I personally think it is a mistake to read the whole passage. It was recommended to me and I recommend it to you:
Read the topic sentences of each paragragh. The topic sentece tells you what is in the paragragh---that is all you need to know. Whether you you read the whole passage or not, most likely you will have to go back and look for the answer---you may feel you "remember" what you read but you will nevertheless feel inclined to do the inevitable---go back and make sure. So I recommend only reading the topic sentences. I previously posted that you should take note of things like this as you read:
-Paragragh one is on diagnosis
-Paragragh two is on symptoms
Keep thoughts like that in the back of your mind as you approach each qustions stem, and I feel that one-by-one you will be able to tackle each question methodically and accuratley.
-I think it is important to weigh the potential costs and benefits of reading vs. not reading the whole passage:
By reading the whole passage you limit yourself to minimal time to basically do the inevitable, so you are simply being redundant.
By reading the topic sentence as a way of mapping the passage you award yourself at least 1 min per question which is a great thing. Extra time is always good!!!😉
As you see the focus here is on time. The more time you have, then the more time you have to THINK. Read the pasage as a scientist does an abstract and not as if it were a novel. Focus on key words in question stems and then recognize whether the "keyword" is talking about ---say---"symptoms", and you know right where to look. I hope this method works. It will take practice, and no matter what you do try not to get overly discouraged---I'm sure you will do just fine 🙂
-Richard
