N1 reading: do you read ALL 4 answers first, then the passage? Can I take each answer at a time?

I've been told to read the question and answers first. The issue with that is if I read all 4 answers, then read the passage, I already forget most of what was written in the first 2-3 answers.

After that, I have to read the answers again.

So I feel I've wasted a lot of time reading answers > passage > answers.

Any N1 success stories where you just took one answer at a time? Like, read answer 1 > look for its corresponding lines in the passage > tick or cross it off > read answer 2 > look for it, and so on?

Thanks in advance!