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15.05 · Reading Comprehension
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Rules
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- 1Find the lineTake a unique word, name or number from the question, find it in the passage and read that whole sentence before you look at the options.
- 2Expect a paraphraseThe right option says the line in new words (18 of 24 becomes 'three in four'). The same words in a new link are usually the trap.
- 3Stated, not just trueIf you cannot point to the sentence, cut the option, however true it is in real life or however sensible it sounds.
- 4Keep the qualifiersPassage words like some, many, often or usually must survive in the option; one that says all, always, completely or 'proven' has overreached.
- 5Check the arrowWith causes and comparisons, check which way the link runs and who did what. The same nouns with the arrow flipped is a common distractor.
- 6Match detail to ownerNumbers, dates and features belong to the noun or method beside them. A true detail lifted from a nearby sentence about something else is a trap.
- 7Every condition countsWhen a sentence sets a rule (only if, unless, within a week), the right option keeps every condition; dropping or changing one makes it wrong.
- 8Whose claim is it'Most people assume', 'once believed' or 'critics say' only reports a view; the passage's own account follows it. Answer from that account.
- 9Except questionsFor NOT or EXCEPT, flip the task: tick the three options the passage supports; the one left over, often a hedge made absolute, is the answer.
Test yourself
Tap an option to answer. The first tap counts.
- Q1Easy
The black-and-white squares of a QR code look random, but every part has a job. The three large squares in the corners tell a phone's camera where the code is and which way up it sits. The smaller dots between them carry the message itself, such as a payment address or a menu link. The code also carries extra back-up data, so a scanner can rebuild the message even when up to 30 percent of the pattern is scratched or covered. That is why a crumpled code taped to a chai stall's counter usually still works.
According to the passage, why can a damaged QR code often still be scanned?
Correct answerIt carries back-up data from which the message can be rebuilt.
Why
Detail question: find the sentence about a scratched or covered code.
It says the code 'carries extra back-up data', so a scanner can 'rebuild the message'; the corner squares only show where the code is and which way up it sits.
So it still scans because it carries back-up data.
- Q2Easy
Around 240 BCE, the scholar Eratosthenes worked out the size of the Earth with little more than a shadow and some geometry. He had heard that at noon on midsummer's day the sun shone straight down a well in the town of Syene, so that nothing there cast a shadow. At the same hour in Alexandria, to the north, an upright stick did cast one, at an angle of about 7 degrees, roughly one-fiftieth of a full circle. The two towns were about 5,000 stadia apart, so he multiplied that distance by 50. His answer, about 250,000 stadia, was strikingly close to the modern value.
According to the passage, about how far apart were Syene and Alexandria?
Correct answer5,000 stadia
Why
Numbers question: match each number to the noun it belongs to.
The line 'The two towns were about 5,000 stadia apart' answers it; 50 is the multiplier, 250,000 the Earth's size and 240 the year.
So the towns were about 5,000 stadia apart.
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