- Definition
Reading
comprehension is
the ability to read text, process it and understand its meaning. An
individual's ability to comprehend text is influenced by their traits and
skills, one of which is the ability to make inferences. If word recognition is
difficult, students use too much of their processing capacity to read
individual words, which interferes with their
ability to comprehend what is read. There are a number of approaches to improve
reading comprehension, including improving one's vocabulary and reading
strategies.
Reading
comprehension is defined as the level of understanding of a text/message. This
understanding comes from the interaction between the words that are written and
how they trigger knowledge outside the text/message. Comprehension is a
"creative, multifaceted process" dependent upon four language skills: phonology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.Proficient reading depends on the ability to
recognize words quickly and effortlessly. It is also determined by an
individual's cognitive development, which is "the construction of thought
processes". Some people learn through education or instruction and others
through direct experiences.
- Tips to do the TOEFL Reading section:
- Stay calm while reading the text.
because, read the wrong information or missed important thing is something
that usually happen.
- Use annotations such as underline,
circle, or whatever you want to mark the words and phrases that are
important. This will faster the process of filtering information and make
it easier to search relevant information.
- If you have much time left, use the time
to re-examine the content of the answers that you have.
- Fill out all the questions. Although you
do not know the exact answer to a question, the question remains browse
all by guessing the answers. TOEFL will not reduce the value you when you
fill out a wrong answer, then the use of the 25% chance that you have to
get the value.
- Reading strategies. It's good to read
text briefly beforehand, read all the questions, and then re-reading the
text. The point is, you can save the questions that have you read in your
brain while reading the text carefully. This will facilitate you to search
for relevant information needed to fill in the answers and you will know
where to focus your mind to what part of the text.
- Exercise by reading many books and
articles before. Get used to the eyes and brain to read the English books,
as this will speed up and expedite the process of your reading time of the
TOEFL test. It also will expand your English vocabulary, and help you when
you do the test.
- Exercise with online sites, books TOEFL
test preparation, tutoring follow TOEFL preparation, and so on. There are
so many sources of sample questions that you can access for free to
prepare you before taking the actual test.
- The Example Of Reading Comprehension test problems.
- When buying a house, you must be sure
to have it checked for termites. A termite is much like an ant in its communal habits, although physically the two
insects are distinct. Like
those ants, termite colonies consist of different classes, each with its own particular job. The most perfectly formed termites, both male and
female, make up the productive class. They
have eyes, hard body walls and fully
developed wings.
A pair of reproductive termites founds the colony. When new reproductive termites develop, they leave to form
another colony. They use their wings only this
on time
and then break them off. The worker
termites are small, blind and
wingless, with soft bodies. They make up the
majority of the colony and do all the
work. Soldiers are eyeless and wingless
but are larger than the workers and have
hard heads and strong jaws and legs. They defend
the colony and are cared for by the workers.
The male and female of the reproductive class remain
inside a closed-in cell when
the female lays thousands of eggs. The
workers place the eggs in cell and care
for them. Even if one colony is treated with
poison, if a male and female of the reproductive
class escape, they can form a new colony.
Pest control companies can inspect a house for infestation
of termites. Often, of lay person can not spot
the evidence, so it is critical to have the opinion
of a proffesional. Treatments vary depending
upon
the type of termite.
1. The word "communal" in line 3 is
closest in meaning to
A. Eating
B. Reproducing
C. Organizational
D. Social
2. Which of the following is not true?
A. All termites have eyes
B. Some termites cannot fly
C. Workers are smaller than
soldiers
D. Termites do not fly
often
3. In line 4, the word "distinct" is
closest in meaning to
A. Similar
B. Different
C. Genetically related
D. Strong
4. In line 6, "classes" is closest in
meaning to
A. Sexes
B. Colonies
C. Courses
D. Categories
5. Which of the following statements is probably
true?
A. Thousands of termites
may move together to develop a new colony
B. The male and female
reproductions do not venture outdoors except
to form
a new colony.
C. There are more soldiers
than workers
D. A worker could easily
kill a soldier
key : D, B, B, D, B
2.
1).....most people know that the success of television show
is measured by its ratings, few know exactly how show are rated. First, a
rating company 2)...meters in few thousand representative homes in particular
area. 3)....the television set in one of these homes is turned on, the meter
records the day, time and channel. The meter then 4)..... sends this
information to the rating conpany's headquarters. A computer at the
headquarters tallies all of the information from all the homes in the area,
5)..... the computers prints a rating sheet that shows how many homes watch
each show and which shows are the most popular.
1) A. Although
B. However C. since D.Nevertheless E. Because
2) A. induces
B. installs C.introspects
D. invites E. interprets
3) A. thus
B. until C. when D. unless E. Since
4) A. electronic B.
electrical C. electricity D. electronically E. electronical
5) A. Finally
B. Eventually C. Subsequently D. Recently E. Gradually
key: A,B,C,D,C
Source :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_comprehension
http://www.kursusmudahbahasainggris.com/2013/10/contoh-soal-tes-toefl-reading.html
http://www.hotcourses.co.id/study-abroad-info/university-applications/tips-untuk-tes-toefl-reading/
http://my-englishlesson.blogspot.com/2012/01/soal-melengkapi-kalimat-dalam-paragraf.html
