B1 Reading Skills

Question 1

What reading skill involves quickly looking through a text to find specific information?

Accepted Answer

Scanning

Answer

Scanning is the technique of quickly moving your eyes through a text to locate specific information like dates, names, or facts without reading every word.

Question 2

What is skimming a text?

Accepted Answer

Reading quickly to get the general idea or gist of the text

Answer

Skimming involves reading quickly to understand the main idea or overall content of a text, often by reading titles, first sentences, and key phrases.

Question 3

In B1 reading tasks, what does 'gist' mean?

Accepted Answer

The main idea or general meaning of the text

Answer

The gist is the essential meaning or main point of a text, understood without focusing on every specific detail.

Question 4

How should you approach a multiple-choice reading question at B1 level?

Accepted Answer

Read the question first, then find the relevant part of the text, and eliminate wrong options

Answer

Reading the question first focuses your reading. Finding the relevant text section and eliminating obviously wrong options increases accuracy.

Question 5

What does 'inference' mean in reading comprehension?

Accepted Answer

Drawing a conclusion based on evidence in the text rather than explicit statements

Answer

Inference is reading between the lines — using clues in the text and your own knowledge to understand something that is not directly stated.

B1 Preliminary Practice Test

B1 Preliminary Practice Test

B1 Reading Skills