Leseverstehen · Teil 2 — Cheat Sheet

One long text, 5 multiple-choice questions (a/b/c). Detailverstehen — the trap part of Lesen. → Trap-families drill · → Teil 1 · → Exam format

1long text
5questions 6–10
3options a/b/c
25points
~12min
The rule: pick what the text ASSERTS — all of it.
Not what sounds like the text (all three options paraphrase it), and not what's merely true in the world. The right answer says the same thing in different words; a trap keeps one element the text never claims.

Method — every question, in order

  1. Questions follow the text top-to-bottom. Q6 is answered early in the text, Q10 near the end. Read the stem, then go to that region — don't re-scan the whole thing.
  2. Read the span closely. This is detail, not gist (that was Teil 1) — slow down on the 2–3 sentences the question targets.
  3. Test all three options against the span. The correct one is a paraphrase, so being "in different words" is not evidence it's wrong.
  4. Run the five trap-checks (below) on each option: who · affirm/deny · happened/only wished · here/elsewhere · every word backed?
  5. One unsupported element = trap. Lock only the option where every part is in the text. Then move on — ~2 min/question.

The 6 trap families — every wrong option is one of these

TrapIt looks like…The test that kills it
1. Polarity flip
says the opposite		 Text: „mir hat eine Führung gefehlt" → trap „zeigt ihnen die ganze Firma". Text „schulfrei – ideal" → trap „fand es schade". Does the text affirm or deny it? Tells: nicht · kein · fehlen · hätte gern · ohne.
2. Wrong person
right fact, wrong mouth		 The Lehrlinge „erzählen aus ihrem Berufsalltag" → trap pins it on Frau Leiser. Who actually did/said it? Track every name.
3. Wish ≠ fact
wanted/planned, didn't happen		 „Ich hätte mehr Leute sehen wollen" → trap „durfte am Schalter arbeiten". Did it happen, or was it only wished / planned / advised? Tells: möchte · wollte · hätte gern · sollte · Tipp.
4. Displaced context
true, but elsewhere		 „Fragen Sie bei anderen Firmen viele Leute" → trap „an dem Nachmittag wurden viele Fragen gestellt". Is it true of this place/time, or a different one in the text?
5. Added detail
extra fact never stated		 Text: Infos „wie man sich bewirbt" → trap „bekamen eine Liste mit Bewerbungstipps" (no list mentioned). Is every word in the option backed? Strike the one that isn't.
6. Number / detail twist
a figure echoed, distorted		 „zwei weitere Male im August" → trap „zweimal jährlich ein Praktikum" (real number, wrong claim). Does the figure/word actually attach to that claim?
The core habit. A trap reuses the text's vocabulary on purpose — recognising a word from the text is bait, not a signal. Verdict each option as backed / trap with the family name; if two look right, one has an unsupported element — find it.
Test = "is it ASSERTED?", not "can I DISPROVE it?" About half of wrong options are flatly contradicted (traps 1·2·6 — a disproving sentence exists). The other half are just never stated (traps 3·4·5 — nothing denies them either). If you wait to find a contradiction, the not-stated half slips through. Reject on absence of support, not presence of a lie — and don't waste time hunting a disproving line for a claim that simply isn't in the span. (Fully irrelevant options are rare — usually one easy throwaway, e.g. a job the text never names.)

Words from this text that can trip you

die Voraussetzung = prerequisite
sich bewerben = to apply (for a job)
der Lehrling / die Lehre = apprentice / apprenticeship
der Schalter = counter (bank teller)
eine Führung durch den Betrieb = a tour of the company
aufmerksam = attentive
schulfrei = no school / day off
die Entscheidungsmöglichkeit = option to choose
sich umhören / umschauen = to ask around / look around
die Veranstaltung = event

Before you lock each answer

Detailverstehen task, official telc Übungstest 1 p. 8. Worked example & all trap snippets drawn from the verified iris past-exam set (LV-T2 key B B B C A). Questions? Ask your teaching agent in the terminal.