1Formulas and methods
Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Method
- Read the question first so you know what you are looking for.
- Skim the passage for its topic and main point; the first or last sentence often states it.
- Go back to the exact lines that answer the question.
- For inferences, choose the option the clues most strongly support, not one that goes further.
- For labels and tables, apply every rule that fits the case and do the small calculation carefully.
English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Method
- Find the subject and the verb of the sentence before choosing a form.
- Strip away phrases (of the …, along with …) and extra people (you and …) to test agreement and pronoun case.
- Check each clause: can it stand alone? Join independent clauses with a comma + conjunction or a semicolon.
- Check modifiers and lists: the describing phrase next to its word, items in the same form.
- For word choice and register, pick the precise, formal and concise option.
Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Method
- Read the whole sentence and look for a context clue: a definition, a contrast, an example or a cause and effect.
- Split an unfamiliar word into prefix, root and suffix and translate each part.
- Read a medical term from the suffix back to the start (hepat-itis: inflammation of the liver).
- Put each option into the sentence and check that the meaning still fits.
- Choose the meaning used in this sentence, even if the word has another everyday meaning.
2Practice problems
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Medium
Unlike most fish, the salmon is born in fresh water, travels to the ocean to grow and then returns to the same river to lay its eggs. Which choice best summarises the passage?
- ASalmon move between rivers and the ocean during their lives.
- BSalmon are the only fish that lay eggs.
- CSalmon are born in the ocean and later die in fresh-water rivers.
- DSalmon spend their whole lives in the ocean.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
A chart shows the number of patients seen in an emergency department per hour: 6 a.m. – 4; 9 a.m. – 10; noon – 12; 3 p.m. – 9; 6 p.m. – 14; 9 p.m. – 8. When would extra staff be most useful?
- AAround 3 p.m.
- BAround 9 p.m.
- CAround 6 p.m.
- DAround 6 a.m.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the correct form: “She is the ___ nurse on the unit.”
- Amost experienced
- Bmost experiencedest
- Cmore experienced
- Dexperiencedest
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Choose the correct verb: “Every night she ___ her uniform on the chair.”
- Alays
- Blain
- Clies
- Dlie
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Young children are more susceptible to dehydration.”
- AUnaware of
- BEasily affected by
- CProtected against
- DFrightened of
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
What does the term lithotripsy mean?
- ADissolving stones with drugs
- BAn X-ray of the stones
- CRemoval of a kidney
- DCrushing of stones
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: A · Salmon move between rivers and the ocean during their lives.
Why this is the answer
The passage describes the salmon’s movement from river to ocean and back. The other choices contradict or go beyond the passage.
A · Salmon move between rivers and the ocean during their lives.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: C · Around 6 p.m.
Why this is the answer
The chart shows the most patients at 6 p.m. (14 per hour), so extra staff would be most useful then.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: A · most experienced
Why this is the answer
“Experienced” is a long adjective, so its superlative is “most experienced”. “The” and the comparison with the whole unit call for the superlative.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: A · lays
Why this is the answer
“Lay” means to put something down and takes an object. Its present form with “she” is “lays”. “Lie” means to recline and takes no object.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: B · Easily affected by
Why this is the answer
Susceptible means likely to be harmed or influenced by something.
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: D · Crushing of stones
Why this is the answer
Lithotripsy breaks up stones, such as kidney stones, often using shock waves from outside the body.
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