Reading comprehension (entrance exams) worksheet with answers

A recipe card says: “Serves 4. You will need 2 cups of rice, 1 onion and 3 cups of water.” How many people does the recipe serve?

1. A3
2. B2
3. C1
4. D4

“The baby was so tiny that she fit in the palm of her father’s hand.” What does “tiny” mean?

1. AVery small
2. BVery loud
3. CVery sleepy
4. DVery heavy

A caption under a photograph reads: “Nurses at City Hospital practise CPR on training dummies during a monthly class.” What does the photograph most likely show?

1. ADoctors performing a real operation
2. BPatients waiting in a hospital lobby
3. CA nurse giving a school talk
4. DNurses practising CPR on dummies in a class

“I was born in 1950 in a small farming village. Every morning I walked three miles to school, even in the snow.” What type of source is this most likely?

1. AA science report about snow
2. BA textbook, a secondary source
3. CA primary source, such as a memoir
4. DA dictionary entry about villages

“The temperature dropped below freezing overnight. In the morning, the puddles on the path were hard and slippery.” Why were the puddles hard?

1. ASomeone had covered them with sand.
2. BThe sun had dried them out.
3. CThe water in them had frozen into ice.
4. DRain had fallen on them all night.

A graph shows that the number of people using the town library fell each year from 2015 to 2019 and then rose sharply after the library added free Wi-Fi and study rooms in 2020. Which conclusion is best supported?

1. AThe library closed all of its study rooms in 2020.
2. BLibrary use rose after the new services were added.
3. CLibrary use fell every year from 2015 to 2022.
4. DFree Wi-Fi caused library use to fall in 2015.

A report states: “Patients who received a phone call from a nurse after leaving hospital were less likely to return within 30 days than patients who did not.” Which further information would best help show that the calls caused the difference?

1. AWhether patients were randomly chosen to get calls
2. BThe colour of the hospital’s discharge forms
3. CThe name of each nurse who called
4. DThe time of day each call was made

“By 1900, cities were growing fast. Factories drew workers from farms, and crowded housing led to the spread of disease.” Which cause-and-effect chain does the passage describe?

1. AFactories brought workers, crowding followed, disease spread.
2. BDisease spread, so workers moved from cities to farms.
3. CHousing improved, so diseases became much less common.
4. DFarms grew larger, so fewer people lived in the growing cities.