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
“I was born in 1950 in a small farming village. Every morning I walked three miles to school, even in the snow.” What type of source is this most likely?
- AA textbook, a secondary source
- BA primary source, such as a memoir
- CA dictionary entry about villages
- DA science report about snow
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
Read the two statements. Statement 1: “Walking 30 minutes a day lowers the risk of heart disease.” Statement 2: “Walking is the most enjoyable form of exercise.” Which is true?
- AStatement 1 is an opinion; Statement 2 is a fact.
- BStatement 1 can be tested; Statement 2 is an opinion.
- CBoth statements are opinions.
- DBoth statements are proven facts.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the correct verb: “Every morning he wakes up, ___ coffee and leaves for work.”
- Awill make
- Bmakes
- Cmaking
- Dmade
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Which sentence uses the present perfect correctly?
- AI have visit Paris twice.
- BI have visited Paris twice.
- CI visited Paris since 2020.
- DI have visited Paris last year.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The nurse recorded the time of onset of the chest pain.”
- AEnd
- BCause
- CPeak
- DBeginning
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The older patient had orthostatic hypotension.”
- ARelated to standing upright
- BRelated to hard physical exercise
- CRelated to eating a meal
- DRelated to lying flat
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: B · A primary source, such as a memoir
Why this is the answer
A first-hand account by someone who lived the events is a primary source. A textbook summarising others’ accounts would be secondary.
B · A primary source, such as a memoir
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: B · Statement 1 can be tested; Statement 2 is an opinion.
Why this is the answer
Statement 1 can be checked with research. “Most enjoyable” is a personal judgement, so Statement 2 is an opinion.
B · Statement 1 can be tested; Statement 2 is an opinion.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: B · makes
Why this is the answer
“Wakes” and “leaves” are in the simple present, so the middle verb must also be simple present: “makes”.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: B · I have visited Paris twice.
Why this is the answer
The present perfect (have + past participle) is used for experiences with no specific finished time. A finished time like “last year” needs the simple past, and “since” needs the present perfect.
B · I have visited Paris twice.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: D · Beginning
Why this is the answer
Onset is the beginning of a symptom or disease.
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: A · Related to standing upright
Why this is the answer
Orthostatic hypotension is a drop in blood pressure when a person stands up, which can cause dizziness and falls.
A · Related to standing upright
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