Skimming and Scanning

Getting the main idea of a text by glancing over it in a short time is called .....

• scanning

• skimming

• fast reading

• reading a text

Which of the following does NOT involve skimming?

• reading the initial sentence in each paragraph

• looking quickly for words you're not familiar with

• looking at photographs in an article

• reading the first and last paragraph in a newspaper article

People scan a text when they want to find ________ information

• specific

• general

• some

• many

People are NOT scanning a text effectively when they ________

• look for content words or visual clues

• read every word in a text

• know what they are looking for

• read blocks of words

People who find it helpful to use their _______ to guide their eyes would probably not find it easy when scanning text on a computer screen

• hair

• finger

• brain

• knee

Fossilized dinosaur remains were first discovered in

• the boundary between the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods

• the Tertiary period

• the Cretaceous period

• the mid-1800s

The most recent testable hypothesis concerning the extinction of the dinosaurs was proposed in

• 1980

• 1880

• National Geographic magazine

• Popular Science magazine

According to the passage, which of the following is widely believed of the Cretaceous period?

• Between 50 and 75% of all plant and animal life appeared at that time

• It ended suddenly

• It was the period before the Tertiary period

• Everyone agrees what happened at the time

What is iridium?

• An element found only in Italy.

• Cosmic dust

• An element found only on Venus

• A common Earth elemen

in which line, Author mentions about substance that uncommonly found on earth?

• 1-2

• 3-4

• 5-6

• 7-9