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
“Mobile clinics now travel to farming villages twice a month. Before, people had to travel three hours to the nearest doctor.” What is the main benefit of the mobile clinics?
- ALower prices for farm products
- BMore jobs for the farmers
- CEasier access to health care
- DFaster travel to the city
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
The author writes: “Students who eat lunch with friends are happier at school. Therefore, schools should give students more time for lunch.” Which unstated assumption does the argument depend on?
- AStudents do not like the food that is served in the school cafeteria.
- BTeachers prefer to eat lunch in their classrooms.
- CMore lunch time would lead to more eating with friends.
- DHappier students always get the highest grades.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Which sentence is a run-on (comma splice)?
- AThe clinic opens at eight, and it closes at five.
- BThe clinic opens at eight; it closes at five.
- CThe clinic opens at eight. It closes at five.
- DThe clinic opens at eight, it closes at five.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Which sentence uses a subordinating conjunction without creating a fragment?
- AShe was tired, although. She kept working.
- BAlthough she was tired, she kept working.
- CAlthough she was tired; she kept working.
- DAlthough she was tired. She kept working.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
What does the prefix endo- mean, as in “endoscopy”?
- AHalf
- BWithin
- COutside
- DAfter
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
What does the term hypokalaemia mean?
- AA low level of calcium in the blood
- BA high level of potassium in the blood
- CA low level of potassium in the blood
- DA low level of sodium in the blood
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: C · Easier access to health care
Why this is the answer
Before, villagers travelled three hours to see a doctor. Mobile clinics bring care to them, making health care easier to reach.
C · Easier access to health care
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: C · More lunch time would lead to more eating with friends.
Why this is the answer
The argument only works if extra time would actually lead students to eat with friends more. That link is assumed, not stated.
C · More lunch time would lead to more eating with friends.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: D · The clinic opens at eight, it closes at five.
Why this is the answer
Joining two independent clauses with only a comma is a comma splice. Fix it with “, and”, a semicolon or a full stop.
D · The clinic opens at eight, it closes at five.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: B · Although she was tired, she kept working.
Why this is the answer
The dependent clause is joined to the independent clause with a comma. B and C leave a fragment, and a semicolon cannot join a dependent clause to a main clause.
B · Although she was tired, she kept working.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: B · Within
Why this is the answer
Endo- means inside: an endoscopy looks inside a hollow organ.
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: C · A low level of potassium in the blood
Why this is the answer
Hypokalaemia (US: hypokalemia) is a low blood potassium level: hypo- means below, kal- refers to potassium, and -aemia refers to blood.
C · A low level of potassium in the blood
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