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
“I couldn’t put the book down. I read it in one night and was sad when it ended.” What is the reader’s opinion of the book?
- AThe reader enjoyed it very much.
- BThe reader did not finish it.
- CThe reader thought it was frightening.
- DThe reader found it too long.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
“In the early 1900s, many cities added chlorine to drinking water. Over the following decades, deaths from diseases spread by water, such as typhoid, fell sharply.” Which conclusion is most reasonable?
- ATyphoid is caused by drinking too much chlorine.
- BCities stopped treating water after the 1900s.
- CChlorination likely helped reduce waterborne disease.
- DChlorine was the only reason that any of the deaths fell.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the correct pronoun: “Each of the girls brought ___ own lunch.”
- Athey’re
- Bhers
- Cshe
- Dher
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Which choice best combines the sentences to show cause and effect? “The patient skipped breakfast. She felt faint during the test.”
- AThe patient skipped breakfast, and she felt faint during the test.
- BAlthough the patient skipped breakfast, she felt faint during the test.
- CBecause the patient skipped breakfast, she felt faint during the test.
- DThe patient skipped breakfast, but she felt faint during the test.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The bruise was on the lateral side of the knee.”
- AAt the back
- BAt the front
- CAway from the midline; on the outer side
- DTowards the midline of the body; on the inner side
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
Choose the word that best completes the sentence: “Burning on urination and frequency are ___ of a urinary tract infection.”
- Airrelevant
- Bindicative
- Cindependent
- Dindifferent
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: A · The reader enjoyed it very much.
Why this is the answer
Being unable to stop reading and feeling sad at the end show the reader enjoyed the book very much.
A · The reader enjoyed it very much.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: C · Chlorination likely helped reduce waterborne disease.
Why this is the answer
The timing suggests chlorination helped reduce waterborne illness. Saying it was the only reason goes too far, since other improvements happened too.
C · Chlorination likely helped reduce waterborne disease.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: D · her
Why this is the answer
“Each” is singular and refers to girls, so the singular possessive “her” agrees with it. “Hers” stands alone and cannot come before a noun.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: C · Because the patient skipped breakfast, she felt faint during the test.
Why this is the answer
“Because” shows that skipping breakfast caused the faintness. “And” only adds ideas, and “although” and “but” wrongly suggest contrast.
C · Because the patient skipped breakfast, she felt faint during the test.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: C · Away from the midline; on the outer side
Why this is the answer
Lateral means farther from the midline of the body. Medial means closer to it.
C · Away from the midline; on the outer side
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: B · indicative
Why this is the answer
Indicative means serving as a sign of something.
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