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Hi Experts,
Hi KarishmaB ReedArnoldMPREP egmat GMATNinja @ExpertGlobal5 EMPOWERgmatVerbal RonTargetTestPrep and all GMAT expert
In CR, I am usually not confident whether I have understood the stimulus properly or not. In a lot of CR, missing a small information (refer the below question) can affect the accuracy.
Eg.
Last year a global disturbance of weather patterns disrupted harvests in many of the world's important agricultural areas. Worldwide production of soybeans, an important source of protein for people and livestock alike, was not adversely affected, however. Indeed, last year's soybean crop was actually slightly larger than average. Nevertheless, the weather phenomenon is probably responsible for a recent increase in the world price of soybeans.
Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest justification for the attribution of the increase in soybean prices to the weather phenomenon?
(A) Last year's harvest of anchovies, which provide an important protein source for livestock, was disrupted by the effects of the weather phenomenon.
(B) Most countries that produce soybeans for export had above-average harvests of a number of food crops other than soybeans last year.
(C) The world price of soybeans also rose several years ago, immediately after an earlier occurrence of similar global weather disturbance.
(D) Heavy rains attributable to the weather phenomenon improved grazing pastures last year, allowing farmers in many parts of the world to reduce their dependence on supplemental feed.
(E) Prior to last year, soybean prices had been falling for several years.
Luckily in this question options are easy to eliminate but missing one fact that "soybean is an important source of protein for people and livestock alike" can affect accuracy in 700 + level questions.
Now, in the actual GMAT exam, with time pressure and anxiety, I am afraid that I will be unable to understand even the simple sentence and will have to re-read unnecessarily. Also, this re-reading will be very passive reading as most of the time I will be thinking that I am consuming time on this, why I am not able to understand this basic sentence, and whether I understood it properly this time.
Can you please suggest an effective reading strategy to improve on this shortcoming?
Hi KarishmaB ReedArnoldMPREP egmat GMATNinja @ExpertGlobal5 EMPOWERgmatVerbal RonTargetTestPrep and all GMAT expert
In CR, I am usually not confident whether I have understood the stimulus properly or not. In a lot of CR, missing a small information (refer the below question) can affect the accuracy.
Eg.
Last year a global disturbance of weather patterns disrupted harvests in many of the world's important agricultural areas. Worldwide production of soybeans, an important source of protein for people and livestock alike, was not adversely affected, however. Indeed, last year's soybean crop was actually slightly larger than average. Nevertheless, the weather phenomenon is probably responsible for a recent increase in the world price of soybeans.
Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest justification for the attribution of the increase in soybean prices to the weather phenomenon?
(A) Last year's harvest of anchovies, which provide an important protein source for livestock, was disrupted by the effects of the weather phenomenon.
(B) Most countries that produce soybeans for export had above-average harvests of a number of food crops other than soybeans last year.
(C) The world price of soybeans also rose several years ago, immediately after an earlier occurrence of similar global weather disturbance.
(D) Heavy rains attributable to the weather phenomenon improved grazing pastures last year, allowing farmers in many parts of the world to reduce their dependence on supplemental feed.
(E) Prior to last year, soybean prices had been falling for several years.
Luckily in this question options are easy to eliminate but missing one fact that "soybean is an important source of protein for people and livestock alike" can affect accuracy in 700 + level questions.
Now, in the actual GMAT exam, with time pressure and anxiety, I am afraid that I will be unable to understand even the simple sentence and will have to re-read unnecessarily. Also, this re-reading will be very passive reading as most of the time I will be thinking that I am consuming time on this, why I am not able to understand this basic sentence, and whether I understood it properly this time.
Can you please suggest an effective reading strategy to improve on this shortcoming?
19 Aug 2022, 08:13
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Hi Experts,
Hi KarishmaB ReedArnoldMPREP egmat GMATNinja @ExpertGlobal5 EMPOWERgmatVerbal RonTargetTestPrep and all GMAT expert
In CR, I am usually not confident whether I have understood the stimulus properly or not. In a lot of CR, missing a small information (refer the below question) can affect the accuracy.
Eg.
Last year a global disturbance of weather patterns disrupted harvests in many of the world's important agricultural areas. Worldwide production of soybeans, an important source of protein for people and livestock alike, was not adversely affected, however. Indeed, last year's soybean crop was actually slightly larger than average. Nevertheless, the weather phenomenon is probably responsible for a recent increase in the world price of soybeans.
Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest justification for the attribution of the increase in soybean prices to the weather phenomenon?
(A) Last year's harvest of anchovies, which provide an important protein source for livestock, was disrupted by the effects of the weather phenomenon.
(B) Most countries that produce soybeans for export had above-average harvests of a number of food crops other than soybeans last year.
(C) The world price of soybeans also rose several years ago, immediately after an earlier occurrence of similar global weather disturbance.
(D) Heavy rains attributable to the weather phenomenon improved grazing pastures last year, allowing farmers in many parts of the world to reduce their dependence on supplemental feed.
(E) Prior to last year, soybean prices had been falling for several years.
Luckily in this question options are easy to eliminate but missing one fact that "soybean is an important source of protein for people and livestock alike" can affect accuracy in 700 + level questions.
Now, in the actual GMAT exam, with time pressure and anxiety, I am afraid that I will be unable to understand even the simple sentence and will have to re-read unnecessarily. Also, this re-reading will be very passive reading as most of the time I will be thinking that I am consuming time on this, why I am not able to understand this basic sentence, and whether I understood it properly this time.
Can you please suggest an effective reading strategy to improve on this shortcoming?
Hi KarishmaB ReedArnoldMPREP egmat GMATNinja @ExpertGlobal5 EMPOWERgmatVerbal RonTargetTestPrep and all GMAT expert
In CR, I am usually not confident whether I have understood the stimulus properly or not. In a lot of CR, missing a small information (refer the below question) can affect the accuracy.
Eg.
Last year a global disturbance of weather patterns disrupted harvests in many of the world's important agricultural areas. Worldwide production of soybeans, an important source of protein for people and livestock alike, was not adversely affected, however. Indeed, last year's soybean crop was actually slightly larger than average. Nevertheless, the weather phenomenon is probably responsible for a recent increase in the world price of soybeans.
Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest justification for the attribution of the increase in soybean prices to the weather phenomenon?
(A) Last year's harvest of anchovies, which provide an important protein source for livestock, was disrupted by the effects of the weather phenomenon.
(B) Most countries that produce soybeans for export had above-average harvests of a number of food crops other than soybeans last year.
(C) The world price of soybeans also rose several years ago, immediately after an earlier occurrence of similar global weather disturbance.
(D) Heavy rains attributable to the weather phenomenon improved grazing pastures last year, allowing farmers in many parts of the world to reduce their dependence on supplemental feed.
(E) Prior to last year, soybean prices had been falling for several years.
Luckily in this question options are easy to eliminate but missing one fact that "soybean is an important source of protein for people and livestock alike" can affect accuracy in 700 + level questions.
Now, in the actual GMAT exam, with time pressure and anxiety, I am afraid that I will be unable to understand even the simple sentence and will have to re-read unnecessarily. Also, this re-reading will be very passive reading as most of the time I will be thinking that I am consuming time on this, why I am not able to understand this basic sentence, and whether I understood it properly this time.
Can you please suggest an effective reading strategy to improve on this shortcoming?
Well, one thing is to practice as much as you can so that the time pressure and anxiety don't bother you as much. You won't ever eliminate them entirely, but you can be comfortable with your skills such that you can know you can handle them.
But you're right that extracting the ideas from a sentence is a key skill for CR (and the whole test), and in CR, the devil very often is in the details. So, first off, kudos--you know already to *look for the details*! That's something you can remind yourself as you read.
I think my colleague made an excellent video about the skill of finding the 'story' in sentences. These videos were for the GRE, but I think they are very pertinent to the GMAT as well:
19 Aug 2022, 18:28
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Now, in the actual GMAT exam, with time pressure and anxiety,
Time management and efficient ways to go through the questions may help take some of the edge off. There are some CR video tips on the GMAT Knight blog you might find helpful too.
Time management and efficient ways to go through the questions may help take some of the edge off. There are some CR video tips on the GMAT Knight blog you might find helpful too.
