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
“Many people believe bulls are angered by the colour red. In fact, bulls cannot see red well. They react to the movement of the cape, not its colour.” What is the purpose of the passage?
- ATo persuade people to stop bullfighting
- BTo tell a story about a famous bull
- CTo correct a common belief
- DTo describe how bulls are raised on farms
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
“When Aunt Rose saw the broken vase, she said, ‘Well, I never liked that vase anyway,’ and gave her nervous nephew a wink.” Why did Aunt Rose most likely say this?
- ATo ask him to buy a new vase
- BTo show how angry she felt
- CTo blame her nephew for breaking it
- DTo put her nephew at ease
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the correct verb: “Everyone in the waiting room ___ tired.”
- Alook
- Bhave looked
- Care looking
- Dlooks
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Choose the correct pronoun: “She types faster than ___ do.”
- AI
- Bme
- Cmine
- Dmyself
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “He has a tendency to forget his evening dose.”
- ARight to refuse something
- BLikelihood to behave a certain way
- CFear of something
- DReason for doing something
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
What does the term pneumothorax mean?
- AFluid filling the tiny air sacs of the lung
- BBlood in the chest cavity
- CAir in the chest cavity around the lung
- DInflammation of the lung tissue
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: C · To correct a common belief
Why this is the answer
The passage states a popular belief and then corrects it with facts, so its purpose is to correct a misconception.
C · To correct a common belief
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: D · To put her nephew at ease
Why this is the answer
The wink and her light remark suggest she wanted to calm her nervous nephew rather than scold him.
D · To put her nephew at ease
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: D · looks
Why this is the answer
“Everyone” is singular, so it takes the singular verb “looks”. The phrase “in the waiting room” does not change the subject.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: A · I
Why this is the answer
The pronoun is the subject of the understood clause “than I do”, so the subject form “I” is needed.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: B · Likelihood to behave a certain way
Why this is the answer
A tendency is an inclination to act or happen in a particular way.
B · Likelihood to behave a certain way
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: C · Air in the chest cavity around the lung
Why this is the answer
A pneumothorax is air in the pleural space, which can cause the lung to collapse; blood there is a haemothorax.
C · Air in the chest cavity around the lung
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