tailieunhanh - Gre verbal section 5

Tham khảo tài liệu 'gre verbal section 5', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | ----------------------------- THE GRE VERBAL SECTION ------------------------------------ that s the one and move on without even looking at the other answers including the correct one. Even if you think you see the correct answer look at all the answer choices before making your final selection. When a question has two blanks you may be able to figure out the answer to one blank but not the other. If so that s good you can now eliminate all answers that do not fit in that blank. Then you can continue your efforts by focusing exclusively on the other blank. How to Approach Reading Comprehension Questions The Verbal section of the GRE contains at least two reading comprehension passages each one followed by questions about the passage. Passages are excerpted from writings in the fields of the humanities and the social and natural sciences. Each prose passage is 300 to 1 000 words in length and there will be several questions most likely four to seven questions regarding each one. The reading comprehension questions test your ability to understand what you read. You will often be required to identify the author s main point or purpose in writing the passage. You will also have to accurately interpret secondary points and even the assumptions that underlie what is explicit in the passage. The questions will ask you to analyze each passage from several perspectives including the kinds of research that might confirm or negate the author s conclusions. GRE passages are usually complex and densely packed with ideas and many are somewhat overwhelming at first glance. You must be able to extract information both expressed and implied. You will be asked about the logical flow of the texts and about their consistency or lack thereof. You may also have to answer questions about the tone of the passages as well as their overall theme or meaning. You will see phrases such as the passage implies that. and the author suggests that. which require you to extrapolate from the .