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SHORT PASSAGES\n\nIn Action Questions  \nSolutions  \n# 4.LONG PASSAGES\n\nIn Action Questions  \nSolutions  \n5. THE SEVEN STRATEGIES  \n6.QUESTION ANALYSIS  \n7. PASSAGES & PROBLEM SETS  \nIn Action Passages & Questions  \nSolutions  \nOfficial Guide Problem Set  \n11  \n25  \n29  \n33  \n39  \n41  \n43  \n51  \n53  \n…………55  \n63  \n65  \n67  \n75  \n91  \n93  \n109  \n147  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \n# Chapter 1READING COMPREHENSION\n\nINTRODUCTION TOPRINCIPLES  \nI  \n# In This Chapter...\n\n·Logistics of Reading Comprehension  \n·Challenges of Reading Comprehension  \n●Two Extremes and a Balanced Approach  \n●Principle\\#1:Engage with the Passage  \n●Recruiting for Your Working Memory,Inc.  \n●Principle \\#2:Look for the Simple Story  \n●Principle \\#3:Link to What You Already Know  \n●Principle \\#4:Unpack the Beginning  \n●Principle \\#5:Link to What You Have Just Read  \n·Principle \\#6:Pay Attention to Signals  \n●Principle \\#7:Pick up the Pace  \n●Summary of the 7 Principles of Active,Efficient Reading  \n● Practice on Non-GMAT Material  \nI  \n8  \n7  \n# LOGISTICS OF READING COMPREHENSION\n\nYou are probably already familiar with Reading Comprehension from other standardizedtests.You are given a passage to read,and you are asked questions about the substance andstructure of the passage.  \nOn the GMAT,you can expect to see four Reading Comprehension passages.Each passagewill typically be accompanied by three to four questions,for a total of 12 to 14 ReadingComprehension questions.You should be aware of several logistical features of GMATReading Comprehension passages.  \nPassages are either long or short.GMAT Reading Comprehension passages come in twobasic forms:LONG and SHORT.Long passages,which generally consist of over 300 wordsin three to five paragraphs,take up more than 50 lines on the computer screen(or over 35lines in The Official Guide for GMAT Review,12th Edition and The Official Guide forGMAT Verbal Review).Examples of long passages on the GMAT appear on pages 362,366,and 382 of The Official Guide for GMAT Review,12th Edition.  \nyour reading approach,  \nfirst identify whether a  \npassage is long or short.  \nShort passages,which generally consist of 200-250 words in two or three paragraphs,takeup fewer than 50 lines on the computer screen in length (or under 35 lines in The OfficialGuide for GMAT Review,12h Edition and The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review).Examples of short passages on the GMAT appear on pages 358,360,and 364 of TheOficial Guide for GMAT Review,12th Edition.  \nIn the past few years,short passages have been more common on the GMAT than long pas-sages.Of the four passages that you see on the GMAT,three of them are likely to be shortand one of them long.However,you might get two short and two long.Moreover,there isno set order in the appearance of short and long passages.Finally,the paragraphs themselveshave been getting longer.You might see a long passage with only two paragraphs,or a shortpassage made up of only one paragraph.  \nQuestions appear one at a time.The questions are presented one at a time on the rightside of the computer screen.The complete reading passage remains on the left side of thescreen while you answer questions on that passage.You will only be able to see the firstquestion before reading the passage.  \nThe number of questions per passage is NOT stated.The GMAT does not indicate howmany questions are associated with a particular passage(i.e.,the GMAT does not say that“Questions 6-9 refer to the following passage.”).However,the length of the passage and thenumber of questions are strongly correlated.Generally,each short passage has three ques-tions associated with it,and each long passage has four questions associated with it.  \nLine numbers are not listed.Though the Official Guide and older GMAT tests list linenumbers down the side of the paragraphs,the GMAT itself does not now number the linesin each ","cbCaidQCrwv2hmIj","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidQCrwv2hmIj","pdf",46469918,130,"English","# Chapter 1: Reading Comprehension\n## Logistics of Reading Comprehension\n## Challenges of Reading Comprehension\n## Two Extremes and a Balanced Approach\n## Principles of Active, Efficient Reading","[{\"question\":\"How can you determine whether a GMAT Reading Comprehension passage is long or short?\",\"answer\":\"Identify whether the passage is long or short based on its length and paragraph structure. 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