Apprendre B210 min Membre
Articles, Reports & Press Releases
Longer texts on the TOEIC — articles, reports, press releases
TOEIC Part 7 includes longer texts (150-250 words) with 4-5 questions. These test reading speed and inference. French speakers tend to read every word — on TOEIC, this wastes critical time. You need a system.
The 3-step reading system
Know what you're looking for before you read the text. Underline keywords in the questions.
Read the first sentence of each paragraph. Get the topic of each section. 15 seconds maximum.
Go back to the questions. Find the keyword from each question in the text. Read the sentence around it. Answer.
"Implied" vs "indicated" questions
"What is indicated?" = the answer is stated directly in the text. Scan and match. "What is implied?" or "What can be inferred?" = the answer is NOT stated directly. You have to combine two pieces of information or read between the lines.
Implied: The marketing campaign contributed to the sales increase. This is never stated — you infer it from the timing.
Press release vocabulary
announced (a annoncé), unveiled (a dévoilé), acquired (a acquis), projected (prévu), revenue (chiffre d'affaires — not "revenu" which means income), fiscal year (exercice fiscal).
Common mistake
French speakers confuse "revenue" (chiffre d'affaires — total sales) with "revenu" (income — what you take home). On TOEIC, "revenue" always means company sales, never personal income.
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