Reading Comprehension (Longer Passages and Information Transfer)
What this domain tests
This domain combines longer reading with information transfer. You may read an article, a notice, or two related texts and then complete a table, choose a heading, or match information. The challenge is not only understanding sentences but also locating the right detail and expressing it in the required form. The answer must fit the table's grammar and category.
Core rules
- Read the questions or table headings before the passage to set a purpose.
- Scan for names, dates, places, and numbers, then read the surrounding sentence.
- For table completion, check the column's grammar: a date column needs a date, not a full sentence.
- When two texts are given, label each fact by source. Do not mix details from different notices.
- Paraphrase instead of copying when the copied phrase does not fit the blank.
Worked example
Text A: Library volunteer orientation is Saturday, June 8, 9:30 to 11:30, in Room 2. Bring a notebook. Students who want to help with the reading program must attend. Text B: The reading program starts June 15, 10:00 to 12:00. Volunteers meet in the library. Table: Orientation date: ___; Orientation place: ___; Program start time: ___. Answers: June 8; Room 2; 10:00. Reasoning: Orientation details come only from Text A. The program start time comes only from Text B. June 15 is the program date, not the orientation date, and the library is the program place, not the orientation place.
Traps that cost marks
- Copying a date or place from the wrong text.
- Putting a full sentence into a table cell that needs one word.
- Confusing a start time with an end time.
- Matching a heading to a repeated word rather than the paragraph's main idea.
- Ignoring a grammar change needed by the table.