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I'm a little late.. ^^;;;

But, NEVER EVER PUT YOUR HORN DOWN. NEVER.
That lowers your score PLUS you won't have a good hold on the music in front of you.
And yeah, never stop playing. During our sight-reading, my whole section stopped and I was the only one playing! Good thing I'm pretty good at sight-reading. =]

what tips I use are
1. get the rhythm
2. pick out the notes you know first out
3. look at the key signature (I didn't do that once, I ended up playing something completely different... so yeah...)
4. look for any repeats
5. look to see if there might have been a coda, I know, kinda goes with #4
6. try your hardest mrgreen mrgreen
7. listen to the people around you, maybe just in case you loose the tempo
I hope at least some of these may help you
Oh yeah,
8. try playing the fingerings through the peice before you play the music