練習問題（数値は架空のもので、臨床上の指針ではありません）。 ある点滴は 12 mg/h を投与します。この投与速度 D を mcg/min で表してください。小数第1位に丸めてください。
12 mg/h1 mg = 1000 mcg1 h = 60 min
D = mcg/min
5.読解（入学試験）ふつう
To make a cup of tea, first boil the water. Next, put a tea bag in the cup and pour the hot water over it. Let it steep for three to five minutes, then remove the bag and add milk if you like. Which step comes immediately before removing the tea bag?
ABoiling the water
BAdding milk
CPutting the tea bag in the cup
DLetting the tea steep for three to five minutes
6.読解（入学試験）むずかしい
The author writes: “Either we close the old swimming pool, or the town will go bankrupt.” What is the flaw in this statement?
AIt uses figures that are clearly out of date.
BIt presents only two options when others exist.
CIt gives too many reasons for closing the pool.
DIt agrees with both sides of the debate.
7.医療の語彙（入学試験）ふつう
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The preliminary results look promising.”
AEarly and not final
BIncorrect and withdrawn
CDetailed and complete
DFinal and confirmed
8.医療の語彙（入学試験）むずかしい
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “After the stroke, the patient’s gait was unsteady.”
AManner of walking
BClarity of speech
CPattern of breathing
DStyle of handwriting
9.英文法と言語運用（入学試験）ふつう
Choose the correct word: “The thermometer, ___ was new, broke on the first day.”
次元解析：与えられた量を書き、それに分数で表した換算係数（例：60 min/1 h や 1 mg/1000 mcg）を掛けていきます。不要な単位が分子と分母に1回ずつ現れて約分されるようにします。求める単位だけが残ったら計算します。問題で与えられた換算値を使い、丸めるのは最終的な答えだけです。
換算の連鎖を立てる
D = 12 mg/h × (1000 mcg/1 mg) × (1 h/60 min)
計算する
D = 12000/60 = 200 mcg/min
答え
D = 200 mcg/min
5.読解（入学試験）
答え: D · Letting the tea steep for three to five minutes
これが答えになる理由
The tea steeps for three to five minutes, and then the bag is removed. Milk is added after that.
答え
D · Letting the tea steep for three to five minutes
6.読解（入学試験）
答え: B · It presents only two options when others exist.
これが答えになる理由
The statement is a false choice. The town might raise fees, find a sponsor or cut other costs, so closing the pool is not the only alternative to bankruptcy.
答え
B · It presents only two options when others exist.
7.医療の語彙（入学試験）
答え: A · Early and not final
これが答えになる理由
Preliminary means coming before the main or final part.
答え
A · Early and not final
8.医療の語彙（入学試験）
答え: A · Manner of walking
これが答えになる理由
Gait is the way a person walks, and an unsteady gait increases the risk of falls.
答え
A · Manner of walking
9.英文法と言語運用（入学試験）
答え: B · which
これが答えになる理由
“Which” is used for things in a nonessential clause. “Who” and “whom” refer to people.
答え
B · which
10.英文法と言語運用（入学試験）
答え: B · She decided to carefully check the dose.
これが答えになる理由
In A, the adverb “carefully” comes between “to” and “check”, splitting the infinitive. Most modern style guides accept split infinitives, but test writers still expect you to recognise one.
答え: A · New evidence could always contradict it in the future
これが答えになる理由
Evidence can support a hypothesis or show it to be false, but there is always the chance of a future result that does not fit. For this reason, scientific conclusions remain open to revision.
答え
A · New evidence could always contradict it in the future
17.看護学校入学試験のための化学
答え: D · 29.25 g
これが答えになる理由
0.5 mol × 58.5 g/mol = 29.25 g. Dividing instead of multiplying gives 117, which has the wrong units.
答え
D · 29.25 g
18.看護学校入学試験のための化学
答え: A · He left gaps and correctly predicted the properties of elements not yet discovered
これが答えになる理由
Mendeleev grouped elements by similar properties and left gaps for unknown elements, predicting their properties. When gallium and germanium were found, they matched his predictions. Ordering by atomic number came later, after Moseley's work.
答え
A · He left gaps and correctly predicted the properties of elements not yet discovered