Тренировка по английскому и чтению в стиле TEAS: шпаргалка-пакет

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. BHand washing reduced the spread of infection to the mothers.
3. CAutopsies were no longer performed in that hospital after the year 1840.
4. DChlorine was used to make medicines for new mothers.

“Ms. Lee’s plants on the sunny windowsill grew tall and green. The same plants in the dark corner stayed small and turned yellow.” What conclusion is best supported?

1. AThese plants turn yellow in all homes.
2. BThese plants need light to grow well.
3. CThese plants need more water in corners.
4. DThese plants grow best in the dark.

Which word is written correctly with a hyphen?

1. Aselfesteem
2. Bself esteem
3. Cselfe-steem
4. Dself-esteem

Which task belongs to revising rather than editing?

1. AAdding a missing comma
2. BChanging a lowercase letter to a capital
3. CCorrecting a misspelled word
4. DReorganising paragraphs so the argument flows logically

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Other researchers tried to replicate the study.”

1. ARaise money for
2. BRepeat
3. CPublish in a journal
4. DCriticise in public

Choose the word that best completes the sentence: “The new nurse was a ___ and needed close supervision in her first weeks.”

1. Aveteran
2. Bnovice
3. Cexpert
4. Dmentor