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 whale is the largest animal on Earth. Some blue whales are longer than two buses parked end to end.” Why does the author compare whales to buses?
- ATo help readers picture the whale’s great size
- BTo suggest that buses are bigger than whales
- CTo explain how whales travel
- DTo show that whales are as fast as buses
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
“The phone rang at 3 a.m. Lena’s heart pounded as she reached for it, already imagining the worst.” What does the author suggest by “already imagining the worst”?
- ALena was annoyed by a wrong number.
- BLena knew who was calling.
- CLena was excited about a surprise.
- DLena expected bad news.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the correct verb: “Where ___ the extra blankets kept?”
- Ais
- Bdoes
- Cwas
- Dare
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Choose the correct pronoun: “The instructor gave ___ nurses extra practice.”
- Aour
- Bourselves
- Cus
- Dwe
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
What does the prefix peri- mean, as in “pericardium”?
- ABelow
- BWithin
- CAgainst
- DAround
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
What does the term encephalitis mean?
- ADisease of the spinal cord
- BSwelling of the face and scalp
- CInflammation of the membranes around the brain
- DInflammation of the brain
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: A · To help readers picture the whale’s great size
Why this is the answer
Comparing a blue whale with two buses gives readers a familiar picture of its great length.
A · To help readers picture the whale’s great size
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: D · Lena expected bad news.
Why this is the answer
A call at 3 a.m., her pounding heart and “imagining the worst” all suggest she feared bad news.
D · Lena expected bad news.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: D · are
Why this is the answer
The subject is “blankets”, which is plural, so the helping verb is “are”: “The extra blankets are kept where?”
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: C · us
Why this is the answer
“The instructor gave us extra practice” is correct, so “us nurses” is correct. The pronoun is an indirect object and needs the object form.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: D · Around
Why this is the answer
Peri- means around: the pericardium is the sac around the heart.
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: D · Inflammation of the brain
Why this is the answer
Encephalitis is inflammation of the brain tissue, while meningitis is inflammation of the meninges.
D · Inflammation of the brain
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