閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

　

Exercise 301
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.   Graduate study in the United States would equip Melody with the necessary skills to thrive in the workplace. 

A.             extract

B.              instill 

C.              draw from

 

2.  Graduate study in the United States would equip Melody with the necessary skills to thrive in the workplace.

A.               succeed 

B.                falter

C.                slump

 

3.  Taiwan's economy has flourished since 1970, as evidenced by rapid industrial expansion and market deregulation.

A.             deflated

B.              blossomed 

C.              debunked

 

4.  Taiwan's economy has flourished since 1970, as evidenced by rapid industrial expansion and market deregulation.

A.               denounced

B.                disavowed

C.                proven 

 

5.  While the island passed through the Asian economic turmoil of the late 1990s relatively unscathed, its revenues generated from information products and its averaged stock trading volume rank third and fifth worldwide, respectively.

A.               resisted 

B.                succumbed to

C.                bowed to

 

6.  While the island passed through the Asian economic turmoil of the late 1990s relatively unscathed, its revenues generated from information products and its averaged stock trading volume rank third and fifth worldwide, respectively.

A.               abundance

B.                prosperity

C.                chaos 

 

7.  While the island passed through the Asian economic turmoil of the late 1990s relatively unscathed, its revenues generated from information products and its averaged stock trading volume rank third and fifth worldwide, respectively.

A.               comparatively 

B.                barely

C.                scarcely

 

8.  While the island passed through the Asian economic turmoil of the late 1990s relatively unscathed, its revenues generated from information products and its average stock trading volume rank third and fifth worldwide, respectively.

A.                     untangled

B.                      unaffected

C.                      unhurt 

 

9.  While the island passed through the Asian economic turmoil of the late 1990s relatively unscathed, its revenues generated from information products and its average stock trading volume rank third and fifth worldwide, respectively.

A.               investments

B.                profits 

C.                facilities

 

10.  Growing up in such an economically vibrant environment has motivated Melody's interest to more fully understand how domestic companies compete with  multinational corporations and how our government can adjust financial markets  to enhance local competitiveness.

A.               dormant

B.                lively 

C.                stagnant

 

11.  Growing up in such an economically vibrant environment has motivated Melody's interest to more fully understand how domestic companies compete with multinational corporations and how our government can adjust financial markets  to enhance local competitiveness.

A.               spurred 

B.                decelerated

C.                retarded

 

12.  Growing up in such an economically vibrant environment has motivated Melody's interest to more fully understand how domestic companies compete with multinational corporations and how our government can adjust financial markets to enhance local competitiveness.

A.               local 

B.                international

C.                pan Pacific

 

13.  Her review of numerous journal articles has led her to understand the dominant role that the United States plays in developing related theories and applications.

A.               several

B.                many 

C.                a few

 

14.   Her review of numerous journal articles has led her to understand the dominant role that the United States plays in developing related theories and applications.

A.               trailing

B.                emerging

C.                leading 

 

15.   Her review of numerous journal articles has led her to understand the dominant role that the United States plays in developing related theories and applications.

A.               opposing

B.                pertinent 

C.                polar

　

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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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