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No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author.  \neBook Designed by Acepub  \nTable of Contents  \nAcknowledgements Introduction  \nChapter 1: Vocabulary Questions  \nChapter 2 : Detail Questions and Negative Detail Questions Chapter 3 : Inference Questions and Reference Questions  \nChapter 4 : Purpose Questions  \nChapter 5 : Sentence Insertion Questions  \nChapter 6 : Paraphrase Questions  \nChapter 7 : Summary and Chart Questions  \nChapter 8 : Final Test  \nAcknowledgements  \nSpecial thanks to my mother Patricia for the amazing support with this  \nproject.  \nTo my husband Adam for his continual support.  \nThanks also to my editor Caityln McFarland.  \nIntroduction  \nWelcome to House of TOEFL’s book on the Reading section. I’m glad you’re here. It means you’re serious about getting a good score on the TOEFL and you’re ready to work.  \nI would like to introduce myself. My name is Kathy and I am a TOEFL teacher who has been teaching TOEFL since 2010. I’ve written tests for TOEFL books and helped hundreds of students reach their goals.  \nA lot of TOEFL books offer tips and suggestions and different ways of approaching questions. What makes this book different? Well, I’ve combined my knowledge from many sources and years of experience and have put it all into one easy-to-read book! Not only that, but I’m going to tell you about the traps used on the TOEFL—traps that are not mentioned in most TOEFL preparation books. You will get LOTS of practice as you read. This will leave you much better prepared to tackle the Reading section.  \nThis book assumes you already have basic knowledge of the TOEFL, such ashow to register, what I.D. to bring to the test site, and so on. I won’t bore you with all that information. You can find the most up-to-date information on those topics [at www.ets.org/toefl. The](at www.ets.org/toefl. The) purpose of this book is to teach you strategies on how to answer each question type that are straightforward, direct, and simple. With these strategies, you will be prepared and confident to take the Reading section. The TOEFL is a costly, stressful test. I want to help you get your goal score so you can move on with your life. So let’s talk TOEFL.  \nThe Reading section comes first on the TOEFL test. As I’ve said, I’m not going to bore you with excessive details about how the TOEFL is formatted, but a quick review is probably a good idea.  \nThe TOEFL Reading section has 3 or 4 reading passages. If you have three reading passages, you have an hour to complete the reading section. If you have four, you have eighty minutes. You’re given this time limit in TOTAL—which means if you’re done one passage quickly, you have more time for the next passage. As you can see, this divides up to twenty minutes per passage. You must be very careful not to go over the 20 minutes. The most common mistake students make is when they take too much time on the first and second reading passages and do not have enough time to finish the third. Obviously, this impacts their score in a big way! Now, if you’re given four reading passages, there is good news and bad news. The bad news is that they are not going to score one of those passages. They’re putting it on the test to try out new testing material. The good news is that if you have a longer reading section, you will have a shorter listening section.  \nOne more word of caution: if you get four reading passages, do not try to guess which reading passage will not be scored. Do your best on all four.  \nEach reading passage has 12-14 questions. Most questions are worth one point. The summary question at the end is worth 2 points, and chart questions are worth 3-4 points. If any question is worth more than one point, it will be indicated in the directions. READ AL","cbCaiquXq5ywG8ZB","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiquXq5ywG8ZB","pdf",1437837,254,"English","# Acknowledgements\n# Introduction\n# Chapter 1: Vocabulary Questions\n# Chapter 2: Detail Questions and Negative Detail Questions\n# Chapter 3: Inference Questions and Reference Questions\n# Chapter 4: Purpose Questions\n# Chapter 5: Sentence Insertion Questions\n# Chapter 6: Paraphrase Questions\n# Chapter 7: Summary and Chart Questions\n# Chapter 8: Final Test\n# Managing Your Time","[{\"question\":\"How should test-takers manage time across the TOEFL Reading passages?\",\"answer\":\"The book warns against spending too long on the first and second passages, which can leave insufficient time for the third. 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