When I was taking these sort of tests, I learned to delay processing of non-question text until I've read the question. Reading comprehension, in most of the st

When I was taking these sort of tests, I learned to delay processing of non-question text until I've read the question. Reading comprehension, in most of the standardized tests I've taken, was nothing more than ability to quickly pattern match keywords from a question to unstructured data preceding it. This kept me from building models of questions in my head and thusly prevented any preconceived notions or facts divert me from the answer the test considered correct.