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
Some animals hibernate in winter. Their heart rate and breathing slow down, and their body temperature drops. This saves energy at a time when food is hard to find. Why do some animals hibernate?
- ATo grow thicker fur for the summer
- BTo raise their heart rate in the cold
- CTo save energy when food is scarce
- DTo find a mate during the winter
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
The author writes: “Some readers may find these figures alarming. Over the past decade, the number of nurses aged over 55 has doubled, while the number entering the profession has stayed flat.” What problem is the author most likely pointing to?
- AA decrease in the number of hospitals
- BA possible future shortage of nurses as many retire
- CNurses working too few hours each week
- DToo many young people becoming nurses at the same time
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the correct word: “The nurse gave me good ___ about my diet.”
- Aadvice
- Badvize
- Cadvise
- Dadvices
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Choose the correct word for formal writing: “I do not know ___ the manager will choose.”
- Awhom
- Bwhose
- Cwho
- Dwho’s
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The nurse will reposition the patient every two hours.”
- AWash and dry
- BHelp with meals
- CWeigh on the scales
- DMove into a new position
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The patient’s condition began to deteriorate overnight.”
- AImprove slowly but steadily
- BRemain the same
- CGrow steadily worse
- DBecome hidden
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: C · To save energy when food is scarce
Why this is the answer
The passage says hibernation saves energy when food is hard to find. Heart rate slows rather than rises.
C · To save energy when food is scarce
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: B · A possible future shortage of nurses as many retire
Why this is the answer
If many nurses are nearing retirement and the number of new nurses is not growing, a shortage may follow.
B · A possible future shortage of nurses as many retire
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: A · advice
Why this is the answer
“Advice” is the noun (a suggestion). “Advise” is the verb (to give advice). “Advice” is uncountable, so “advices” is not used.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: A · whom
Why this is the answer
In the clause “the manager will choose him/her”, the pronoun is the object of “choose”, so the object form “whom” is correct.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: D · Move into a new position
Why this is the answer
To reposition is to change a person’s position, for example from lying on the back to lying on the side.
D · Move into a new position
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: C · Grow steadily worse
Why this is the answer
To deteriorate is to become progressively worse in condition or quality.
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