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Understand every question

as important as the text and they can be confusing so it's very important to understand the the questions as well as possible and you may need to read the text a number of times...

Course: Cambridge language skillsSection: Cambridge reading exam strategiesSubtitles: en

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are equally

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as important as the text

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and they can be confusing so it's very

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important to understand the

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the questions as well as possible and

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you may need to read the text a number

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of times

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because you're going to be

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cross-referencing what the different

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writers have said to find the answer and

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that's fine just keep going back

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to to each paragraph and try to really

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get an idea of what

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the opinion of each writer is so now

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part seven

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or part six for the first and

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proficiency

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now here you have a long text with six

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paragraphs removed seven in the

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proficiency seven paragraphs

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are removed in the proficiency and you

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need to put those paragraphs

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into the correct gaps but there is one

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extra paragraph which makes this a lot

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more difficult

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of course so what's the best way to do

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this part well

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again i recommend you read the whole

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text and then read

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all the paragraphs the extra paragraphs

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and then go back

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and look at the text in more detail but

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focusing on the last line

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of the previous paragraph to the gap and

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the first line to the following

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paragraph to the gap

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and look for key words which can help

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you

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