閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

　

Exercise 293
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.  Jim's colleagues and superiors can attest to his responsible and trustworthy character.

A.             work relations

B.              work connections

C.              work partners 

2.  Jim's colleagues and superiors can attest to his responsible and trustworthy character.

A.             predict

B.              vouch for 

C.              demean

 

3.  Jim's colleagues and superiors can attest to his responsible and trustworthy character.

A.             indifferent

B.              reckless

C.              amenable

 

4.  Jim's colleagues and superiors can attest to his responsible and trustworthy character.

A.             reliable 

B.              friendly

C.              amicable

 

5.  Jim's colleagues and superiors can attest to his responsible and trustworthy character.

A.             stamina

B.              personality 

C.              assets

 

6.  When assigned a task, he quickly generates a schedule, drafts the details and closely monitors the schedule until completion.

A.             work schedule

B.              salary

C.              assignment 

 

7.  When assigned a task, he quickly generates a schedule, drafts the details and closely monitors the schedule until completion.

A.             classifies

B.              produces 

C.              breaks down

 

8.  When assigned a task, he quickly generates a schedule, drafts the details and closely monitors the schedule until completion.

A.             devises

B.              calculates

C.              skethces 

 

9.  When assigned a task, he quickly generates a schedule, drafts the details and closely monitors the schedule until completion.

A.             executes

B.              supervises 

C.              creates

 

10.  All tasks are closely related to each other so that any delay would incur a loss of timing or capital.

A.             demotion

B.              progress

C.              deferral 

 

11.  All tasks are closely related to each other so that any delay would incur a loss of timing or capital.

A.             curtail

B.              cause 

C.              avert

 

12.  All tasks are closely related to each other so that any delay would incur a loss of timing or capital.

A.             facilities

B.              production

C.              money 

 

13.  Jim must ensure that such problems can be efficiently resolved to prevent further delay.

A.             guarantee  

B.              promise

C.              deny

 

14.  He is confident that he can positively contribute to collaborative efforts by his classmates in graduate school.

A.             autonomous

B.              synergetic 

C.              inexcusable

　

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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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