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
“Turn the oven off, then let the cake cool in the tin for ten minutes. After that, turn it out onto a wire rack to cool completely before icing.” What should be done just before the cake is iced?
- ALeave it in the tin for an hour.
- BTurn the oven back on.
- CLet it cool completely on a wire rack.
- DPut it in the fridge for ten minutes.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
A survey asked 50 people leaving a fast-food restaurant about their favourite meal. Most said burgers. The writer concluded that burgers are the favourite meal of people in the country. What is the main flaw?
- AThe question was about the wrong topic.
- BThe sample does not represent the whole country.
- CBurgers are not a type of meal.
- DFifty people is far too many for a survey.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the correct word: “He was ___ by the loud noise.”
- Astartles
- Bstartle
- Cstartling
- Dstartled
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Which word best completes the formal email? “I am writing to ___ about the clinical placement schedule.”
- Ainquire
- Bcheck out
- Cask around
- Dfind out stuff
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Hearing loss is prevalent among older adults.”
- AHidden
- BRare
- CMild
- DCommon
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
What does the term pericarditis mean?
- AEnlargement of the heart
- BInflammation of the muscle tissue of the heart wall
- CInflammation of the sac around the heart
- DSlow heart rate
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: C · Let it cool completely on a wire rack.
Why this is the answer
The cake must cool completely on a wire rack before it is iced. The ten minutes in the tin come earlier.
C · Let it cool completely on a wire rack.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: B · The sample does not represent the whole country.
Why this is the answer
People leaving a fast-food restaurant are likely to prefer fast food, so the small, biased sample cannot speak for the whole country.
B · The sample does not represent the whole country.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: D · startled
Why this is the answer
The -ed participle describes the person who feels something. “Startling” would describe the noise itself.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: A · inquire
Why this is the answer
“Inquire” is formal and precise. Phrasal verbs and vague words such as “stuff” sound casual.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: D · Common
Why this is the answer
Prevalent means widespread or common in a particular group or area.
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: C · Inflammation of the sac around the heart
Why this is the answer
Peri- (around) + cardi/o (heart) + -itis (inflammation): inflammation of the pericardium. Heart muscle inflammation is myocarditis.
C · Inflammation of the sac around the heart
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