SHSAT Reading Comprehension – 370 Practice Problems

by SHSAT NYC Prep Team

SHSAT READING COMPREHENSION – 370 PRACTICE PROBLEMS Copyright SHSAT NYC Prep Team SHSAT English Language Arts READING Comprehension practice only! SHSAT English Language Arts READING Comprehension practice only! *** Other SHSAT preparation materials from “SHSAT NYC Prep Team” are available for your Amazon Kindle. This Kindle eBook only contains SHSAT English Language Arts READING Comprehension problems. The actual SHSAT contains Mathematics Multiple Choice & Grid-In and English Language Arts Revising/Editing Passages & Stand-Alone sections as well, but this eBook does NOT cover those sections. This Kindle eBook is intended for use by current EIGHTH and NINTH graders applying for New York City’s Specialized High Schools. FIRST Section of this eBook ( Problems #1 thru #110 ) Problems #1 to #110 are “easier” SHSAT Reading Comprehension passages and questions for seventh / eighth graders and less experienced test-takers “emerging” towards a higher proficiency level. These more basic passages and questions provide over a hundred intermediary steps designed to transition applicants to “medium” SHSAT Reading Comprehension practice. SECOND Section of this eBook ( Problems #111 thru #275 ) Problems #111 to #275 are “medium” SHSAT Reading Comprehension passages and questions for seventh / eighth graders and test-takers “progressing” towards the highest proficiency levels. These passages and questions provide over a hundred intermediary steps designed to transition applicants to “advanced” SHSAT Reading Comprehension practice. THIRD Section of this eBook ( Problems #276 thru #370 ) Problems #276 to #370 are “advanced” SHSAT Reading Comprehension passages and questions for eighth / ninth graders and test-takers performing at the highest proficiency levels. These passages and questions provide about a hundred opportunities to challenge applicants to reach the highest SHSAT score ranges preferred at New York City’s Specialized High Schools. From the “SHSAT Handbook”… The SHSAT Reading section measures your ability to read and comprehend English prose. There are five passages with six questions each. Each passage is 400 to 500 words long. The subjects include short biographies, discussions of historical events, descriptions of scientific phenomena, brief essays on art or music, discussions with a point of view, and human interest stories. There are no fictional passages. For each passage, one question will always assess your understanding of the main idea of the passage. Other questions will ask about factual details and inferences that can be drawn. (To accommodate younger, less experienced test-takers and to cover a wider variety of non-fiction topics, most of the passages in this Kindle eBook are 250 to 450 words long.) What is the purpose of these 370 SHSAT English Language Arts READING Comprehension practice problems? A pervasive characteristic of the SHSAT New York City specialized high schools admission exam is that it is very difficult, oftentimes featuring test questions one to two grade levels above your child’s current school curriculum. The SHSAT targets a small, highly competitive group of students applying for New York City’s specialized high schools. Using our years of experience developing training guides for a national test preparation company, we have created SHSAT study materials that closely approximate the sequence, scope, phrasing and difficulty level of the actual exam.

158 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 20, 2015