Execute the cross-reference procedure by combining a rule from one document with a fact from another.
Teach the canonical trap of single-document answers in cross-reference questions.
In TOEIC Part 7, double and triple passages are designed to test your ability to synthesize information. If you answer a cross-reference question using only one document, you are almost certainly falling for a trap.
Gallery of paired evidence.
A clean educational diagram comparing two documents. Document A shows a specific condition highlighted in yellow. Docume…
Visual steps for the linking procedure.
Pinpoint the key entity, name, or number asked about in the question.
Locate that entity to find the Rule or requirement.
Find the related condition to extract the specific Fact.
Combine the Rule and the Fact to compute the final, correct answer.
Identify the supporting sentence in each document.
According to the company policy in Document A, all travel expenses must be submitted within days of the trip. The policy strictly requires employees to provide receipts for any meal exceeding $20. In Document B, the employee sends an email attaching copies of their meal receipts from the Tokyo trip. The employee explicitly notes that the dinner cost , which clearly triggers the rule mentioned in Document A. Because the employee did not follow the proper documentation rule, the reimbursement request will likely be by the HR department. To resolve this issue and receive payment, the employee needs to locate and submit the versions of the receipts.
Complete a partially filled expert decision chain.
In TOEIC double passages, you must often cross-reference details between an email and a policy document to calculate a final cost. Let's look at a scenario: Document A is an email ordering 50 units of model X200. Document B is a price list stating that model X200 costs 10 = $500, minus the discount) to find the final answer is .
Practice a double-passage set with single-document traps.
Scenario: A train schedule (Document A) indicates that the Express train departs at 9:00 AM from Track 1, and the Local train departs at 9:15 AM from Track 2. A text message (Document B) says: 'Hi John, I arrived at the station 5 minutes after the 9:00 AM train left, so I'll catch the next available one.'
According to the text message, what time did the sender arrive at the station?
Self-explanation of the cross-reference move.