2). Pertimbangkan konotasi dari pilihan jawaban. Singkirkan opsi yang tidak sesuai dengan nada positif atau negatif dari bacaan atau kalimat. Â
3). Cari penanda waktu. Kata kerja atau frasa yang menunjukkan waktu (seperti bentuk lampau atau masa depan) dapat membantu Anda mencocokkan jawaban dengan kerangka waktu yang benar. Jika kalimat di dekatnya menggunakan bentuk lampau, jawaban Anda harus mencerminkan bentuk waktu tersebut.
Dengan menggunakan tips ini dan memahami konteks setiap bacaan, Anda dapat menjawab pertanyaan Bagian 6 pada Tes Membaca TOEIC dengan efektif.
Guide to the TOEIC Test Reading Section
TOEIC Reading Section Overview
The Reading Section of the TOEIC test evaluates your ability to comprehend written English in a business environment. It involves completing sentences and answering comprehension questions based on different types of reading passages. This section also tests your knowledge of correct language usage. There are three parts in the Reading Section: Parts 5, 6, and 7. You will choose the appropriate words or phrases to fill in sentences and respond to comprehension questions related to a range of business and everyday texts. To perform well in this section, you'll need skills in understanding business vocabulary, identifying grammatical forms, recognizing correct word usage, comprehending main ideas and details, making inferences, and answering questions within the given time of 75 minutes.
Part 5: Sentence Completion
Part 5 consists of 40 questions. You'll be presented with incomplete sentences and must select the best option from four choices to complete each one. The topics of these sentences are centered around everyday business and common situations such as office issues, finance, marketing, sales, business transactions, schedules, transportation, tourism, dining, entertainment, and weather. The language issues you'll encounter include grammar points like verb tense, subject-verb agreement, pronouns, transition words, comparative adjectives, adverbs, time clauses, and conditionals. Vocabulary-related questions might involve recognizing word families, parts of speech, meanings, and frequently confused words.
Part 6: Text Completion
Part 6 includes four reading passages, each with three incomplete sentences, making up a total of 12 questions. You will choose the correct word or phrase from four options to complete these sentences. The passages reflect real-world business and everyday contexts, such as emails, memos, advertisements, notices, letters, instructions, and articles. Unlike in Part 5, these incomplete sentences are embedded within a passage, so you may need to refer to surrounding sentences for contextual clues to choose the correct answer.
Part 7: Reading Comprehension
In Part 7, you'll read various passages, ranging in type and length, and then answer comprehension questions. These passages reflect common business and everyday situations and may include emails, letters, memos, agendas, advertisements, notices, articles, reports, forms, charts, tables, graphs, and schedules. This part consists of 48 questions. The types of comprehension questions in Part 7 include:
- Main Idea: Identifying the main topic or purpose of the passage (e.g., "What is the report mainly about?").
- Detail: Answering specific questions about details in the text (e.g., "Where does Ms. Vanessa work?").
- Purpose: Understanding why the author wrote the passage (e.g., "Why did Mr. William write the letter?").
- Audience: Identifying who the intended readers are (e.g., "Who is this article for?").
- Inference: Making inferences based on the information provided (e.g., "What can be inferred about the writer of this email?").
- Vocabulary: Interpreting the meaning of specific words or phrases in context (e.g., "The word 'anomaly' in line 5 is closest in meaning to...?").
Part 7 begins with 7-10 single passages, each followed by 2-5 comprehension questions, for a total of 28 questions. After these, there is a set of double passages, which are two related texts presented together. You will need to answer questions that refer to both passages, requiring you to make connections between them. There are 20 questions in total for the double passages. These questions may cover the same types of topics as the single passages, although vocabulary questions are less common in this section. Examples of double passages include: a train schedule and an email about travel arrangements, a job ad and a letter applying for the position, a list of course descriptions and a class registration form, an invoice and a letter disputing the charges, or a meeting agenda and a meeting report.
Challenges and Solutions for the TOEIC Reading Test
