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

“Ellie’s room was a mess. Clothes covered the floor, books were piled on the bed and her shoes were under the desk.” What is the main idea?

1. AEllie had many shoes.
2. BEllie had moved house.
3. CEllie read in bed.
4. DEllie’s room was untidy.

Vitamin C is found in many fruits and vegetables, such as oranges, strawberries and peppers. The body uses it to help heal wounds. Which food is named as a source of vitamin C?

1. ABrown rice
2. BHard cheese
3. CStrawberries
4. DWhite bread

The sign on a door reads: “Staff only. Visitors please use the main entrance on the left.” Where should visitors go?

1. ATo the staff room
2. BTo the side exit on the right
3. CTo the main entrance on the left
4. DThrough this door

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. AHand washing reduced the spread of infection to the mothers.
2. BAutopsies were no longer performed in that hospital after the year 1840.
3. CThe mothers died because of problems during birth only.
4. DChlorine was used to make medicines for new mothers.

In the sentence “The medicine may cause drowsiness, so do not drive after taking it,” what does “drowsiness” mean?

1. AHunger
2. BItchy skin
3. CDizziness
4. DSleepiness

“The tide was coming in fast. The children, busy building their sandcastle, did not notice the water creeping closer and closer.” What is most likely to happen next?

1. AThey will win a sandcastle prize.
2. BThe tide will go back out.
3. CThey will build a castle on the cliffs.
4. DThe rising water will reach the sandcastle.

“By the time the ambulance arrived, a bystander had already started chest compressions and someone else had fetched the defibrillator from the lobby.” What does the passage suggest about the bystanders?

1. AThey did not know where the defibrillator was.
2. BThey waited for the ambulance crew to act.
3. CThey called for help only after an hour.
4. DThey acted quickly before help arrived.

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. AWider reading, then the printing press
2. BNew ideas, then cheaper paper, then more printers
3. CCheaper books, wider reading, faster spread of ideas
4. DFewer books, so fewer people learned to read