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 old lighthouse keeper climbed the 120 steps every evening to light the lamp, even when his knees ached, because ships depended on him.” What motivates the lighthouse keeper?
- AA sense of duty to the ships
- BA wish to exercise his knees
- CA fear of being alone at night
- DA plan to sell the lighthouse
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
“Every year, Grandpa planted one more apple tree. When people asked why, since he would not live to see them fruit, he smiled and said, ‘They are not for me.’” What does Grandpa’s answer suggest?
- AHe planned to sell the young trees soon for money.
- BHe did not like eating apples himself.
- CHe planted the trees for future generations.
- DHe did not know how trees grow.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the correct word: “To ___ should I address this letter?”
- Awho
- Bwho’s
- Cwhom
- Dwhose
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Choose the correct verb: “Had I known about the delay, I ___ earlier.”
- Awill leave
- Bwould leave
- Cwould have left
- Dhad left
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The headaches tend to recur in spring.”
- ADisappear for good
- BStart for the first time
- CBecome milder
- DHappen again
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Obesity is a predisposing factor for type 2 diabetes.”
- AUnrelated to it
- BMaking a person more likely to develop it
- CPreventing it completely in every person who has it
- DCuring it
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: A · A sense of duty to the ships
Why this is the answer
He climbs despite pain “because ships depended on him”, which shows a strong sense of responsibility or duty.
A · A sense of duty to the ships
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: C · He planted the trees for future generations.
Why this is the answer
Planting trees he would not see bear fruit, “not for me”, suggests he planted them for others, such as his family or future generations.
C · He planted the trees for future generations.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: C · whom
Why this is the answer
After a preposition, use the object form “whom” (as you would say “him”). “Who” is the subject form.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: C · would have left
Why this is the answer
This is a past unreal condition with inverted word order. The main clause needs “would have” + past participle.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: D · Happen again
Why this is the answer
To recur is to occur again, often repeatedly.
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: B · Making a person more likely to develop it
Why this is the answer
A predisposing factor increases susceptibility. It does not guarantee the disease will develop.
B · Making a person more likely to develop it
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