How to improve on SAT critical reading?

How can I improve my critical reading score on the SAT?

• Answer:

  he first part is just sentence completion; you need to know vocabulary. I HIGHLY recommend that you memorize your word roots rather than the words themselves. It would be impossible to memorize all the potential words the SAT is going to have, so memorize your roots, then you could make a really good educated guess. The second part is reading passages. You just need to find the answers to the questions in the passages. For the short passages, I recommend you read thw whole thing thoroughly, then look at the question. If there's a given number of lines, read one line before, that line, and the line after. For instance if the question tells you to go back to line 11, read lines 10,11, and 12. Long passages are harder; I especially hate the double passages, which you have to compare the two passages and then answer. For the non-double passages, do the same with the short passages, except, instead of reading it thoroughly, skim is, and, instead of going reading one line before and after, read one sentence before and after. For the double-passages, skim over the first passage, answer the questions to that passage, then skim the second, answer for the second passage, then answer the rest It's not too hard- it's just that the time constraint is a beyatch. Edit 1: This used to be my big problem. Really, both answers are correct, but one is more correct. You have to look more in-depth to see what the author of the passage is saying.