READING TECHNIQUESS

1. READING 1

2. INTRODUCTION
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3. IELTS READING
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4. IELTS READING
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5. 3 PASSAGES: báo chí, khoa học, xã hội
 40 câu hỏi
 Mỗi bài 13-14 câu
 6 loại câu hỏi
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6. ⊡ Gap filling: Tìm dữ kiện, từ trong passage để điền vào chỗ trống
⊡ Multiple Choice: Trắc nghiệm 4 đáp án
⊡ Matching: Nối tên người với thông tin
⊡ Matching information with paragraph
⊡ Matching headings
⊡ True/Fasle/Not Given
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7. ⊡ Với mỗi câu hỏi, tương ứng có 1 đoạn trong passage chứa thông
tin để trả lời câu hỏi đó (thường 1-2 câu/đoạn).
Những câu còn lại không có ích gì cho việc trả lời câu hỏi.
 Cần xác định đoạn chứa dữ kiện, đọc kĩ và trả lời.
 Không nên đọc lan man vì dễ bị lẫn, xao nhãng và làm sai.
⊡ Các câu hỏi đã được paraphrase so với các câu chứa dữ kiện trong
passage (nội dung ý nghĩa tương tự nhưng từ ngữ khác nhau).
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NOTE

8. ⊡ Mỗi đoạn passage sẽ có 13-14 câu hỏi, chia ra các bài tập nhỏ.
VD: 1-5 là Gap filling, 6-10 là Y/N/NG, 11-13 là MCQ.
⊡ Trong mỗi phần nhỏ, thông tin trong passage sẽ xuất hiện lần
lượt theo thứ tự. Tuy nhiên khi chuyển từ phần nhỏ này sang
phần nhỏ khác thì thứ tự xuất hiện có thể thay đổi.
VD: thông tin của câu 6 có thể đến trước thông tin của câu 5.
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NOTE

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VOCABULARY TECHNIQUES
2 KEYS
FOR HIGH READING SCORE
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 Self-learning should focus on improving vocabulary and
comprehension.
(Translate the texts before/after attempting the questions)

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1. QUESTION PRIORITIZATION
TECHNIQUES
Save MCQs and Matching Information for last.
(too much paraphrasing/ can arrive at the correct answers using
information from other completed questions)

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READ ALL THE QUESTIONS FIRST
TECHNIQUES
The questions are basically a simplified version of the text.
 Get the gist of the text more quickly

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IDENTIFY MAIN KEYWORDS IN THE QUESTIONS
TECHNIQUES
• Focus on meaningful PHRASES instead of single words.
• 2 types of keywords:
+ Type 1: Names, numbers, time, specific terms.
 Can hardly be paraphrased in the passages
 Help to identify other phrases of keywords.
+ Type 2: Other words (often be paraphrased)

13. ELECTRORECEPTION
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14. 3 exercises:
EXERCISE ORDER
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Order: 2 -> 3 -> 1
1. Matching info
2. Gap filling
3. Gap filling

15. 1. How electroreception can be used to help fish reproduce.
 C
2. A possible use for electroreception that will benefit humans.
 G
3. The term for the capacity which enables an animal to pick up
but not send out electrical signals.
 B
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MATCH INFO

16. 4. Why only creatures that live in or near water have
electroreceptive abilities.
 A
5. How electroreception might help creatures find their way over
long distances.
 H
6. A description of how some fish can avoid disrupting each
other’s electric signals.
 D
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MATCH INFO

17. 7. respiratory
movements/ signals
8. tail
9. electric currents
10. olfactory organs
11. electric signals
12. sinewy muscles
13. electric field
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GAP FILLING

18. 1. There has been a change from smokestack industries into high-
tech ones.
 Shift
2. A festival held to revive the art attracted hundreds of people, many
of whom were inexperienced people.
 Novices
3. We could see that there were several open Wi-Fi networks in
nearby areas.
 Proximity / vicinity 18
VOCAB PRACTICE

19. 4. All meteorites are of the same age, somewhere approximately
4.5 billion years old.
 in the vicinity (of)
5. Although oil prices reduced somewhat in June, they rose again
this week.
 receded
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VOCAB PRACTICE

20. 1 - D
2 – A
3 – B
4 – C
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VOCAB PRACTICE

21. FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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22. 2 exercises:
EXERCISE ORDER
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Order: 1 -> 2
1. Matching headings
2. Gap Filling

23. 1. Read all headings first
2. Group headings which have mutual content/ implications.
3. Read through each paragraph
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HEADINGS

24. i. A historical delicacy
ii. The poor may benefit
iii. Presentation is key to changing
attitudes
iv. Environmentally friendly
production
v. Tradition meets technology
vi. A cultural pioneer
vii. Western practices harm
locals
viii. Good source of nutrients
ix. Growing popularity
x. A healthy choice
xi. A safety risk
HEADINGS

25. i. A historical delicacy
ii. The poor may benefit
iii. Presentation is key to changing
attitudes
iv. Environmentally friendly
production
v. Tradition meets technology
vi. A cultural pioneer
vii. Western practices harm
locals
viii. Good source of nutrients
ix. Growing popularity
x. A healthy choice
xi. A safety risk
HEADINGS

26. 14. Section A vi
15. Section B ix
16. Section C v
17. Section D iv
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HEADINGS
18. Section E x
19. Section F ii
20. Section G vii
21. Section H iii

27. 22. energy
23. subsistence needs
24. rural, impoverished /
rural / impoverished
25. pesticide use
26. protein deficiency
(syndrome) /
kwashiorkor
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GAP FILLING

28. 1. Low carb diet has garnered a great deal of publicity.
2. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, celebrations and festivals
would be cancelled.
3. Keeping a sheep in the garden is a novel way of keeping the
grass short
4. The government has made an attempt to camouflage what really
happened.
5. The chairman was advised that it was a risky business
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VOCAB PRACTICE

29. 1. In the first week of January, thousands of full-of-guilt people
signed up for fitness courses or embarked on diets. guilt-ridden
2. The place has rapidly developed from a small fishing
community into a successful tourist resort. thriving
3. To the inexperienced, most computer systems seem complex
and difficult to understand. uninitiated
4. The new flavour pleased his taste. palate
5. In some places, it is usual for a girl to take her mother's name.
customary
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VOCAB PRACTICE

30. PASSAGE 3
Your homework
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