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
Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas. It helps glucose move from the blood into cells, where it is used for energy. In type 1 diabetes, the pancreas makes little or no insulin. What would most likely happen to blood glucose in untreated type 1 diabetes?
- AIt would fall, because the cells use more glucose.
- BIt would rise, because less glucose can enter the cells.
- CIt would turn into insulin in the pancreas.
- DIt would stay normal, because insulin is not needed for glucose.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
“Ms. Lee’s plants on the sunny windowsill grew tall and green. The same plants in the dark corner stayed small and turned yellow.” What conclusion is best supported?
- AThese plants grow best in the dark.
- BThese plants need light to grow well.
- CThese plants need more water in corners.
- DThese plants turn yellow in all homes.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Which spelling is correct for the number that comes after eleventh?
- Atwelth
- Btwelvth
- Ctwelfeth
- Dtwelfth
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Which word in this sentence is a participle used as an adjective? “The broken thermometer was replaced.”
- Athermometer
- Bbroken
- Creplaced
- Dwas
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “A patient with a weak swallow is at risk of aspiration.”
- ABreathing food or fluid into the lungs
- BBleeding from the stomach lining
- CFalling when getting out of bed at night
- DLosing a large amount of weight
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
What does the term hepatorenal mean?
- ARelating to the kidneys and bladder
- BRelating to the liver and stomach
- CRelating to the liver and heart
- DRelating to the liver and kidneys
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: B · It would rise, because less glucose can enter the cells.
Why this is the answer
Without insulin, glucose cannot move into cells as easily and builds up in the blood.
B · It would rise, because less glucose can enter the cells.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: B · These plants need light to grow well.
Why this is the answer
The only difference given is light, and the plants in sunlight grew better, so the plants need light to grow well.
B · These plants need light to grow well.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: D · twelfth
Why this is the answer
“Twelfth” is spelled t-w-e-l-f-t-h. The v changes to f, and the f is often not clearly pronounced.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: B · broken
Why this is the answer
“Broken” is a past participle that describes the noun “thermometer”. “Replaced” is also a participle, but it is part of the passive verb “was replaced”.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: A · Breathing food or fluid into the lungs
Why this is the answer
Aspiration is the inhaling of food, fluid or other material into the airway and lungs.
A · Breathing food or fluid into the lungs
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: D · Relating to the liver and kidneys
Why this is the answer
Hepatorenal refers to both the liver and the kidneys, as in hepatorenal syndrome.
D · Relating to the liver and kidneys
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