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

“Grandma’s soup warmed us up on the snowy day. We each had two bowls and asked for the recipe.” What did the family think of the soup?

1. AThey did not want to finish it.
2. BThey liked it a lot.
3. CThey thought it was too hot.
4. DThey found it too salty to eat.

Maya forgot her umbrella. On the way home it started to pour, and she arrived at the door dripping wet. What does “pour” mean in this passage?

1. ARain heavily
2. BStop raining
3. CBecome sunny
4. DSnow lightly

A pharmacy sign reads: “Open Monday to Friday 9 a.m.–7 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Closed Sunday.” On which day does the pharmacy close earliest?

1. ASaturday
2. BWednesday
3. CMonday
4. DFriday

“Handwashing is the single most effective way to prevent the spread of infection in hospitals,” says a training manual. What would the manual most likely recommend next?

1. AWearing the same gloves for all patients
2. BWashing hands only at the end of each shift
3. CWashing hands before and after patient contact
4. DAvoiding soap to protect the skin

In the 1840s, the doctor Ignaz Semmelweis noticed that many mothers died after childbirth in wards where doctors came straight from performing autopsies. When he required doctors to wash their hands in a chlorine solution, the death rate dropped sharply. What does the passage suggest?

1. AThe mothers died because of problems during birth only.
2. BChlorine was used to make medicines for new mothers.
3. CHand washing reduced the spread of infection to the mothers.
4. DAutopsies were no longer performed in that hospital after the year 1840.

The human body has about 206 bones in adulthood. Babies are born with about 270, but many of them fuse together as the child grows. Why do adults have fewer bones than babies?

1. ABones dissolve when a person stops growing.
2. BAdults break and lose some bones.
3. CBabies lose bones when they fall.
4. DSome bones fuse together during growth.

“The town’s only factory closed in March. By summer, several shops on the main street had shut, and the bus service was cut to twice a day.” What does the passage suggest?

1. AThe shops closed because of new laws.
2. BThe bus service improved over the summer.
3. CThe factory reopened later that year.
4. DThe factory closing hurt the wider town.

“Researchers gave half of a group of volunteers a new vitamin and the other half a dummy pill. Neither the volunteers nor the researchers knew who got which until the end.” Why did the researchers keep this secret?

1. ATo save money on vitamins
2. BTo stop expectations from affecting the results
3. CTo keep the volunteers from talking
4. DTo make the study finish more quickly