Building Reading Skills Hryhorij DyczokTable of Contents Introduction Types of Questions on the iBT ii Strategies for Improving General Reading Skills vii Strategies for Improving Specific TOEFL Reading Skills Vili Section 1- Building Skills Question Type 1 - Vocabulary in Context 1 Jol Bs Fxemise 12 6 Question Type 2 - Information Addition 16 Unscrambling Paragraphs 18 ise 2 3 Question Type 3 - Inference Questions 30 Question Type 5 - Paraphrasing 50 Exenise 5.1 — Sentence Analy Exercise 5.2 — Paraphrase Practice 3 Question Type 6 - Expressing Reason 39 Fxemise 6 9 Question Type 7 - Organization 65 rise 1 6 Question Type 8 ~ Specific Detai 70 Question Type 9 - “Not” Details 7 Exemise 9 3Section 2— Full Texts 1._Seeps in the Gulf of Mexico 77 3 The Batile of the Plains of Aba © 2 Cathe 1 4. Lycanthropy ol 6._The Beginning of the Space Race 9 7. The Pyramids of Egypt 103 &_Leonardla da Vine ts 9. Agatha Christie 12 10, Trolleybusses 16 Answer Key 121