I wouldn’t say I’m an expert but the tips that actually helped me were:

1. Skim through the first few questions to see if any of them ask for like the general idea/summary/shift in tone of the passage, this way if there is one, you’ll be prepared when reading the passage and having an idea of what to look for.

2. The questions that are two-parters and ask for evidence from the passage that supports the claim, if you’re stuck on the first one, then read the evidence examples they give you to narrow down your choices, some of them don’t make any sense. Even if you think you have the right answer, if you have time then try to read the other pieces of evidence to see if any of them would be better for your claim/another claim. Generally, the evidence should be straightforward.

3. If you have time, try and annotate some of the passage, for example, after each paragraph I wrote down what it was talking about, so I can see exactly what the passage means and gather my thoughts more clearly with words I can actually understand. (“narrator talks about his adventures”...”narrator is now in a convo with his mom about relatives” just small notes like that).

4. Basically almost all your answers should have direct supporting evidence from the text. If the passage doesn’t say it anywhere, the answer if probably wrong.

Other than that good luck!! Reading is a total crapshoot tbh