New York City SHSAT 2017

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businessman is an experienced swimmer (A). (B) is not necessarily true: All scuba divers could be businessmen without contradict ...

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Reading Comprehension HIGHLIGHTS Practice with Kaplan’s 4-Step Method for Reading Comprehension Learn Useful SHSAT Reading Strat ...

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Overview The Reading section is a huge part of the SHSAT. In fact, it’s 60 percent of the Verbal Section. You’ll be presented wi ...

COMMON READING TRAPS MANAGE YOUR TIME There are no points in the passage, so don’t linger over it. You earn points by answering ...

SHSAT READING IS DIFFERENT FROM EVERYDAY READING! So this isn’t exactly subtle. It’s an important point. You already know how to ...

THE POINTS COME FROM THE QUESTIONS, NOT THE PASSAGES! This needs to be your mantra as you prepare for this section. This test is ...

THE KAPLAN 4-STEP METHOD FOR READING COMPREHENSION You’ve probably realized by now that Kaplan has a 4-Step Method for all of th ...

STEP 1: READ THE PASSAGE The first thing you’re going to do is to read the passage. This should not come as a big surprise. It’s ...

STEP 2: DECODE THE QUESTION Six questions will follow the passage. The first thing you’ll need to do with each question is to de ...

STEP 3: RESEARCH THE DETAIL This does not mean that you should start rereading the passage from the beginning to find the refere ...

STEP 4: PREDICT THE ANSWER AND CHECK THE ANSWER CHOICES When you find the detail in the passage, think about the purpose that it ...

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The Passage As you learned earlier, reading for the SHSAT is not exactly like the reading that you do in school or at home. As a ...

SEVEN SHSAT READING STRATEGIES Mark it up. You can write in the test booklet, so use this to your advantage. Do not take a lot o ...

CRITICAL READING SKILLS So far, you’ve learned a method by which to approach all Reading passages and questions. Additionally, y ...

There is only one answer choice here that sums up the contents of both paragraphs. (G) is just a detail. (F) cannot be correct b ...

The second paragraph deals with the complex details of respiration. Carbon dioxide is mentioned in lines 12 and 14–15. Both ques ...