<p>what are some good Magazines,fitions non-fictions or whatever books that can help improve marks on CR?</p>
<p>i think reading regularily can somewhat help you do the CR questions</p>
<p>so anybody has some suggestions?
i especially want to read some non-fictions on humanality,history, science
and please recommend the most "famous" books,cos since i live in Canda, i am not sure if i am able to buy some US books</p>
<p>thanx</p>
<p>New Yorker, The Economist, Atlantic</p>
<p>i REALLY wouldnt waste my time on that. Read them because you want to not to prepare you for the SAT(i think you'll find that they're useless). I think its a MUCH better idea to read tonnes of the CR passages and answer the questions, AND memorize a list of SAT vocab words that frequently appear on the SAT.</p>
<p>memorizing vocab words is stupid. you're just praying a few hard words would appear from your few thousand (if you're hardcore) word vocabulary when any word in the english language could be used.</p>
<p>lol what a pessimist ^^^^^^^</p>
<p>you dont just learn vocab for the SAT... you learn it to use in real life</p>
<p>thats everyone's excuse to make himself or herself feel better about doing the process when you very well know that you are never going to use 90% of the words you learn because there's always an easier synonym for it to use in real life.</p>
<p>you're not gonna say: wow, she is SO supercilious!</p>
<p>you're gonna say: wow, she is SO cocky or SO arrogant, etc.</p>
<p>...........................
thank you guys
yes
i am doing lots of SAT practice along with some classic novels, but i gound the 18-century novels are not the passage style appear on the test.
so i think it would be better to read some modern stuff</p>
<p>and i still believe the more you read, the better you can do on CR as well as on the writing section. the only thing you need to notice is that you need manage your time on each part properly, then i think there would be no problem you guys mentioned</p>
<p>I'm learning the whole Barron's list. I just don't want to get to a blank that I don't know :-. That makes me feel stupid. I'd rather miss a reading question than a vocabulary question. </p>
<p>^_^</p>
<p>people make the reading look so easy....grr!</p>
<p>i am not studying the sparknotes 1000 common words</p>
<p>is the Barron's list good?</p>
<p>can you download it form anywhere? or you must buy the book</p>
<p>I'm using Barron's...seems fair enough</p>
<p>Don't waste your time reading. It doesn't help. SAT reading to me is like a "treasure hunt". You have the question and now you need to "find" the answer. Don't read the passage. Just find the answer. Improve "finding answer" skills. After all, the SAT is BS. It only tests how well you can take the SAT</p>
<p>How do you take the SAT CR-passage part to get the right answers then?;-)</p>
<p>yeah, i kind of agree with twinkletoes23, i am now trying to practice with that tactic.</p>
<p>Tell us of it helps DinaZhang</p>
<p>...........?i mean i started doing that like 2 weeks ago</p>
<p>i think that would help,cos some books tell you to do so</p>
<p>Write all over the passage. Man, if you saw my test booklet, it would only look like a bunch of scribbles. Just find any words that relate to the questions they ask and eliminate answers like crazy by putting a big "x" through them. And keep searching. I find this to be a more accurate way because your own "thoughts" don't interfere with what the answer is.</p>