Reading comprehension (Test 54)

Multiple-choice quiz; Answer the following questions according to the text.

(Note: The text below will disappear once you start answering the questions; so, understand the text fully before answering. Also, the technique in reading comprehension tests is to read the questions first before reading the text.)

After finishing school they got jobs working together at a medical school hospital which their university had been affiliated with. The four years of intense training they had obtained made them suitable for positions not often given to new graduates. After a short inservice program they were assigned to their wards and began working with patients who had undergone major surgery. The new group of nurses proved to be excellent professionals. At the same time, they were able to maintain the close bonds of friendship that had developed between them before graduation.

The new nurses were trained _____.
1. in the hospital before they began to work
2. for four years in an intensive university program
3. for major surgery
4. to be professionals and to maintain their bonds
5. by the medical school
Their training _____.
1. was better than that of other students
2. taught them to care about each other
3. took place in an affiliated school
4. was in their service position
5. was not usually given to new graduates
The best TITLE for this passage is _____.
1. Training of Nurses
2. Graduation and the Nurse
3. What They Did After School
4. The New Professionals
5. A Job in the Hospital

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