Thank you for your response. The time taken allowed me to get 5/6 correct (I usually do worse). However, given that it's an
OG passage, it would be too long to use 12 minutes for one passage (I think).
I've tried to employ the "skimming" strategy, albeit with no success; it makes me feel too confused. I am not the type of a person who would skim the passage and then be able to say what it was exactly about.
In general, you recommend that I read closely ONLY the first and last sentence of each paragraph and take notes of the remaining ones (If i think they may be crucial to answering some specific questions), right?
How do I get the whole idea of what's being discussed and the author's tone doing this? Maybe it's that I do something wrong.
I do employ the same strategy when it comes to selecting the answer; I try to prove answer choices wrong and then choose the one that is, in my opinion, correct. I find myself often stuck between two options. But let's focus on the "whether to skim or not" problem.
Thanks.