Fiche d’exercices de Compréhension de lecture (examens d’entrée) avec corrigé

A clinic sign reads: “Please turn off your mobile phone in the X-ray room.” Where must phones be turned off?

1. AIn the car park
2. BIn the waiting room
3. CAnywhere inside the clinic
4. DIn the X-ray room

“Please do not feed the ducks bread,” says a sign by the pond. “Bread can make them ill. Use the duck food sold at the kiosk instead.” What does the sign suggest instead of bread?

1. ALeftover rice from home
2. BDuck food from the kiosk
3. CFresh fruit
4. DSeeds from the garden

When a hedgehog is frightened, it rolls into a tight ball. Its sharp spines then stick out in all directions, protecting its soft belly. What does a hedgehog do when it is frightened?

1. AIt rolls into a ball.
2. BIt runs into water.
3. CIt climbs a tree.
4. DIt calls loudly.

“The word ‘biology’ comes from two Greek words: ‘bios’, meaning life, and ‘logos’, meaning study.” What does “biology” mean, according to the passage?

1. AThe study of life
2. BThe study of stars
3. CThe study of rocks
4. DThe study of numbers

“The patient’s blood pressure was stable throughout the night, with every reading close to the one before.” What does “stable” mean here?

1. AGetting harder to read
2. BRising quickly
3. CNot changing much
4. DToo low to measure

Lions live in groups called prides, and the females do most of the hunting together. Tigers usually live and hunt alone. How are lions and tigers different, according to the passage?

1. ATigers live in groups, but lions mostly live alone.
2. BLions live in groups, but tigers mostly live alone.
3. CMale lions do all the hunting, but tigers never hunt.
4. DLions hunt only at night, but tigers hunt by day.

“When Aunt Rose saw the broken vase, she said, ‘Well, I never liked that vase anyway,’ and gave her nervous nephew a wink.” Why did Aunt Rose most likely say this?

1. ATo ask him to buy a new vase
2. BTo put her nephew at ease
3. CTo blame her nephew for breaking it
4. DTo show how angry she felt

Some experts recommend that adults get 150 minutes of moderate exercise a week. Kim walks briskly for 20 minutes on 5 days and cycles for 40 minutes on Saturday. Does Kim meet the recommendation?

1. ANo, she does only 100 minutes
2. BNo, she does 140 minutes, 10 short
3. CYes, she does 150 minutes exactly
4. DYes, she does 180 minutes