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?
- ATurn the oven back on.
- BLet it cool completely on a wire rack.
- CPut it in the fridge for ten minutes.
- DLeave it in the tin for an hour.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
“A doctor’s note must be given for any absence of more than three days. Absences of three days or fewer can be reported by phone.” A nurse is absent from Monday to Wednesday. What must the nurse do?
- AReport it in person on Monday.
- BBring a doctor’s note.
- CReport the absence by phone.
- DTake an unpaid holiday.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the correct verb: “The class had already ___ when I arrived.”
- Abegin
- Bbegan
- Cbegun
- Dbeginned
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Which sentence correctly uses an appositive?
- ADr. Lee our, family physician retired last year.
- BDr. Lee, our family physician, retired last year.
- CDr. Lee, our family physician retired last year.
- DDr. Lee our family physician, retired last year.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Smoking increases morbidity from heart and lung disease.”
- ARecovery
- BIllness
- CDeath
- DCost
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
What does the term rhinoplasty mean?
- AExamination of the nose with a scope
- BInflammation of the nose
- CRemoval of the nose
- DSurgical repair or reshaping of the nose
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: B · 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.
B · Let it cool completely on a wire rack.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: C · Report the absence by phone.
Why this is the answer
Monday to Wednesday is three days, which is “three days or fewer”, so a phone report is enough. A note is needed only for more than three days.
C · Report the absence by phone.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: C · begun
Why this is the answer
“Begin” has the forms begin, began, begun. The past perfect uses had + past participle: had begun.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: B · Dr. Lee, our family physician, retired last year.
Why this is the answer
“Our family physician” renames Dr. Lee and adds extra information, so it needs a comma before and after it.
B · Dr. Lee, our family physician, retired last year.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: B · Illness
Why this is the answer
Morbidity refers to illness or disease; mortality refers to death.
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: D · Surgical repair or reshaping of the nose
Why this is the answer
Rhin/o (nose) + -plasty (surgical repair or reshaping). Rhinitis is inflammation of the nose.
D · Surgical repair or reshaping of the nose
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