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
A footnote at the bottom of a page reads: “1. Data from the National Health Survey, 2022.” What is the purpose of the footnote?
- ATo give the meaning of a difficult word
- BTo list the chapters of the book
- CTo show the source of the information
- DTo tell the reader to turn the page
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
The author writes: “I have walked to work for twenty years, rain or shine. I have never once needed a car, so no one in this city needs one.” What is the main weakness?
- AWalking to work is impossible in the rain.
- BTwenty years is too short to judge the city.
- COne person’s situation may not fit everyone.
- DThe author owns a car but does not use it.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the correct verb: “Neither the doctor nor the nurses ___ available.”
- Awas
- Bhas been
- Cis
- Dare
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
A student copies a sentence from a website without quotation marks but lists the site in the references. What is the problem?
- AThere is no problem because the source is listed in the references.
- BIt is only a problem if the copied sentence is very long.
- CIt is still plagiarism because the exact words are not marked as a quotation.
- DIt is only a problem in scientific papers, not in essays.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The pupils dilate in the dark.”
- AChange colour
- BBecome smaller
- CStop moving
- DBecome wider
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
Which word is closest in meaning to concur?
- AAgree
- BArgue
- CLeave
- DDelay
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: C · To show the source of the information
Why this is the answer
The footnote names where the data came from, so its purpose is to give the source of the information.
C · To show the source of the information
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: C · One person’s situation may not fit everyone.
Why this is the answer
The author assumes that because walking works for them, it works for everyone. Others may live far away, have disabilities or carry heavy loads.
C · One person’s situation may not fit everyone.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: D · are
Why this is the answer
With “neither … nor” or “either … or”, the verb agrees with the nearer subject. “Nurses” is plural, so “are” is correct.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: C · It is still plagiarism because the exact words are not marked as a quotation.
Why this is the answer
Exact words from a source must be placed in quotation marks and cited. Listing the source without quotation marks still presents the wording as the student’s own.
C · It is still plagiarism because the exact words are not marked as a quotation.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: D · Become wider
Why this is the answer
To dilate is to widen or open up; pupils dilate to let in more light.
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: A · Agree
Why this is the answer
To concur is to agree or have the same opinion.
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