R6 Locating multiple referents within a passage...........................................38
         EXERCISE R7 Understanding transition words...............................................................39
         EXERCISE R8 inserting sentences...................................................................................42
       Practice with Understanding Details and Recognizing Paraphrases.................................50
         Understanding details...................................................................................................50
         Recognizing paraphrases...............................................................................................50
         Identifying restated information from a passage..........................................................50
         Identifying information not stated in a passage............................................................51
         EXERCISE R9 Finding facts.............................................................................................52
         EXERCISE R10 Understanding exceptions......................................................................56
         EXERCISE R11 Determining whether statements are the same or different.................58
         EXERCISE R12 Locating restated information................................................................59
         EXERCISE R13 Choosing the restatement of highlighted sentences.............................61
         EXERCISE R14 Choosing the restatement of highlighted sentences in paragraphs......65
       Practice with Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions............................................75
         EXERCISE R15 Identifying inferences.............................................................................76
         EXERCISE R16 Locating sources for inferred information..............................................79
         EXERCISE R17 Checking if an inference is correct.........................................................82
         EXERCISE R18 Identifying inferences in paragraphs......................................................83
         EXERCISE R19 Making inferences..................................................................................86
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         EXERCISE R20 Drawing conclusions...............................................................................88
         EXERCISE R21 Reviewing inferences..............................................................................90
       Practice with Summaries and Charts..............................................................................99
         Summary questions.......................................................................................................99
         Category chart questions..............................................................................................99
         EXERCISE R22 Understanding summaries.....................................................................99
         EXERCISE R23 Identifying summary ideas...................................................................101
         EXERCISE R24 Organizing information into charts......................................................105
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        INTRODUCTION:
         The Reading section is divided into 2-3 separately timed parts. The tool bar on the
        computer screen will allow you to see the total number of questions within each part
        and the number of the item you are answering. There will also be a clock that shows the
        number of minutes and seconds you have left in each part. You can hide the clock at any
        time by clicking on the Hide Time icon. When reading a passage, you may see a word or
        phrase underlined in blue. If you click on the underlined word or phrase, a definition or
        explanation will appear.
         After reading an entire passage, answer the questions that follow. When you want to
        go on to the next question, click on Next. You can also click on Back to go back to the
        previous question. Try to answer all the questions in order. However, within each part
        you can choose to skip a question and go back to it later. Click on Review to see which
        questions within the Reading part you are in you have already answered. You can go back
        to questions that you want to reconsider or that you have skipped.
                   Strategies to Use for Building Reading Fluency
           1- Read extensively.
             The more you read, the better reader you will become. Read on a variety of
             topics in order to build your vocabulary. The larger your vocabulary, the less
             time you will need to spend trying to understand unfamiliar words and the
             more time you will have to understand the material presented in the text.
           2- Read challenging material.
             Read material that challenges you. If you always read things that are easy for
             you, you will not develop your ability to read more difficult material.
           3- Read about topics commonly found on the TOEFL test.
             The reading passages on the test concern subjects taught in colleges and
             universities:   science,   technology,   the   social   sciences,   and   the   humanities.
             Choose reading material that will give you experience reading about these
             subjects and help you become familiar with the concepts and vocabulary
             commonly used in these fields.
           4- Read actively.
             Think about what you are reading. Ask yourself what the text is about. Ask
             yourself how the material is organized and how the ideas presented are
             supported.
           5- Increase your formal and academic vocabulary.
             Increase your vocabulary by reading extensively and practicing the strategies
             taught in Vocabulary part.