what is unseen passage

An unseen passage is a reading comprehension exercise that is commonly used in English exams to test a students ability to understand and interpret a given text. It is a passage that the student has not seen before and is required to read and answer questions based on the content of the passage. Unseen passages can be of different types, such as factual passages, discursive passages, argumentative passages, or interpretative passages. The main purpose of this exercise is to test the students reading ability, intellectual skills, and understanding of the passage. To solve an unseen passage, students are advised to read the entire passage once before looking at the questions, try to understand the passage, underline the words they do not understand, and follow the given order in the passage solving. They may also need to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words, look for clues within the passage, and concentrate on the vocabulary items to solve the questions.