閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

Exercise 398
Purpose: Increasing reading comprehension skills /加強閱讀技巧
Writing Effective Career Statements /有效撰寫英文職涯經歷


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

 

1.    Following graduation from university, Sam joined the army as a professional soldier and officer.
  A. departed
  B.  coalesced
  C.   retreated from
   
2. He was initially responsible for handling the administration of the physical examinations of six thousand new soldiers out of a large squadron of around ten thousand military personnel.
  A. finally
  B. ultimately
  C. first
     
3.  He was initially responsible for handling the administration of the physical examinations of six thousand new soldiers out of a large squadron of around ten thousand military personnel.
  A.  reorganization
  B. management
  C. execution
     
4.  He was initially responsible for handling the administration of the physical examinations of six thousand new soldiers out of a large squadron of around ten thousand military personnel.
  A. employees
  B. subordinates
  C. management
     
5.  In this capacity, he was directly responsible to a general.
  A. arrangement
  B. position
  C. corporation
     
6.  The environment provided him with many opportunities not only to come into contact with hospital staff and physicians, but also to familiarize himself with large-scale operations.
  A. avoid
  B. avert
  C.  interact
     
7. The environment provided him with many opportunities not only to come into contact with hospital staff and physicians, but also to familiarize himself with large-scale operations.
  A. become acquainted with
  B.  distance oneself from
  C.  supply oneself with
     
8. These valuable experiences enabled Sam to comprehend not only why confusion often arose in a health-related environment, but also why health-care administration students become discouraged with many management methods that are neither applicable to practical business nor innovative.
  A.  neglect
  B. perceive
  C. avoid
     
9. These valuable experiences enabled Sam to comprehend not only why confusion often arose in a health-related environment, but also why health-care administration students become discouraged with many management methods that are neither applicable to practical business nor innovative.
  A.  peace
  B.  nirvana
  C.  hysteria
     
10. These valuable experiences enabled Sam to comprehend not only why confusion often arose in a health-related environment, but also why health-care administration students become discouraged with many management methods that are neither applicable to practical business nor innovative.
  A. satisfied
  B.  appalled
  C. enjoyed
     
11. These valuable experiences enabled Sam to comprehend not only why confusion often arose in a health-related environment, but also why health-care administration students become discouraged with many management methods that are neither applicable to practical business nor innovative.
  A. extraneous
  B.  immaterial
  C. pertinent
     
12. His second job involved managing the activities of nearly 160 soldiers.
  A. possessed
 

B.

 entailed
  C. prevented
     
13. Applying his previous experiences to the tasks at hand, Sam realized how students lack experience in implementing various models and conducting operations in medium-sized and large-scale organizations.
  A. carrying out
 

B.

 disposing of
  C. relegating
     
14. His experiences have allowed him to understand fundamental concepts of importance to any professional in the health care and management sector.
  A. state-of-the-art
 

B.

 advanced
  C. groundwork
     
15. His experiences have allowed him to understand fundamental concepts of importance to any professional in the health care and management sector.
  A. significance
 

B.

 irrelevance
  C. insignificance
     
16. LMN Corporation can provide him with a unique opportunity to build upon his previous experiences in the above areas.
  A. foster
 

B.

 negotiate
  C. elevate
     

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

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