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UnderstandingtheBasicsofReadingComprehensionontheGMATReadingcomprehensionisanintegralpartoftheGMATexam.WhetheryouareapplyingforanMBAprogramoranyothergraduateprogramagoodscoreinthereadingcomprehensionsectionishighlyimportanttoensureyouradmission.ComprehensionisnotonlyimportantforGMATbutitisalsonecessaryforeffectivecommunicationandproblem-solvingineverydaylife.HowevermanypeoplestrugglewiththereadingcomprehensionsectionoftheGMAT.InthisarticlewewilldiscussthebasicsofreadingcomprehensionontheGMAT.MorespecificallywewillcoverwhatGMATreadingcomprehensionteststhetypesofpassagesyoumayencounterontheGMATstrategiesforreadingcomprehensionsuccessandtipsforeffectivelyanalyzingreadingcomprehensionpassages.WhattheGMATReadingComprehensionTestsTheGMATreadingcomprehensionsectiontestsyourabilitytounderstandanalyzeandevaluatewrittentextsrelevanttobusinessstudies.Thereadingcomprehensionpassageswillbedrawnfromvarioussourcessuchashistorysocialsciencephilosophynaturalscienceandbusiness-relatedtopicsthuscoveringawiderangeofsubjects.Thepassagescanvaryinlengthfromasingleparagraphtoseveralpages.ThepassagesyoumayencounterontheGMATcanbedividedintothefollowingcategories:
1.HumanitiesPassages:Thesepassagesareaboutartliteratureandsocialsciences.
2.SciencePassages:Thesepassagesareaboutnaturalsciencessuchasbiologychemistryandphysics.
3.SocialSciencePassages:Thesepassagesareabouteconomicspsychologyandsociology.Eachpassagewillbefollowedbymultiple-choicequestionsrelatingtothatpassageusually3-4questionsperpassage.Thequestionswilltestyourunderstandingofthepassageyourabilitytoidentifythemainpointandyourabilitytoinfertheauthorsimpliedmeaning.StrategiesforReadingComprehensionSuccessThereareseveralstrategiesthatyoucanapplytoimproveyourcomprehensionskillsontheGMAT:
1.Skimthepassage:Beforereadingthepassageskimthroughitquicklytogetanideaofitsstructureandmainideas.Thiswillprepareyouforreadingthepassageindetail.
2.Takenotes:Makeanoteofimportantpointsideasandkeytermsasyoureadthepassage.Thisnotonlyhelpsyoutorememberimportantinformationbutalsohelpsyoutofocus.
3.Readcarefully:Readthepassagecarefullyandslowly.Donotrushthroughit.Takeyourtimetounderstandtheinformationpresented.
4.Summarizethepassage:Afterreadingthepassagesummarizethemainpointinyourownwords.Thiswillhelpyoutointernalizetheinformationandrememberitbetter.
5.Eliminatewrongchoices:Whenansweringmultiple-choicequestionseliminatetheobviouslyincorrectanswerchoicesfirst.Thiswillmakeiteasiertonarrowdownthechoicesandselectthecorrectanswer.TipsforEffectivelyAnalyzingReadingComprehensionPassagesTherearesometipsthatyoucanusetoanalyzeGMATpassagesmoreeffectively:
1.Identifythemainidea:Determinethemainideaandpurposeofthepassage.
2.Lookforsupportingdetails:Lookforspecificdetailsexamplesorevidencethatsupportthemainideaofthepassage.
3.Analyzethestructure:Payattentiontothestructureofthepassagesuchastheintroductionbodyandconclusion.Notetherelationshipsbetweentheideas.
4.Understandtheauthorsperspective:Trytounderstandtheauthorsperspectivetoneandpurposeofthepassage.
5.Interpretlanguageusage:Analyzethelanguageusageinthepassage.Identifyanyfigurativelanguageorrhetoricaldevicesusedbytheauthor.InconclusionastrongperformanceonthereadingcomprehensionsectionoftheGMATrequirespracticeknowledgeandproperstrategies.Understandingthebasicsofwhattoexpectfromthissectionhelpsyoutopreparemoreeffectively.BydevelopingcomprehensionskillsyoucanimproveyourperformanceontheGMATandincreaseyourchancesofadmissiontoyourpreferredgraduateprogram.第PAGE页共NUMPAGES页。
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