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
An advertisement says: “Everyone is switching to SparkleSmile toothpaste. Don’t be the only one left behind!” Which technique is the advertisement using?
- ADescribing the ingredients in detail
- BComparing the price with other toothpastes
- CQuoting a dentist’s expert advice
- DUrging people to follow the crowd
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
Researchers found that people who own dogs live longer, on average, than people who do not. The author concludes that buying a dog will make a person live longer. What is the main weakness in the author’s reasoning?
- AThe researchers did not study any people who own dogs.
- BThe study actually found that dog owners live shorter lives than others.
- CDogs do not live as long as their owners.
- DA link between two things does not prove that one causes the other.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the correct reflexive pronoun: “The students prepared ___ for the exam.”
- Athemselves
- Btheirself
- Ctheirselves
- Dthemself
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Which choice correctly combines the sentences? “The nurse was tired. She finished her shift.”
- AAlthough the nurse was tired, she finished her shift.
- BAlthough the nurse was tired. She finished her shift.
- CThe nurse was tired she finished her shift.
- DThe nurse was tired, she finished her shift.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
What does the suffix -uria mean, as in “haematuria”?
- AA condition of the eye
- BA condition of the urine
- CA condition of the ear
- DA condition of the nose
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
Which word is the opposite of anterior?
- APosterior
- BLateral
- CSuperior
- DMedial
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: D · Urging people to follow the crowd
Why this is the answer
The ad suggests that everyone is using the product and you should too. This “bandwagon” appeal relies on following others, not on evidence.
D · Urging people to follow the crowd
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: D · A link between two things does not prove that one causes the other.
Why this is the answer
Healthier, more active people may be more likely to own dogs. A correlation alone does not show that buying a dog causes a longer life.
D · A link between two things does not prove that one causes the other.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: A · themselves
Why this is the answer
“Themselves” is the standard plural reflexive pronoun. “Theirselves” and “theirself” are nonstandard, and “themself” refers to one person.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: A · Although the nurse was tired, she finished her shift.
Why this is the answer
A subordinating conjunction (although) turns the first clause into a dependent clause, joined to the main clause with a comma.
A · Although the nurse was tired, she finished her shift.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: B · A condition of the urine
Why this is the answer
-uria refers to urine: haematuria is blood in the urine and polyuria passing large amounts of urine.
B · A condition of the urine
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: A · Posterior
Why this is the answer
Anterior means front and posterior means back.
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