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501 reading comprehesion questions_part3

S E C T I O N 5 tôi Short Passages n phần này, bạn sẽ tìm thấy ngắn (một và hai đoạn) lối đi, kèm theo các câu hỏi yêu cầu bạn xác định các thông tin rõ ràng, phân tích và giải thích những gì được viết. | SECTION 5 Short Passages In this section you will find short one and two paragraph passages accompanied by questions that ask you to identify explicit information analyze and interpret what is written. This is your first chance to use everything you ve learned so far. Pay special attention to the details and the facts and make a habit of trying to identify the author s main idea also try to think of the author s motive for writing the passage. As newspaper reporters do ask the questions Who What When Where How and Why Is the author s purpose to inform you of facts persuade you of something or simply to entertain you As you read try marking up the passages or taking notes. The more active a reader you are the more likely that you will understand and fully enjoy what you read. 25 SHORT PASSAGES The answers to this section begin on page 137. Some of the questions following the passages ask you to make inferences from the passages. To infer means to arrive at a conclusion by reasoning from evidence. Synonyms for infer are deduce judge or conclude. If you are told to infer something from a passage you are basically being asked what conclusions can be drawn from the content of the story. Tip If you replace the word infer with conclude in a question it may make more sense to you. In cities throughout the country there is a new direction in local campaign coverage. Frequently in local elections journalists are not giving voters enough information to understand the issues and evaluate the candidates. The local news media devotes too much time to scandal and not enough time to policy. 131. This paragraph best supports the statement that the local news media a. is not doing an adequate job when it comes to covering local campaigns. b. does not understand either campaign issues or politics. c. should learn how to cover politics by watching the national news media. d. has no interest in covering stories about local political events. The use of desktop computer equipment and .