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There is a reading passage. SOCIOLOGY Urbanization describes a population shift from rural communities to large cities. More and more, countries are encountering problems with the rapidly growing rate of big cities. This is even more of a problem in areas where the population boom has surpassed the city’s ability to meet the needs of its people. This has surpassed the city’s ability to meet the needs of its people. This has been case in the Mexican capital, Mexico City. A metropolis of over twenty million people, its resources have become limited. City administrators have been left to deal with problems such as water shortages and heavy traffic. Luckily, city officials are taking news measures to reduce the problems associated with urbanization. Having a safe and reliable water supply is important to any city in the world. In Mexico City, water shortages have always been a problem. Although the city is situated above an aquifer, it is not enough to supply the overwhelming number of inhabitants with the water it needs. In order to counter the water shortage, city officials have begun to explore options for obtaining water from other sources, namely states that surround the federal district. Additionally, they have launched a city-wide campaign to raise awareness about water conservation among the city’s citizens. The dense population of Mexico City inevitably creates traffic jams that can last for hours. In order for the city to properly function, its inhabitants need to have a way to get around quickly and easily. Mexico City’s response to the traffic problem was to form a partnership with an organization. Their partnership will help city administrators improve public transportation. Among the changes is the replacement of old, unreliable buses used for public transportation. This will increase efficiency by avoiding mechanical failures. Moreover, extra routes will be added in order to serve a greater part of the population. The improvement in public transportation is expected to ease traffic congestion by reducing the number of cars on the road. The word it in the passage refers to (A) Mexico City (B) population © aquifer (D) water shortage The answer is ©. I chose (A) because I thought that the words “it” in this sentence are same. Although the city is situated above an aquifer, it is not enough to supply the overwhelming number of inhabitants with the water it needs Could you help me?

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Howdy! Many students are curious about how to improve in Reading Comprehension. And rightly so. You have to deal with some tough passages in the Verbal section of the GMAT. Luckily, the answer is easy, but the actual improvement takes time. To improve in Reading Comprehension, and to improve your abilities across the rest of the Verbal section, you need to be reading everyday. Read. Read. Read. Simple say, but hard to stay dedicated to. The act of reading will expose you to proper English grammar, contemporary topics that will appear on the test, and acclimate you to some of the passages you will see on topics that you are not familiar with. You'll also be exposed to new vocabulary, new ways of organizing ideas, and new approaches to a topic. But this only happens if you reading the right material. You do not want to just read any old thing. You need to be reading the best passages and articles possible. That means you need to choose your sources wisely. I always recommend reading The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Economists, and The MIT Technology Review. The articles in these new sources are not only stellar, but they are also what everyone in the business industry is reading. So you'll be preparing for the test by reading these news sources and you'll be preparing for business. Lastly, you need to practice focused, active reading. You need to read like your life depends on it, like a hungry bear waking from months of hibernation. You need to read with purpose. One way to activate your reading process is to ask yourself a set of questions every time you read. And ask yourself these questions multiple times as your reading. The answers may change as you read. So ask yourself: 1. What is the main idea? You should be able to put this into a couple phrases, not necessarily a long sentence. Try to start at the broadest possible level and then narrow more and more. So start with the general topic, then try to figure out what the scope of the passage is. That is, if the passage is about dinosaurs, what part of dinosaurs are we talking about? Skeletons? Fossil records? Biology? Coloring? Why they disappeared? Relationship to modern day birds? Through this process you should be able to narrow and narrow until you have a good summation of the main idea. 2. What is the structure and flow of the passage? This is what GMAT Pill was getting at. You need to pay attention to transition words in the passage. You need to think about where you have been and where you are going in the passage. How does this paragraph connect to the main idea? What's its purpose in terms of the main idea? And how was it connected to the previous paragraph? Through these questions, you will get a "road map" of the passage. You'll have a sense of what happens where. And you will have a better understanding of examples or reasons because you will know their purpose in terms of the main idea of the passage. 3. What is the author's tone and what is the author's purpose? You always want to try and infer the author's opinion about the topic. The author's opinions and beliefs will leak into the passage and influence the word choice and position in the article. So pay attention to the positive or negative tone of the adjectives and adverbs in the passage. In terms of the author's purpose, we don't have to do too much work. There are really only four reasons that people write something: to entertain, to persuade, to inform, or to describe. Obviously, passages will have elements of all of these, but usually there is one main reason that author sat down to write what you are reading. I hope that you find these tips and resources useful. Happy studying!

Hi everyone. I'm new here but looking for a place to post this particular query, this site looked very promising. I'm scoring solidly in the 90th percentile in GRE verbal which would usually be fine. However, I'm pusuring a PhD in English Lit so I very much would like to bump my score up three or four points to be at least in the pile of candidates Yale, Harvard, etc. will look at when they consider. Basically, I need to be 95th percentile. I'm having "trouble" with multiple choice in Reading Comp., specifically the question types where you have multiple answers that you have to infer. I nearly always get one right, but its seems that the ones that you have to "infer" or "imply" a bit more than what is in the sentence I have trouble with. I know that this is impossibly vague but can someone concretely(ish) describe for me how far you are allowed to "infer" or "extrapolate" when it comes to inference on GRE? I just finished taking the LSAT wherein you are not allowed to infer anything that is not explicitly stated by the passage (weirdly). I think it's throwing me off. Any sort of tips or tricks about inference on GRE would be much appreciated. I can't seem to quite get a handle on the level of inference you are allowed to make--which seems quite stupid given that I've devoted the last three years of my life to making literary influences. Many thanks! S.H.

Hi , I was wondering if you guys could help me out with an issue I seem to be having. I’ve done all the Manhattan Tests and have got an average of 324, but I’m hoping for a 330+ score. I’ve finished all the questions on Magoosh and my projected score is 161-166 (Q) and 160-165 (V), but I’m actually struggling to get a score within that range on my MGRE Tests in Verbal. Apparently my weakest area is the RC portion where my average across all the tests is 60%. I have been reading articles in The Economist, etc. (which most prep centres suggest) over the last couple of weeks, but I honestly and am not improving at all on this one portion of the test. What do you reckon I should do to sort this out? Cheers!

I recently took the revised GRE, and scored a 540-640 for Verbal (Q 660-760). I am not a native speaker. I knew all the words on the exam after studying from the Manhanttan Prep List of 1000 easy and hard words. I read the passages quickly and understand its meaning, however I continued to get over 50% of all RC questions incorrect in my practice exams and I am assuming this is what happened during the actual exam. I would like to ask your advice on what my strategy should be in terms of RC. Please tell me how I can choose the right answer. Any experiences that you can share would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

hi there , i need help about comprehensio , its very hard for me , i can read well and understand but questions are tricky and not clear , i dont know how to make my self expert in this questions thank you Gre helpers