3.10Question type: matching headings

You are given a list of headings and you choose one for each paragraph. There are always more headings than paragraphs. This type appears mainly in Section 3.

The method

1. 1.Do this type first in the section, before the other questions, because it forces you to understand the structure of the whole text.
2. 2.Read the headings first and group any that look similar. The examiner puts near-identical headings in the list on purpose.
3. 3.For each paragraph, read the first sentence, the last sentence, and skim the middle.
4. 4.Ask what the paragraph is mainly about, not what it mentions. A detail in one line is not the topic.
5. 5.Cross off each heading as you use it. Do the easy paragraphs first and let elimination solve the hard ones.