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
Many people believe that cracking your knuckles causes arthritis. However, several studies have compared people who crack their knuckles with people who do not and found no difference in arthritis rates. What is the author’s main purpose?
- ATo correct a common belief using evidence
- BTo persuade readers to crack their knuckles
- CTo describe how joints make a cracking sound
- DTo explain how arthritis is treated
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 changes the topic to coal mining safety.
- CIt adds a point that complicates its claim.
- DIt gives an example that proves Passage 1.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the correct word: “Of all the students, Kim studies the ___.”
- Amost hard
- Bhardestly
- Charder
- Dhardest
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Which revision is the most concise? “The nurse made a decision to conduct an assessment of the wound.”
- AA decision was made by the nurse to assess the wound.
- BThe nurse decided to assess the wound.
- CThe nurse made the decision of assessing the wound.
- DThe nurse decided to conduct an assessment of the wound.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
What does the prefix endo- mean, as in “endoscopy”?
- AOutside
- BAfter
- CWithin
- DHalf
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “When the injured leg was moved, the nurse felt crepitus.”
- AA loss of feeling in the skin
- BA strong, bounding pulse under the skin
- CA sudden muscle spasm
- DA grating or crackling sensation
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: A · To correct a common belief using evidence
Why this is the answer
The author presents a popular belief and then uses study results to show it is not supported.
A · To correct a common belief using evidence
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: C · 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.
C · It adds a point that complicates its claim.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: D · hardest
Why this is the answer
When comparing three or more, use the superlative. For the short adverb “hard”, the superlative is “hardest”.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: B · The nurse decided to assess the wound.
Why this is the answer
“Made a decision” becomes “decided” and “conduct an assessment of” becomes “assess”. C fixes only one phrase, B is still wordy and D adds the passive voice.
B · The nurse decided to assess the wound.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: C · Within
Why this is the answer
Endo- means inside: an endoscopy looks inside a hollow organ.
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: D · A grating or crackling sensation
Why this is the answer
Crepitus is a grating, crackling sound or feeling, for example when broken bone ends rub together.
D · A grating or crackling sensation
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