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 novel follows a young doctor in a small mountain town. Over one winter, she learns as much from her patients as they learn from her.” What is the most likely theme?
- ADoctors should live in large cities.
- BWinter is the worst season of the year.
- CMountains are dangerous in winter.
- DLearning goes both ways.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
Passage 1: “Electric cars produce no exhaust while driving.” Passage 2: “The electricity used to charge cars may come from power plants that burn coal.” How does Passage 2 relate to Passage 1?
- AIt repeats the same claim in other words.
- BIt gives an example that proves Passage 1.
- CIt changes the topic to coal mining safety.
- DIt adds a point that complicates its claim.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
What kind of sentence is this? “When the alarm rang, everyone left the building.”
- AComplex
- BCompound
- CSimple
- DRun-on
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Which sentence correctly uses an appositive?
- ADr. Lee, our family physician retired last year.
- BDr. Lee our family physician, retired last year.
- CDr. Lee our, family physician retired last year.
- DDr. Lee, our family physician, retired last year.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Nurses use therapeutic communication with patients.”
- AWritten down rather than spoken
- BRequired by law in every case
- CPromoting healing and well-being
- DCasual and chatty in tone, like with friends
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
Choose the meaning of the words in bold: “On review the patient was afebrile and normotensive.”
- ANo fever, and low blood pressure
- BA fever, and normal blood pressure
- CA fever, and a high blood pressure reading
- DNo fever, and normal blood pressure
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: D · Learning goes both ways.
Why this is the answer
The doctor learns from her patients as much as they learn from her, suggesting that learning goes both ways.
D · Learning goes both ways.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: D · It adds a point that complicates its claim.
Why this is the answer
Passage 2 does not deny that electric cars have no exhaust, but it points out that pollution may still come from producing the electricity. It complicates the picture.
D · It adds a point that complicates its claim.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: A · Complex
Why this is the answer
One independent clause plus one dependent clause (introduced by “when”) makes a complex sentence.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: D · Dr. Lee, our family physician, retired last year.
Why this is the answer
“Our family physician” renames Dr. Lee and adds extra information, so it needs a comma before and after it.
D · Dr. Lee, our family physician, retired last year.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: C · Promoting healing and well-being
Why this is the answer
Therapeutic means having a healing or helpful effect.
C · Promoting healing and well-being
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: D · No fever, and normal blood pressure
Why this is the answer
Afebrile means without fever, and normotensive means having normal blood pressure.
D · No fever, and normal blood pressure
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