閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

Exercise 405
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.    Mary's academic study enabled her to search for sources of problems by gathering large amounts of data to offer hypotheses for her research.
  A. disabled
   B. empowered
    C. disenfranchised
   
2. Mary's academic study enabled her to search for sources of problems by gathering large amounts of data to offer hypotheses for her research.
  A. erroneousness
  B. fallacy
  C. conjecture
     
3.  As a graduate student, she handled a heavy schedule, performing many experiments in collaboration with her classmates, thereby many cultivating friendships.
   A. cumbersome
  B. light
  C. transparent
     
4.  As a graduate student, she handled a heavy schedule, performing many experiments in collaboration with her classmates, thereby many cultivating friendships.
  A. individuality
  B. autonomy
  C. cooperation
     
5.  As a graduate student, she handled a heavy schedule, performing many experiments in collaboration with her classmates, thereby many cultivating friendships.
  A. deconstructing
  B. nourishing
  C. decontaminate
     
6.  In graduate school, Mary strived to distinguish between theoretical and practical applications to understand the global implications of her field.
  A. averted
  B. avoided
  C.  endeavored
     
7. In graduate school, Mary strived to distinguish between theoretical and practical applications to understand the global implications of her field.
  A. balance
  B.  discriminate
  C.  parallel
     
8. In graduate school, Mary strived to distinguish between theoretical and practical applications to understand the global implications of her field.
  A.  inhibitions
  B. preventions
  C. implementations
     
9. In graduate school, Mary strived to distinguish between theoretical and practical applications to understand the global implications of her field.
  A.  undercurrents
  B.  generations
  C.  placate
     
10. Moreover, her academic activities allowed her not only to strengthen her English language skills, but also to take many unique leadership opportunities that allowed her to broaden her horizons and become a high achiever.
  A. recreational
  B.  extracurricular
  C. literary
     
11. Moreover, her academic activities allowed her not only to strengthen her English language skills, but also to take many unique leadership opportunities that allowed her to broaden her horizons and become a high achiever.
  A. fortify
  B.  destabilize
  C. weaken
     
12. Moreover, her academic activities allowed her not only to strengthen her English language skills, but also to take many unique leadership opportunities that allowed her to broaden her horizons and become a high achiever.
  A. command
 

B.

 absolute
  C. inferior
     
13. Moreover, her academic activities allowed her not only to strengthen her English language skills, but also to take many unique leadership opportunities that allowed her to broaden her horizons and become a high achiever.
  A. restrict
 

B.

 expand
  C. retract
     
14. Whether she can contribute to society depends on whether she can remain conscientious, flexible and focused.
  A. abrupt
 

B.

 thick skinned
  C. sensitive
     
15. Continual self-improvement through employment in JKL Corporation will allow Mary to see fruitful results of her work and, in so doing, make her life more meaningful.
  A. tentative
 

B.

 productive
  C. temporary
     

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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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