Reading Section

Three to five university-level academic texts and passages of approximately 700 words each; 12–14 questions per passage.

All passages are classified into three basic categories:

– 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

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 possible correct answer.

The 60 to 100 minutes allotted for this section include time for reading the passages and answering the questions.

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