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
“After weeks of practice, Mei could finally play the whole piece without looking at the music.” What does “finally” suggest?
- AShe gave up the piano after that.
- BShe played it for the last time.
- CShe learned it on the first day.
- DIt took her a long time to succeed.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
Some experts recommend that adults get 150 minutes of moderate exercise a week. Kim walks briskly for 20 minutes on 5 days and cycles for 40 minutes on Saturday. Does Kim meet the recommendation?
- ANo, she does only 100 minutes
- BYes, she does 150 minutes exactly
- CYes, she does 180 minutes
- DNo, she does 140 minutes, 10 short
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the correct words: “He drives ___ than his brother.”
- Acarefuller
- Bmost carefully
- Cmore carefully
- Dmore careful
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Which sentence contains an error in subject–verb agreement?
- AThe album of photos is poor.
- BThe photos in the album are poor.
- CThe quality of the photos are poor.
- DEach photo in the album is poor.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The drug is applied as a transdermal patch.”
- AThrough the skin
- BInto the muscle
- CUnder the tongue
- DBy inhaling
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
Which word is the opposite of expedite?
- AFinish
- BSimplify
- CHasten
- DDelay
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: D · It took her a long time to succeed.
Why this is the answer
“Finally”, with “after weeks of practice”, shows that success came only after a long effort.
D · It took her a long time to succeed.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: D · No, she does 140 minutes, 10 short
Why this is the answer
5 × 20 = 100 minutes of walking plus 40 minutes of cycling = 140 minutes, which is 10 minutes short of 150. So she does not meet it.
D · No, she does 140 minutes, 10 short
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: C · more carefully
Why this is the answer
“Carefully” is an adverb describing “drives”. Adverbs ending in -ly form the comparative with “more”.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: C · The quality of the photos are poor.
Why this is the answer
In the first sentence the subject is “quality” (singular), so it should be “is poor”. The others agree.
C · The quality of the photos are poor.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: A · Through the skin
Why this is the answer
A transdermal patch delivers medicine across the skin into the bloodstream.
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: D · Delay
Why this is the answer
To expedite is to speed something up, so the opposite is to delay it.
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