SKILLS		KEY WORDS IN THE QUESTION
1) STRAIGHT COMPREHENSION OF FACTS		"according to the passage"
		"first…after" / you are told where to find answer
2) MAIN IDEA OF THE OVERALL READING		"the main reason"
		"the details suport"
3) AUTHOR'S REASON FOR WRITING THE PIECE		"the purpose"
4) INFERENCE (TO GUESS OFF THE PAGE)		"suggests" "the best" "shows" "implies"
		"most likely" "can be inferred" "means"
5) VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT		"according to the context"
6) THE ANTECEDENT FOR THE PRONOUN		"it refers to"
7) CAUSE AND EFFECT		"in order to" "because"
8) REVERSAL TIME WASTER		"all of the following except"
9) MULTIPLE CORRECT TIME WASTER		"I, II, III, IV" and "a, b, c, d"
Most of the time these ideas work !!