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Reading Academy

Reading Academy

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Interactive reading lessons: passage, vocabulary, strategy, practice and a scored STEP test.

Reading lessons

STEP · Intermediate

Water Scarcity in the Gulf

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A 4-paragraph STEP-style passage on desalination and water use, with a glossary, an attack strategy, 10 practice questions and a 12-question STEP test.

10 practice · 12 STEP questions · ~12 min

Start lesson
01

Read the questions first

Know what you are hunting for before you touch the passage.

02

Skim for the main idea

First and last sentence of each paragraph gives you the map.

03

Scan for keywords

Names, numbers, dates and capitalised words are the fastest anchors.

04

Answer in order of ease

Detail questions first, inference and main-idea questions last.

05

Never leave a blank

Eliminate two options, then choose — there is no penalty for guessing.