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
The word “quarantine” comes from the Italian “quaranta giorni”, meaning forty days. In the 1300s, ships arriving in Venice during plague outbreaks had to wait forty days before passengers could come ashore. Why did ships have to wait before passengers came ashore?
- ATo let the ships be repaired after long journeys
- BTo collect taxes from the ship owners
- CTo prevent the plague from spreading to the city
- DTo give passengers time to learn Italian
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
“Patient A’s heart rate: 72 at 8 a.m., 74 at noon, 71 at 4 p.m. Patient B’s heart rate: 70 at 8 a.m., 95 at noon, 118 at 4 p.m.” Which patient should the nurse be more concerned about, and why?
- APatient A, because the rate keeps changing.
- BPatient B, because the rate is rising steadily.
- CPatient A, because the rate dropped a little at 4 p.m.
- DPatient B, because the 8 a.m. rate was 70.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the correct verb: “By the time we arrived, the movie ___.”
- Ahas already started
- Bwill have started
- Calready starts
- Dhad already started
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
What is the mood of the verb in this sentence? “Take two tablets with water.”
- APassive
- BSubjunctive
- CIndicative
- DImperative
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Place the patient in the supine position.”
- ALying flat on the back, face up
- BLying flat on the stomach, face down
- CSitting upright at ninety degrees
- DLying on the left side
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
Which word is the opposite of vasoconstriction?
- AVasospasm
- BVasodilation
- CVasculitis
- DArteriosclerosis
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: C · To prevent the plague from spreading to the city
Why this is the answer
The waiting period during plague outbreaks was meant to keep a contagious disease out of the city.
C · To prevent the plague from spreading to the city
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: B · Patient B, because the rate is rising steadily.
Why this is the answer
Patient A’s rate stays fairly steady, while Patient B’s climbs from 70 to 118. A steadily rising heart rate is a change that needs attention.
B · Patient B, because the rate is rising steadily.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: D · had already started
Why this is the answer
The past perfect (had started) shows an action completed before another past action (we arrived).
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: D · Imperative
Why this is the answer
The imperative mood gives commands or instructions. The indicative states facts, and the subjunctive expresses wishes or conditions contrary to fact.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: A · Lying flat on the back, face up
Why this is the answer
Supine means lying on the back with the face upward.
A · Lying flat on the back, face up
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: B · Vasodilation
Why this is the answer
Vasoconstriction is narrowing of the blood vessels and vasodilation is their widening; a vasospasm is a sudden, temporary constriction.
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