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Master Longer STEP Passages · reading

STEP Reading Strategy: Timing, Elimination & Review

استراتيجية قراءة STEP: الوقت والاستبعاد والمراجعة

Use a repeatable process for reading efficiently under test conditions.

Unit: Master Longer STEP PassagesCourse

Strategy

الاستراتيجية

The 6-Step Reading Routine

  • • 1. Read the title or first sentence to identify the topic.
  • • 2. Read for the passage's overall direction before answering.
  • • 3. For detail questions, scan for evidence.
  • • 4. For inference, ask what is best supported — not what is merely possible.
  • • 5. Eliminate options that are too extreme, too broad, too narrow, or unsupported.
  • • 6. Mark difficult items and return after completing easier evidence-based questions.

Time control

  • • Do not translate every word.
  • • Do not reread the entire passage for every question.
  • • Spend more time on inference than on direct detail.
  • • Use paragraph purpose to relocate evidence quickly.
  • • If two options seem possible, identify the exact sentence or logic that distinguishes them.

Reading passage

A growing number of cities are testing delivery zones for online shopping and food services. Instead of allowing delivery vehicles to stop anywhere, designated areas are placed near busy commercial streets. Supporters say this can reduce double parking and improve traffic flow.

The system is not always easy to implement. If delivery zones are too far from customers, drivers may ignore them. If there are too few spaces, vehicles may still stop illegally while waiting. Cities must therefore study local traffic patterns and adjust the location and number of zones over time.

Early trials suggest that delivery zones can help when they are designed around actual demand rather than simply added as a fixed rule. Their success depends on monitoring, enforcement, and periodic adjustment.

Practice

Answer the 3 questions, then check — أجب عن الأسئلة الثلاثة ثم تحقق

  1. 1. What is the main idea? A. Delivery zones always solve traffic problems immediately. B. Delivery zones can improve traffic, but their success depends on practical design and adjustment. C. Online shopping should be banned in busy streets. D. Drivers prefer illegal parking.
  2. 2. What can be inferred about poorly located delivery zones? A. Drivers may be less likely to use them. B. They always reduce traffic. C. They remove the need for enforcement. D. They increase customer demand.
  3. 3. Which factor is NOT listed as important to success? A. monitoring B. enforcement C. periodic adjustment D. changing the weather

Course completion

إكمال الدورة

You have completed STEP Reading Mastery. You should now be able to:

  • • You have completed STEP Reading Mastery. You should now be able to:
  • • identify topic and main idea
  • • locate supporting details quickly
  • • understand paraphrase
  • • track reference words
  • • make cautious inferences
  • • infer vocabulary from context
  • • identify tone and author's purpose
  • • recognize cause, effect, contrast, and sequence
  • • identify paragraph function
  • • handle longer B2–C1 passages more efficiently

أكملت دورة إتقان القراءة في STEP. يفترض أن تكون الآن قادراً على: - تحديد الموضوع والفكرة الرئيسية - العثور على التفاصيل بسرعة - فهم إعادة الصياغة - تتبع الكلمات المرجعية - الاستنتاج بحذر من النص - فهم المفردات من السياق - تحديد نبرة الكاتب وهدفه - فهم السبب والنتيجة والتعارض والتسلسل - تحديد وظيفة الفقرة - التعامل مع قطع B2–C1 الأطول بكفاءة أكبر

Practice pathway

مسار التدريب

1. Mixed STEP Practice — 30 Questions2. STEP Practice Test 1 — 25 Questions3. STEP Practice Test 2 — 50 Questions4. STEP Mock Exam — 100 Questions
Practice Assessment