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
Some animals hibernate in winter. Their heart rate and breathing slow down, and their body temperature drops. This saves energy at a time when food is hard to find. Why do some animals hibernate?
- ATo save energy when food is scarce
- BTo raise their heart rate in the cold
- CTo find a mate during the winter
- DTo grow thicker fur for the summer
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
A parking garage charges “$3 for the first hour and $2 for each additional hour or part of an hour.” A visitor parks for 3 hours and 20 minutes. How much does the visitor pay?
- A$11
- B$10
- C$9
- D$7
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the correct word: “The thermometer, ___ was new, broke on the first day.”
- Awhich
- Bwho
- Cwhom
- Dwhose
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Choose the correct pronoun: “Two students, Lena and ___, won the award.”
- Ame
- Bmyself
- Cmine
- DI
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Poor eyesight can be a barrier to reading labels.”
- AHelp
- BObstacle
- CSign
- DCure
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
What does the term leukaemia mean?
- AA bacterial infection of the bloodstream
- BA cancer of the blood-forming tissues
- CA low number of red blood cells
- DAn inherited bleeding disorder
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: A · To save energy when food is scarce
Why this is the answer
The passage says hibernation saves energy when food is hard to find. Heart rate slows rather than rises.
A · To save energy when food is scarce
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: C · $9
Why this is the answer
The first hour costs $3. The remaining 2 hours 20 minutes count as 3 additional hours: 3 × $2 = $6. Total $9.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: A · which
Why this is the answer
“Which” is used for things in a nonessential clause. “Who” and “whom” refer to people.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: D · I
Why this is the answer
A pronoun in an appositive takes the same case as the word it renames. “Two students” is the subject, so the subject form “I” is used: “Lena and I won the award.”
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: B · Obstacle
Why this is the answer
A barrier is something that prevents or blocks progress.
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: B · A cancer of the blood-forming tissues
Why this is the answer
Leukaemia (US: leukemia) is a cancer of the bone marrow and blood in which abnormal white blood cells are produced.
B · A cancer of the blood-forming tissues
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