<p>The books suggest to read the articles first then answer the Qs, but my teacher says it's really waste time if I do that..............Plz help me out~</p>
<p>I seem to have a slightly different strategy than most other high-scorers. From what I've seen on CC and from what I've heard from my friends who scored high, it seems that most read the passage first, then answer all the questions. I, on the other hand, read the passage and the questions concurrently. That is, I read the first question then read the passage until I find the answer, then I answer the question. I then read the second question, read the passage until I find the answer, then answer it, etc., etc. If I come across any general questions (such as main purpose of the essay), I skip the question until I have finished the entire passage. Then, once I have reached the last question and read the entire passage, I go back through all of the questions again. For the dual-passage ones, I read the first passage and answer all questions pertaining to it, then I read the second passage and answer all questions for it, then I do the comparative questions. Although, like I said, my method seems to be away from the norm of high-scorers, it worked well for me and I got a 40 out of 40 on the critical reading part of the verbal section.</p>
<p>i do exactly the same thing.. exactly... but then i got like 5 - 6 wrongs... not working out properly....</p>
<p>how did you guys prepare for CR? did you find reading those strategies from kaplan, etc help? or did practice help more? what do you focus on when you read, what do you think about when you are reading the passage?</p>
<p>Tons of practice.</p>
<p>read books a lot. interpret them, and then check sparknotes to see if you're right about what you inferred.</p>
<p>u noe any good prep books with lots of practice? It seems like all the prep books from PR to Barrons to Kaplan all have the same reading promps.</p>
<p>But it's not like the CR reading passages require you to devle into insights into the human psyche. You just answer a few questions.</p>
<p>I read the entire passage first and then move on to the questions. </p>
<p>However, what seems to help me is to look for the wrong answer before trying to find the correct one...a complete analysis of all the answer choices. I missed no CR on the PSAT and on the Nov. SAT doing it that way.</p>
<p>Thanks a million!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Skim the texts to get the main idea of each paragraph. Then read each question one at a time and go back to the text to hunt for the answer. Beware of answers that use the exact words of the text (often these are distractors). Practice on 10 Real.</p>
<p>Princeton review suggests to get the GIST of the passage, which is to skim the article once quikly, lookin for the General Idea, Structure, and Tone of the passage, and to refer back to the passage often</p>
<p>Myself, i prefer to read through it once carefully and refr back to it if necessary, i can say that works too, since i did get a 740 on verbal</p>
<p>however, u should go with whatever comes naturally for YOU, and no one else</p>
<p>do a few practice tests to get the rhythm down</p>
<p>Thanks......</p>
<p>Basically, it's a matter of how much time you can allot for CR. If you can really breeze through the SC and analogies (assuming we're talking about the Jan. 22 SAT), you'll be left with enough time to read the passage carefully, try the questions, and reread parts of the passage if necessary.</p>