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
A graph shows that the number of people using the town library fell each year from 2015 to 2019 and then rose sharply after the library added free Wi-Fi and study rooms in 2020. Which conclusion is best supported?
- ALibrary use rose after the new services were added.
- BThe library closed all of its study rooms in 2020.
- CFree Wi-Fi caused library use to fall in 2015.
- DLibrary use fell every year from 2015 to 2022.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
“Only 30 minutes after taking the new pill, I felt better,” said one customer in an advertisement. “It must be the best headache pill ever made.” Why is this weak evidence that the pill works?
- AAdvertisements are never allowed to quote real customers.
- BIt is one person’s experience, not a controlled study.
- CHeadaches never improve on their own.
- DThe customer did not say what time it was.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the correct form: “She is the ___ nurse on the unit.”
- Amost experiencedest
- Bexperiencedest
- Cmore experienced
- Dmost experienced
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Which word is the best replacement for “a bunch of” in a formal report? “A bunch of patients reported headaches.”
- ASeveral
- BTons of
- CLoads of
- DHeaps of
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Place the patient in the supine position.”
- ASitting upright at ninety degrees
- BLying flat on the stomach, face down
- CLying on the left side
- DLying flat on the back, face up
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
What does the term bradypnoea mean?
- AAbsence of breathing
- BDifficult breathing
- CAbnormally slow breathing
- DAbnormally fast breathing
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: A · Library use rose after the new services were added.
Why this is the answer
Use fell until 2019 and rose sharply after the new services in 2020, so use increased after they were added.
A · Library use rose after the new services were added.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: B · It is one person’s experience, not a controlled study.
Why this is the answer
A single testimonial cannot show that the pill caused the improvement. Headaches often ease on their own, so a controlled study with many people is needed.
B · It is one person’s experience, not a controlled study.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: D · most experienced
Why this is the answer
“Experienced” is a long adjective, so its superlative is “most experienced”. “The” and the comparison with the whole unit call for the superlative.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: A · Several
Why this is the answer
“Several” is precise and formal. “A bunch of”, “loads of”, “tons of” and “heaps of” are informal and should be avoided in academic and professional writing.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: D · Lying flat on the back, face up
Why this is the answer
Supine means lying on the back with the face upward.
D · Lying flat on the back, face up
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: C · Abnormally slow breathing
Why this is the answer
Brady- means slow and -pnoea means breathing. Tachypnoea is fast, dyspnoea difficult and apnoea absent breathing.
C · Abnormally slow breathing
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