Reading comprehension tests

Reading comprehension tests are usually in a multiple-choice format and ask questions based on brief passages, much like the standardized tests that are offered in schools. For that matter, almost all standardized test questions test your reading skills. After all, you can t answer the question if you can t read it Similarly, you can t study your training materials or learn new procedures once you are on the job if you can t read well. So, reading comprehension is vital not only on the test but also for the rest of your career. 

When nonnative speakers of English have trouble with reading comprehension tests, it s often because they iack the cuiturai, iinguistic, and historical frame of reference that native speakers have. People who have not lived in or been educated in the United States often don t have the background information that comes from reading American newspapers, magazines, and textbooks. 

If you need more help building your reading skills and taking reading comprehension tests, consider Reading Comprehension Success in 20 Minutes a Day and 501 Reading Comprehension Questions, both published by LearningExpress. 

Standardized reading comprehension tests always have questions about the main idea of the passage, and for good reason The main idea is the key concept or thought that the writer wants to convey in the text. 

Schools and employers know that students and workers who reason critically about what they read are better students and more valuable employees. That is why standardized tests almost invariably include a reading comprehension section. 

Are you having trouble with reading comprehension questions on tests Do you want to know how to improve your reading ability or pass placement tests in school or work If so, then this book is for you. Read on to find out why. 

Some are about computers, geology, or geography, while others are about poems, philosophy, literature, or art. You will even find some charts and graphs. You may want to take notes as you read. This technique of interacting with the text is good to use anytime you read or when you take a test that includes reading comprehension. 

The passages in this section are the final test of your reading comprehension skills. They test your ability to read large blocks of text, define words in context, and respond to questions about content. 

Do you need to brush up on some of the skills tested There are lots of books to help people with basic skills. You might start with the LearningExpress Skill Builders, a set of four books that help improve your practical math, writing, vocabulary and spelling, and reading comprehension. Enlist a teacher or a friend to help you, or check out the inexpensive courses offered by local high schools and community colleges. 

The practice exam that follows is another type of test often used to see if firefighter candidates have what it takes to do the job. A test like this mostly tries to assess whether you have what it takes to learn the job it tests some of the basic skills you need to be able to do well in your firefighter training program. This practice exam includes five areas reading comprehension, verbal expression, logical reasoning, mathematics, and mechanical aptitude. 

Because reading is such a vital skill, most firefighter exams include a reading comprehension section that tests your ability to understand what you read. The tips and exercises in this chapter will help you improve your comprehension of written passages as well as of tables, charts, and graphs, so that you can increase your score in this area. 

You have probably encountered reading comprehension questions before. These are the kind that supply a passage to read and then ask multiple-choice questions about it. These kinds of questions give you two advantages as a test taker ... 

The following is a sample test passage, followed by four questions. Read the passage carefully and then choose the best answers based on your reading of the text. Refer to the list on this page of types of reading comprehension questions, and note under your answer which type of question has been asked. Correct answers appear immediately after the questions. 

If your score is in the 60 to 70% range, you need to work as hard as you can in the time you have left to boost your skills. Consider the LearningExpress book Reading Comprehension in 20 Minutes a Day or other books from your public library. Also, reread Chapters 6,7,9,11, and 12 of this book, and make sure you take all of the advice there for improving your score. Enlist friends and family to help you by making up mock test questions and quizzing you on them. 

You should also look at how you did on each kind of question on the test. You may have done very well on reading comprehension questions and poorly on... 

Simplify vocabulary so that reading comprehension does not interfere with testing the content intended. 

Few studies have examined the effects of benzodiazepines on other cognitive abilities. Rusted et al.170 reported that 5 and 10 mg diazepam impaired performance on a logical reasoning test, but had no effect on a mental rotation task. Judd et al.178 found that 30 mg flurazepam, but not 15 mg midazolam, impaired arithmetic (addition) abilities the day after drug administration. In contrast, flurazepam had no effect on reading comprehension. 

The GRE Verbal test is a 30-minute section consisting of 30 questions. The four types of verbal questions are analogies, antonyms, sentence completions, and reading comprehension questions. 

Reading comprehension questions present you with a passage taken from the humanities or the social or natural sciences. You are then asked a series of questions that test your understanding of what is stated or implied in the passage. You will be asked to draw inferences from the author s words, but you will not need to call upon any outside information you may possess or resources other than the passage itself. 

Reading comprehension questions test your ability to understand the meaning of material in a passage and to draw inferences from what is stated. 

The reading comprehension questions test your ability to understand what you read. 

Much of what you read, especially today in this Information Age, is designed to provide you with facts. You may read, for example, about a new office procedure that you must follow about how the new computer system works about what happened at the staff meeting. If you re taking a standardized test, you ll probably have to answer reading comprehension ques-... 

Frequently, standardized tests are designed to test your reading comprehension. The reading sections often contain passages that are a paragraph or more. Here are a few tactics for approaching these sections. 

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