閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

　

Exercise 276
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.        Comparing urban and rural areas, Taiwan has an unequal distribution of public health resources.

A.  agricultural

B.  regional

C.  metropolitan 

 

2.      Comparing urban and rural areas, Taiwan has an unequal distribution of public health resources.

A.        municipal

B.         agricultural 

C.         updated

 

3.      Comparing urban and rural areas, Taiwan has an unequal distribution of public health resources.

A.        Inequitable 

B.         fair

C.         unethical

 

4.      Comparing urban and rural areas, Taiwan has an unequal distribution of public health resources.

A.  divergence

B.  allocation 

C.  advantage

 

5.      In particular, inadequate teaching faculties and libraries in these remote areas result in fewer high school graduates as well as an inferior standard of medical care.

A.        abundant

B.         insufficient 

C.         ample

 

6.      In particular, inadequate teaching faculties and libraries in these remote areas result in fewer high school graduates as well as an inferior standard of medical care.

A.        materials

B.         resources

C.         staff 

 

7.      In particular, inadequate teaching faculties and libraries in these remote areas result in fewer high school graduates as well as an inferior standard of medical care.

A.  exemplary

B.  substandard 

C.  satisfactory

 

8.      Inadequate health care available in these areas is further evidenced in the prevalence of severe health problems such as alcoholism and various infectious diseases.

A.        proven 

B.         apprehended

C.         denied

 

9.      Inadequate health care available in these areas is further evidenced in the prevalence of severe health problems such as alcoholism and various infectious diseases.

A.        scarcity

B.         rarity

C.         regularity 

 

10. Inadequate health care available in these areas is further evidenced in the prevalence of severe health problems such as alcoholism and various infectious diseases.

A.        lax

B.         harsh 

C.         sensuous

 

11.   Inadequate health care available in these areas is further evidenced in the prevalence of severe health problems such as alcoholism and various infectious diseases.

　

A.  contagious 

　

B.  sterile 

　

C.  eradicated

 

12. Equitable health care is essential for a productive and secure society.

A.  unjust

B.  fair 

C.  unequal

 

13. Equitable health care is essential for a productive and secure

society.

A.        trivial

B.         unlucky

C.  important 

 

14. Equitable health care is essential for a productive and secure

society.  

　

A.       industrious 

B.        stagnant

C.         disfunctional

 

15. Equitable health care is essential for a productive and secure

society.  

A.  chaotic

B.  stable 

C.  perilous

 

16.     This explains why Tom has decided to devote himself to effectively addressing public health issues in Taiwan following an advanced degree at the Institute of Public Health at Harvard University.

A.    diffuse

B.     distract

C.      dedicate 

 

17.     This explains why Tom has decided to devote himself to effectively addressing public health issues in Taiwan following an advanced degree at the Institute of Public Health at Harvard University.

A.       confronting 

B.        avoiding

C.         abducting

 

18.     This explains why Tom has decided to devote himself to effectively addressing public health issues in Taiwan following an advanced degree at the Institute of Public Health at Harvard University.

A.  retroactive

B.  progressive 

C.  reflective

　

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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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