閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

 

Exercise 303
Purpose: Increasing reading comprehension skills /加強閱讀技巧

Listen to the following story from Writing Effective Study Plans by Ted Knoy:

Pick the work or expression whose meaning is closest to the meaning of the underlined word or expression in the following passages.

 

 

1.  As chairman of the Technical Management program at Soochow University and a frequent reader of management reports, Professor Su must often point out errors in the report contents of undergraduate work and their overall quality.

A.             sparse

B.              routine 

C.              seldom

 

2.  At the beginning of the semester, she often criticized the work of the team that Mr. Jerry Chang belonged to in her offered course of Total Quality Management.

 

A.             to praise

B.              to find the strengths of

C.              to find fault with 

 

3.  However, his team gradually progressed in its preparation and overall quality of work.

A.             slowly 

B.              rapidly

C.              quickly

 

4.  However, his team gradually progressed in its preparation and overall quality of work.

A.             declined

B.              improved 

C.              leveled out

 

5.  In doing so, they provided valuable insight into the way in which total quality management is increasingly adopted in Taiwan's semiconductor industry, as documented in a report they wrote to fulfill the course requirements.

A.             instinct 

B.              incursion

C.              foray

 

6.  In doing so, they provided valuable insight into the way in which total quality management is increasingly adopted in Taiwan's semiconductor industry, as documented in a report they wrote to fulfill the course requirements.

A.             accredited

B.              demonstrated 

C.              deplored

 

7.  In doing so, they provided valuable insight into the way in which total quality management is increasingly adopted in Taiwan's semiconductor industry, as documented in a report they wrote to fulfill the course requirements.

A.             exceed

B.              surpass

C.              meet 

 

8.  Mr. Chang played an instrumental role in this team, not only in orally presenting group findings but also in assigning work to team members.

A.             major 

B.              minor

C.              subtle

 

9.  Mr. Chang played an instrumental role in this team, not only in orally presenting group findings but also in assigning work to team members.

A.             submitting a conference paper about his group’s findings

B.              writing a paper about his group’s findings

C.              speaking about his group’s findings 

 


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Additional practice can be found in  Writing Effective Study Plans by Ted Knoy for some of these definitions.

View the accompanying Power Point presentation on details of how to write this paragraph.

 

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