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
Florence Nightingale collected data on deaths among soldiers in the Crimean War. She showed in clear diagrams that more soldiers died from disease than from battle wounds, and she used this evidence to persuade the government to improve hospital sanitation. What was Nightingale’s main goal in collecting the data?
- ATo convince officials to improve hospital conditions
- BTo teach soldiers how to draw diagrams
- CTo prove that battle wounds were not dangerous
- DTo design better weapons for the army
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
A report says: “In 2020, the clinic saw 400 patients with asthma. In 2023, it saw 600.” Which conclusion is best supported?
- AThe clinic’s treatment of asthma has become worse.
- BThe clinic saw twice as many asthma patients in 2023.
- CThe clinic saw 50 percent more asthma patients in 2023.
- DAsthma has become more common nationwide.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Which sentence uses the plural “doctors” correctly?
- AThree doctors’ joined the team.
- BThree doctors joined the team.
- CThree doctor’s joined the team.
- DThree doctores joined the team.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Which sentence is in the active voice?
- AThe new schedule was approved by the committee.
- BThe committee approved the new schedule.
- CThe new schedule has been approved.
- DThe new schedule is being approved by the committee.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The two blood pressure readings were consistent.”
- AIn agreement with each other
- BVery different from each other
- CBoth recorded incorrectly
- DTaken at the same time
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
Which word means “between the ribs”?
- AIntercostal
- BIntracostal
- CSupracostal
- DSubcostal
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: A · To convince officials to improve hospital conditions
Why this is the answer
The passage says she used the evidence to persuade the government to improve sanitation in hospitals.
A · To convince officials to improve hospital conditions
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: C · The clinic saw 50 percent more asthma patients in 2023.
Why this is the answer
The rise from 400 to 600 is 200, which is 50 percent of 400. The data come from one clinic, so they cannot show a national trend or explain the cause.
C · The clinic saw 50 percent more asthma patients in 2023.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: B · Three doctors joined the team.
Why this is the answer
An apostrophe shows possession or a contraction, not a plural. “Doctors” is the plain plural of “doctor”.
B · Three doctors joined the team.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: B · The committee approved the new schedule.
Why this is the answer
“The committee approved …” has the doer as the subject. The other three use a form of “be” + past participle, the passive voice.
B · The committee approved the new schedule.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: A · In agreement with each other
Why this is the answer
Consistent means staying the same or agreeing with something else.
A · In agreement with each other
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: A · Intercostal
Why this is the answer
Inter- (between) + costal (ribs). Subcostal is below the ribs and supracostal above them.
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