Lista de exercícios de Compreensão de leitura (provas de admissão) com respostas

A doctor uses a stethoscope to listen to sounds inside the body, such as the heartbeat and breathing. What is a stethoscope used for?

1. ALooking inside a patient’s ears
2. BTaking a blood sample
3. CMeasuring a patient’s temperature
4. DListening to sounds inside the body

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It is made mostly of gas and has a giant storm called the Great Red Spot. What is the Great Red Spot?

1. AA deep crater
2. BA giant storm
3. CA frozen ocean
4. DA large moon

“After the long hike, Priya was famished. She ate two sandwiches, an apple and a bowl of soup.” What does “famished” most likely mean?

1. AVery cheerful
2. BVery cold
3. CVery tired
4. DVery hungry

“The children had been told not to touch the cake. When their mother came back, there was a finger-shaped hole in the icing and chocolate on Tom’s chin.” What can you infer?

1. ATom had tasted the cake.
2. BThe cake was not finished.
3. CThe mother made a mistake.
4. DTom does not like chocolate.

“Tomás has worked as a paramedic for ten years. He says the hardest part of the job is not the long hours but telling families bad news.” What does Tomás find hardest about his job?

1. AGiving bad news to families
2. BDriving the ambulance at night
3. CWorking long hours
4. DLearning new medical skills

“Rain had not fallen for three months. The river was so low that boats could not use it, and farmers worried about their crops.” What problem does the passage describe?

1. AAn earthquake
2. BA flood
3. CA drought
4. DA heat wave in winter

Passage: “Gutenberg’s printing press, developed in the 1400s, made books faster and cheaper to produce. As more books became available, more people learned to read, and new ideas spread quickly across Europe.” Which sequence of effects does the passage describe?

1. ACheaper books, wider reading, faster spread of ideas
2. BWider reading, then the printing press
3. CNew ideas, then cheaper paper, then more printers
4. DFewer books, so fewer people learned to read

The author writes: “In a survey, 80% of patients said they were satisfied with the clinic. However, only 10% of patients returned the survey.” What is the author suggesting?

1. AThe clinic sent too many surveys.
2. BThe result may not represent all patients.
3. CMost patients were unhappy with the clinic.
4. DThe 80% figure must be a typing error.