RC Masters

Reading Comprehension

Test 17, Passage 4 — African drought

Highlights

If you find yourself feeling a bit frazzled and confused by the end of an RC passage, you probably aren’t doing enough work early on. By investing the necessary focus to develop a detailed understanding right from the start, you set a foundation for the rest of the passage that makes every subsequent sentence easier to connect to the bigger picture. Ninety percent of the work in reading comprehension should be done while reading the passage, which makes the questions straightforward.