Worksheets2nd reading assessment.
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 30mins
What is Marla Shu’s job?
Teacher
Scientist
Doctor
Lawyer
What does this passage describe?
It describes Marla Shu’s clinical rotation in Pediatrics and the impact it had on her life
It describes the legal issues that Marla Shu must grapple with every day
It describes what Marla Shu learned in her classes on Physics, Statistics, and English.
It describes the process Marla Shu went through to become a doctor.
Read this sentence: “Becoming a doctor meant more years in the classroom, as well as countless sleepless nights studying for grueling exams, and learning procedures by patients’ hospital beds.
What can the reader conclude from this information?
Becoming a doctor is something a lot of people want to do.
Becoming a doctor takes a lot of time and effort.
Becoming a doctor is easier than becoming a policeman.
Becoming a doctor makes people unhappy for the rest of their lives.
Based on information in the passage, how can Marla Shu’s job be described?
boring but easy
challenging but satisfying
unusual and extremely dangerous
confusing and upsetting
What is this passage mainly about?
how Marla Shu became a doctor and the work she does as a psychiatrist
what Marla Shu learned about autoimmune diseases in her Rheumatology rotation
the sympathy and sadness that Marla Shu’s classmates felt for the bodies they dissected
the grueling exams that Marla Shu had to take in order to become a doctor
Read the following sentences: “By the fourth year of medical school, students must choose a specialty. One of the wonderful things about becoming a doctor is that there’s something for everyone, Dr. Shu said.”
What does the word specialty mean in the sentence above?
an unusual ability that someone is born with
a back-up plan for a person who cannot find a job as a doctor
a place to live and work for many years
an area of study that a person focuses on
Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.
Marla Shu loves interacting with her patients, _______, going into Psychiatry was a good choice for her.
therefore
however
previously
instead
What do you think a good doctor should be like?
Lazy and careless
Confident and responsible
irrational
“Some students had a particularly hard time in the anatomy lab,” Dr. Shu said.
Why did Sr. Shu say this?
The students didn't understand the anatomy lesson.
The students didn't have enough time to study for the anatomy lesson.
Some students were overwhelmed with feelings of sympathy or sadness for the person whose body was on the table.
Why do think Dr. Shu and her classmates began rotating once every several weeks between departments at various hospitals?
The doctor thought it was a good exercise for the students.
The doctor wanted them to help more patients around the hospital.
The doctor wanted to help medical students gain experience in a number of disciplines and ultimately choose a specialty.
