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
The author writes: “Every student should learn basic first aid. A few simple skills, such as how to help someone who is choking, can save a life.” What is the author’s purpose?
- ATo persuade readers that students should learn first aid
- BTo explain how to treat a broken bone
- CTo entertain readers with a story about choking
- DTo describe the history of first aid training
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
“The old bookshop had survived two wars and a fire. When a huge chain store opened across the street, people expected it to close. Instead, loyal customers organised a reading club there, and sales rose.” What is the central idea?
- AThe bookshop was badly damaged by the chain store.
- BChain stores always close small bookshops.
- CReading clubs are popular only in large cities.
- DCommunity support helped the bookshop survive.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the correct word: “The results were ___ than we hoped.”
- Abest
- Bgooder
- Cmore good
- Dbetter
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Choose the correct verb: “If you heat ice, it ___.”
- Awould have melted
- Bwould melt
- Cmelts
- Dmelted
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Smoking increases morbidity from heart and lung disease.”
- ARecovery
- BDeath
- CIllness
- DCost
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
Choose the meaning of the words in bold: “The patient’s condition is critical but stable.”
- AVery serious, but not changing at present
- BVery serious, and getting worse very quickly
- CMild, and improving quickly
- DNot serious, and not changing
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: A · To persuade readers that students should learn first aid
Why this is the answer
“Should” signals an argument. The author tries to convince readers that first aid is worth learning.
A · To persuade readers that students should learn first aid
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: D · Community support helped the bookshop survive.
Why this is the answer
People expected the shop to close, but loyal customers formed a reading club and sales rose, showing that community support kept it going.
D · Community support helped the bookshop survive.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: D · better
Why this is the answer
The comparative of “good” is “better”, used with “than”. “Best” is the superlative for three or more.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: C · melts
Why this is the answer
For general truths, the zero conditional uses the present tense in both clauses: “If you heat ice, it melts.”
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: C · Illness
Why this is the answer
Morbidity refers to illness or disease; mortality refers to death.
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: A · Very serious, but not changing at present
Why this is the answer
Critical means very serious, often life-threatening, and stable means not currently changing.
A · Very serious, but not changing at present
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