<p>For the linked passages, I would say to take them one at a time. Read the first passage first, answer the questions pertaining to it and then do the same thing for the second one. When you finish both passages, you should get a better idea of the gist of what both the passages are saying, so you should be able to answer the tougher questions about both of them.</p>
<p>Im in the same boat as you by the way; it’s hard to increase your CR score and it just takes a bunch of practice. Don’t worry, your score should improve if you do all the CR sections in that book and go over the answers</p>