Testing Academic Reading

Testing Academic Reading 2nd edition is a ready resource for language learners who are faced with a myriad of reading tests in their classes, whether ESL or college-level. The book can be used in combination with any reading skill or reading development text. This testing book offers cloze readings, mystery passages, dictionary analysis exercises, vocabulary exercises involving clusters, antonyms, definitions, and a series of reading comprehension passages and quizzes. These activities offer students practice in essential strategic reading skills such as making inferences, determining the most important ideas and themes, making the best word choice, applying world and cultural knowledge to reading, and building understanding vocabulary.