閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

　

Exercise 295
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.  Following successful completion of MIT’s academic requirements, Jill plans to work for about three to five years as a marketing strategist, preferably analyzing potential markets to enhance export growth.

A.             commercial

B.              scholastic 

C.              administrative

 

2.  Following successful completion of MIT’s academic requirements, Jill plans to work for about three to five years as a marketing strategist, preferably analyzing potential markets to enhance export growth.

A.             likely

B.              possibly

C.              hopefully

 

3.  Following successful completion of MIT’s academic requirements, Jill plans to work for about three to five years as a marketing strategist, preferably analyzing potential markets to enhance export growth.

A.             possible 

B.              established

C.              prosperous

 

4.   Following successful completion of MIT’s academic requirements, Jill plans to work for about three to five years as a marketing strategist, preferably analyzing potential markets to enhance export growth.

A.             stabilize

B.              increase 

C.              level out

 

5.  This work will hopefully enable her to more thoroughly understand emerging markets in Taiwan and to establish an extensive personal network to facilitate ongoing research.

A.             defend

B.              allow 

C.              protect

 

6.  This work will hopefully enable her to more thoroughly understand emerging markets in Taiwan and to establish an extensive personal network to facilitate ongoing research.

A.             developing 

B.              mature

C.              decline

 

7.  This work will hopefully enable her to more thoroughly understand emerging markets in Taiwan and to establish an extensive personal network to facilitate ongoing research.

A.             temporal

B.              shallow

C.              wide  

 

8.  This work will hopefully enable her to more thoroughly understand emerging markets in Taiwan and to establish an extensive personal network to facilitate ongoing research.

A.             temporary relations with others

B.              good relations with others 

C.              deteriorating relations with others

 

9.  This work will hopefully enable her to more thoroughly understand emerging markets in Taiwan and to establish an extensive personal network to facilitate ongoing research.

A.             diversify

B.              conduct

C.              help

 

10. Beyond that initial five years, she hopes to contribute to her country through researching new marketing theories and, perhaps, through helping the government construct sounder strategic policies.

A.             first 

B.              final

C.              middle

 

11. Beyond that initial five years, she hopes to contribute to her country through researching new marketing theories and, perhaps, through helping the government construct sounder strategic policies.

A.             more profitable

B.              more stable 

C.              friendlier

　

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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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