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 word ‘biology’ comes from two Greek words: ‘bios’, meaning life, and ‘logos’, meaning study.” What does “biology” mean, according to the passage?
- AThe study of life
- BThe study of stars
- CThe study of rocks
- DThe study of numbers
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
The author writes: “Since the city put up speed cameras, the number of crashes has fallen. The cameras also earned the city a lot of money in fines. Critics say this proves the cameras are only about money.” Why is the critics’ conclusion weak?
- AEarning money does not rule out improving safety.
- BCrashes increased after the cameras went up.
- CThe cameras did not collect any money at all.
- DThe critics do not live in the city.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Which sentence clearly says that Maya was the one person who passed the test?
- AMaya only passed the test.
- BOnly Maya passed the test.
- CMaya passed the only test.
- DMaya passed only the test.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Which revision best corrects the shift from active to passive voice? “The nurse checked the chart, and then the medication was given by her.”
- AThe nurse checked the chart and then gave the medication.
- BThe nurse checked the chart, and then the medication had been given.
- CThe chart was checked, and then the nurse gave the medication.
- DThe chart was checked by the nurse, and then she gave the medication.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The patient’s blood pressure was labile throughout the night.”
- AChanging quickly and often
- BSteady and unchanging
- CImpossible to measure with a normal cuff
- DVery low
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
Choose the word that best completes the sentence: “The two medications should not be taken together because they ___ each other’s effects.”
- Acounteract
- Bdescribe
- Cpackage
- Dduplicate
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: A · The study of life
Why this is the answer
“Bios” means life and “logos” means study, so biology is the study of life.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: A · Earning money does not rule out improving safety.
Why this is the answer
The cameras can both earn money and reduce crashes. Earning fines does not prove that money is their only purpose.
A · Earning money does not rule out improving safety.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: B · Only Maya passed the test.
Why this is the answer
“Only” limits the word that follows it. “Only Maya” means no one else passed. The other positions change the meaning.
B · Only Maya passed the test.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: A · The nurse checked the chart and then gave the medication.
Why this is the answer
A keeps both verbs in the active voice with “the nurse” as the subject. B and D still mix passive and active, and C stays passive in the second clause.
A · The nurse checked the chart and then gave the medication.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: A · Changing quickly and often
Why this is the answer
Labile means unstable and easily changed, for example a blood pressure that keeps going up and down.
A · Changing quickly and often
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: A · counteract
Why this is the answer
To counteract is to act against and reduce or cancel an effect.
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