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

Loud noise can damage hearing over time. People who work with loud machines should wear ear protection, such as earplugs or earmuffs. What should people who work with loud machines wear?

1. AThick gloves
2. BSteel-toed boots
3. CSafety glasses
4. DEar protection

Our skin makes vitamin D when it is exposed to sunlight. Vitamin D helps the body take in calcium, which keeps bones strong. What does vitamin D help the body do?

1. ADigest sugar
2. BFight off colds
3. CTake in calcium
4. DGrow more hair

Kai wanted to bake bread. He mixed flour, water, yeast and salt. He left the dough to rise for an hour. Then he shaped it into a loaf and baked it. What did Kai do after the dough rose?

1. AHe added more yeast.
2. BHe bought more flour.
3. CHe mixed in the salt.
4. DHe shaped it into a loaf.

“I couldn’t put the book down. I read it in one night and was sad when it ended.” What is the reader’s opinion of the book?

1. AThe reader did not finish it.
2. BThe reader found it too long.
3. CThe reader thought it was frightening.
4. DThe reader enjoyed it very much.

A line graph shows the number of visitors to a park each month. The line rises steadily from January to July, then falls from August to December. Which statement best describes the data?

1. AVisits are highest in January and lowest in July.
2. BVisits peak around July and then fall towards December.
3. CVisits are the same in every month of the year.
4. DVisits fall in the first half and rise in the second.

The author writes: “Every student should learn basic first aid. A few simple skills, such as how to help someone who is choking, can save a life.” What is the author’s purpose?

1. ATo describe the history of first aid training
2. BTo explain how to treat a broken bone
3. CTo entertain readers with a story about choking
4. DTo persuade readers that students should learn first aid

“Many patients feel nervous before surgery. Nurses can help by explaining what will happen, answering questions and letting patients know that their feelings are normal.” What is the author’s purpose?

1. ATo describe how nurses can ease patients’ fears
2. BTo explain how surgery is performed in detail
3. CTo criticise nurses for not explaining surgery to patients enough
4. DTo persuade patients to avoid having surgery

“The village doctor knew every family by name. When the new hospital opened in the city, many patients still drove an hour to see her.” What can be inferred about why patients kept seeing her?

1. AShe charged more than the hospital.
2. BThey valued her personal knowledge of them.
3. CThe city hospital was closed to them.
4. DThey did not know that the new hospital existed.