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technique for the verbal reasoning

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hi guys
i was wondering what the most efficient technique is for the verbal reasoning section?
thanks
 
one thing i started which has worked pretty well, is i don't read the passages in order. I read the first few words of the first sentence, and usually that is enough for me to judge whether I will find it interesting or it will be really difficult. If i find either of those to be true, i skip it and go on til i start reading something that I know will keep my interest. all the questions are worht the same amount of points. might as well spend the most time I have on the ones I think i have the best shot of answering correctly. If i happen to run out of time on the ones i skipped, its not that big of a deal b/c its likely i would have gotten them wrong anyway and i know i spent my time on questions I was confident I could get right.