Hasanuddin University

English Study Skills

for Freshmen adopted from
More Reading Power
(Internal Use Only)
MORE READING POWER

Pressure Reading
Comprehension Skills
Vocabulary Building
Thinking Skills

Beatrice S. Mikulecky / Linda Jeffries

 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Scanning ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1
Exercise 1------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2
Exercise 2------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2
Exercise 3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4
Exercise 4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6
Exercise 5------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8
Exercise 6------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10
Exercise 7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12
Exercise 8------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14

Previewing & Predicting ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15

Exercise 1------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18
Exercise 2------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19
Exercise 3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20
Exercise 4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22
Exercise 5------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 24
Exercise 6------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 25
Exercise 7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 26
Exercise 8------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 28

Main Ideas---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30
Exercise 1------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 31
Exercise 2------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 33
Exercise 3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 34
Exercise 4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 35
Exercise 5------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 36
Exercise 6------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 37
Exercise 7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 38
Exercise 8------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 39

Patterns of Organization ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40

Exercise 1------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 43
Exercise 2------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 44
Exercise 3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 46
Exercise 4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 47
 Exercise 5------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 49
Exercise 6------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 50
Exercise 7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 51
Exercise 8------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 52
Exercise 9------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 55
Exercise 10----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57
Exercise 11----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58
Exercise 12----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59
Exercise 13----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 61
Exercise 14----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 62
Exercise 15----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 63
Exercise 16----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 64
Exercise 17----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 65
Exercise 18----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 66
Exercise 19----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 67
Exercise 20----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 68
Exercise 21----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 68
Exercise 22----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 70
Exercise 23----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 71
Exercise 24----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 72

Skimming ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 73
Exercise 1------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 74
Exercise 2------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 75
Exercise 3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 77
Exercise 4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 78
Exercise 5------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 80
Exercise 6------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 82
Exercise 7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 83
Exercise 8------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 85
Exercise 9----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 88

Making Inferences ------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 91

Exercise 1------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 92
Exercise 2------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 92
Exercise 3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 93
Exercise 4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 94
Exercise 5------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 94
Exercise 6------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 95
Exercise 7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 96
Exercise 8------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 97
Exercise 9----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 98
Exercise 10----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 99
Exercise 11----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 100
Exercise 12----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 102
Exercise 13----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 104
Exercise 14----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 105
Exercise 15----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 106
Exercise 16----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 107
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