Day 1: Reading - 3 Hours
First, a few points on the reading section:
The purposes of the Reading section include:
1. Reading to find information - so scan text for key facts and important information.
2. Basic comprehension - so understand the general topic or main idea, major points, important facts and details, vocabulary in context, and pronoun references; and make inferences about what is implied in a passage.
2. Basic comprehension - so understand the general topic or main idea, major points, important facts and details, vocabulary in context, and pronoun references; and make inferences about what is implied in a passage.
3. Reading to learn - so recognize the organization and purpose of a passage; and understand relationships between ideas (for example, compare-and-contrast, cause-and-effect, agree-disagree, or steps in a process) ; and organize information into a category chart or a summary in order to recall major points and important details.
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Description of the Reading Section
Length of Passage : Approximately 700 words
Description of the Reading Section
Length of Passage : Approximately 700 words
Number of Passages : 3–5 passages
Questions : 12–14 questions per passage
Timing : 60–100 minutes
Questions : 12–14 questions per passage
Timing : 60–100 minutes
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Reading passages:
The TOEFL iBT test includes three basic categories of academic texts, based on the author’s objectives:
• Exposition —Material that provides an explanation of a topic
• Argumentation —Material that presents a point of view about a topic and provides evidence to support it
• Historical biographical/event narrative—An account of a past event or of a person’s life, narrated or written by someone else
Test takers do not need any special background knowledge to correctly answer the questions in the Reading section; all the information needed to answer the questions is contained in the passages.
• Exposition —Material that provides an explanation of a topic
• Argumentation —Material that presents a point of view about a topic and provides evidence to support it
• Historical biographical/event narrative—An account of a past event or of a person’s life, narrated or written by someone else
Test takers do not need any special background knowledge to correctly answer the questions in the Reading section; all the information needed to answer the questions is contained in the passages.
Note: Test takers must read through or scroll to the end of each passage before receiving questions on that passage.
Obvious: The 60 to 100 minutes allotted for this section include the time spent reading the passages and answering the questions.
Obvious: The 60 to 100 minutes allotted for this section include the time spent reading the passages and answering the questions.
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Question Formats
There are three question formats in the Reading section:
• questions with four choices and a single answer in traditional multiple-choice format
• questions with four choices and a single answer that ask test takers to “insert a sentence” where it fits best in a passage
• new “reading to learn” questions with more than four choices and more than one answer
There are three question formats in the Reading section:
• questions with four choices and a single answer in traditional multiple-choice format
• questions with four choices and a single answer that ask test takers to “insert a sentence” where it fits best in a passage
• new “reading to learn” questions with more than four choices and more than one answer
