There is much additional literature where it is told about how to read the passages correctly. But don’t rely on them much. If there existed one way to pass the test, everybody would know it! A reading technique that is acceptable for one person can be inadmissible and unnatural for another person. It is rarely so that all the advised methods or ways can assist really during the test.

Don’t read the passages too fast. Quick reading is traditional for common, not technical texts. Such passages can include some unnecessary information, so you can miss it and understand the main point correctly. In some cases the reading technique can be changes for fast reading. It can be beneficial because test passages are flooded with unnecessary info – fluff – to confuse all evaluated. Furthermore, the bulk of the time is spent answering the questions, not reading the passages. You should, however, read somewhat faster than you normally do, but not to the point that your comprehension suffers. So, just experiment to find the proper pace.

Some books offer to read questions before the passage. It is explained like getting the inner idea of the question or something like that. Though the idea is quite extraordinary it doesn’t mean it works!  There are two big problems with this method:

- some of the questions are a paragraph long, and reading a question twice wastes time;
- there are usually seven questions per passage, and psychologists have shown that we can hold in our minds a maximum of about three thoughts at any one time (some of us have trouble simply remembering phone numbers);

On having read 7 questioned the minds of students will be stuffed with so much info that ity will be quite difficult to ponder over a particular question.

Way out
You can read the 1st sentence of each paragraph. Generally, the topic of a paragraph is contained in the first sentence. Reading the first sentence of each paragraph will give an overview of the passage. Since each passage is only three or four paragraphs long, previewing the topic sentences will not use up an inordinate amount of time.  

Writing
Writing can be irritate even for those who are usually quite in oral answers.
Perhaps this is because critical and creative skills are being tested and evaluated in a more subjective manner than they are within the objective multiple-choice format. Being nervous can lead to a number of problems, from having a difficult time understanding exactly what is being asked to having raise confidence about how to begin an answer. 

The best way to reduce such anxieties, and therefore increase your chance of obtaining a top score, is through rehearsal, which encompasses three activities that need to take place when writing your essay:

1. try to interpret or render the given extract;
2. find the matching example of the given;
3. resolve the conflict between the given statement and your counter-example.