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

The school nurse sent a note home: “Please keep your child at home if they have a fever of 38 °C (100,4 °F) or higher. They may return when they have been free of fever for 24 hours without medicine.” When may a child return to school?

1. AAfter 24 hours without fever and without fever medicine
2. BWhen the temperature is just below 38,5 °C
3. CAs soon as the fever medicine has been taken
4. DAfter one good night of sleep, even if the fever is still there

Sloths are very slow animals that live in the rainforests of Central and South America. They spend most of their lives hanging upside down in trees and rarely come down to the ground. Where do sloths spend most of their lives?

1. ADigging underground
2. BSwimming in rivers
3. CWalking on the forest floor
4. DHanging in trees

Many people think goldfish have a memory of only three seconds. In fact, studies have shown that goldfish can remember things for months and can even be trained to respond to sounds. What does the passage say about goldfish?

1. AThey can remember things for three seconds only.
2. BThey cannot learn anything at all.
3. CThey can remember things for months.
4. DThey forget sounds very quickly.

Vaccines train the immune system to recognise a germ without causing the disease. Later, if the real germ enters the body, the immune system can respond faster. Which statement best summarises the passage?

1. AVaccines cause a mild form of every disease.
2. BVaccines work only after a person is already sick with the disease.
3. CVaccines replace the immune system completely.
4. DVaccines prepare the immune system to fight a germ quickly.

A notice in the staff room reads: “The parking lot will be repaved on Tuesday. Staff should park in the overflow lot on Elm Street. Shuttle buses will run every 10 minutes from 6 a.m.” What is the main purpose of the notice?

1. ATo tell staff where to park during the repaving
2. BTo ask staff to work an extra shift on Tuesday
3. CTo explain why the parking lot is being repaved
4. DTo announce a new shuttle bus route to the city

Octopuses can change the colour and texture of their skin in less than a second. They use this ability to hide from predators and to sneak up on prey. What are two reasons octopuses change colour?

1. ATo hide from predators and to sneak up on prey
2. BTo show they are angry and to sleep
3. CTo signal danger to others and to clean their skin
4. DTo attract mates and to keep warm

Train timetable: trains leave Oak Street at 6:10, 6:40, 7:10 and 7:40 a.m. The journey to Central takes 35 minutes. A nurse’s shift at Central Hospital starts at 7:30 a.m., and it is a 5-minute walk from the station. Which is the latest train she can take and still arrive on time?

1. AThe 6:40 train
2. BThe 6:10 train
3. CThe 7:10 train
4. DThe 7:40 train

“Only 30 minutes after taking the new pill, I felt better,” said one customer in an advertisement. “It must be the best headache pill ever made.” Why is this weak evidence that the pill works?

1. AHeadaches never improve on their own.
2. BThe customer did not say what time it was.
3. CIt is one person’s experience, not a controlled study.
4. DAdvertisements are never allowed to quote real customers.