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Introduction to the CUNY-ACT Reading Skills Test (Demo, choose #1 with text)

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Exercise 1: Techniques for finding the meaning of unfamiliar words (Demo)
Exercise 2: Guessing the meaning of words from context (choose #1 w text +highlight, 4)
Exercise 3: Guessing the meaning of unfamiliar words from their roots (demo, completing #3, 8)
Exercise 4: Choosing the meaning of words in context (choose #1 w/text, 2)

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