Section №2

Reading

Academic and General passages, against the clock.

academic · 6 questions · ~20 min · begin → №2 Riverside Community Garden: Information for New Plot Holders general · 6 questions · ~15 min · begin →

Notes on technique

Skim First, Scan Second

You have roughly ninety seconds per question, so reading every passage word by word is not an option. Work in two passes.

Skim the passage first (60–90 seconds): read the title, the first sentence of each paragraph, and the final paragraph. Your goal is a mental map — what each paragraph is about, not what it says in detail.

Scan when answering: each question contains anchors — names, numbers, dates, capitalised terms — that point you to the right paragraph. Find the anchor, then read that section carefully.

For True/False/Not Given questions, be strict: False means the passage contradicts the statement; Not Given means the passage says nothing either way. The most common mistake is using your own background knowledge — everything must come from the text.