Your Reading Comprehension efforts can get derailed in a variety of ways, but perhaps the most common (especially for the novice) is the trap of getting bogged down in minor details. Whoever said "The devil is in the details" never aced the Reading Comp portion of the test.
A word to the wise: Details aren't all that important. Usually, the majority of questions do not focus on details, and even if one or two do, that's still a small percentage of the number of details in a typical passage. Therefore, it's not important to absorb details on a first read through of the text. In fact, an attempt to do so is counterproductive, because it slows down the reading process and interferes with the search for topic, scope, purpose, main idea, and structure.
Thus, you should simply take note of the general location of such details so that they can be found quickly should a question so demand. This is the CAT Method, and it will hold you in good stead if you learn to master it. Never obsess on details in your first read-through. When a detail is the focus of a question, the correct strategy to follow is to go back to the text and reread.
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