READING COMPREHENSION SUCCESS IN 20 MINUTES A DAY - 3rd Edition

READING COMPREHENSION SUCCESS IN 20 MINUTES A DAY READING COMPREHENSION SUCCESS IN 20 MINUTES A DAY 3rd Edition ® N E W Y O R K Copyright © 2005 LearningExpress, LLC. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by LearningExpress, LLC, New York. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Reading comprehension success in 20 minutes a day.—3rd ed. p. cm. ISBN 1-57685-494-9 (paper) 1. Reading comprehension—Problems, exercises, etc. I. Title. II. Title: Reading comprehension success in twenty minutes a day. LB1050.45.C45 2005 428.4—dc22 2005047184 Printed in the United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Third Edition For information on LearningExpress, other LearningExpress products, or bulk sales, please write to us at: LearningExpress 55 Broadway 8th Floor New York, NY 10006 Or visit us at: www.learnatest.com Contents INTRODUCTION How to Use This Book ix PRETEST 1 BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION LESSON 1 LESSON 2 LESSON 3 LESSON 4 LESSON 5 Getting the Essential Information 19 How to be an active reader, picking up clues in what you read Finding the Main Idea 27 Looking beyond the facts, considering the author’s motive Defining Vocabulary in Context 33 Dealing with unfamiliar words without a dictionary The Difference between Fact and Opinion 39 Distinguishing between what an author knows and what an author believes to be true Putting It All Together 45 Practice in combining the skills you’ve learned in Lessons 1–4 v ... - tailieumienphi.vn