Reading Comprehension
Description
Each Reading Comprehension question is based on a passage that
may range in length from one paragraph to several paragraphs. The test
contains approximately 10 passages, the majority of which are one
paragraph in length and only one or two of which are several
paragraphs long. Passages are drawn from the physical sciences,
biological sciences, social sciences, business, arts and humanities
and everyday topics and are based on material found in books and
periodicals, both academic and nonacademic.
Typically, about half of the questions on the test will be
based on passages, and the number of questions based on a given
passage can range from one to six. Questions can cover any of a number
of topics, from the meaning of a particular word to assessing evidence
that might support or weaken points made in the passage. Many, but not
all, of the questions are standard multiple-choice questions, in which
you are required to select a single correct answer; others ask you to
select multiple correct answers; and still others ask you to select a
sentence from the passage.
Reading Comprehension Question Types
There are three types of Reading Comprehension questions:
Multiple-choice Questions — Select One
Answer Choice: These are the traditional multiple-choice questions
with five answer choices of which you must select one.
Multiple-choice Questions — Select One
or More Answer Choices: These provide three answer choices and ask you
to select all that are correct; one, two or all three of the answer
choices may be correct. To gain credit for these questions, you must
select all the correct answers, and only those; there is no credit for
partially correct answers.
Select-in-Passage: The question asks you to
click on the sentence in the passage that meets a certain description.
To answer the question, you choose one of the sentences and click on
it; clicking anywhere on a sentence will highlight it.
Sample Questions