閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

　

Exercise 297
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.  Upon completion of her graduate degree, Mary hopes to return to Taiwan and seek a teaching position in a junior college or university.

A.             degree following bachelor’s studies 

B.              degree before undergraduate studies

C.              degree following vocational school degree

 

2.  Upon completion of her graduate degree, Mary hopes to return to Taiwan and seek a teaching position in a junior college or university.

A.             relinquish

B.              look for 

C.              acquire

 

3.  By acquiring advanced knowledge and specialized skills that New York University offers, she will be better equipped and confident to take on such a position.

A.             providing

B.              developing

C.              obtaining 

 

4.  By acquiring advanced knowledge and specialized skills that New York University offers, she will be better equipped and confident to take on such a position.

A.             exploratory

B.              advanced 

C.              rudimentary

 

5.  By acquiring advanced knowledge and specialized skills that New York University offers, she will be better equipped and confident to take on such a position.

A.             prepared 

B.              employed

C.              financed

 

6.   By acquiring advanced knowledge and specialized skills that New York University offers, she will be better equipped and confident to take on such a position.

A.               increase responsibility for work or a task

B.                shift responsibility for work or a task to someone else

C.                 accept responsibility for work or a task 

　

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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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