閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

　

Exercise 315
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.  Computer applications have exploded with the emergence of computer graphics displays.

A.             expanded rapidly 

B.              decreased slowly

C.              retracted gradually

 

2.  Computer applications have exploded with the emergence of computer graphics displays.

A.             commercial value

B.              existence

C.              appearance 

 

3.  Such displays allow users to present not only numbers and text, but also pictures and graphs that illustrate the implications of related figures.

A.             hints 

B.              assaults

C.              decisions

 

4.  Widely anticipated to become a consumer electronics product commonly found in households, the personal computer will be able to integrate graphics, audio and video features.

A.             disavowed

B.              expected 

C.              rejected

 

5.  Widely anticipated to become a consumer electronics product commonly found in households, the personal computer will be able to integrate graphics, audio and video features.

A.             separate

B.              distinguish

C.              coordinate 

 

6.  Nevertheless, technological advances in semiconductor manufacturing technology have enabled the embedding of a graphics accelerator within the chipset (core-logic) into an integrated chip.

A.             prevented

B.              allowed 

C.              averted

 

7.  Nevertheless, technological advances in semiconductor manufacturing technology have enabled the embedding of a graphics accelerator within the chipset (core-logic) into an integrated chip.

A.             the placing of something into something else 

B.              the removal of something from something else

C.              the extraction of something from something else

 

8.  Nevertheless, technological advances in semiconductor manufacturing technology have enabled the embedding of a graphics accelerator within the chipset (core-logic) into an integrated chip.

A.             Still 

B.              Consequently

C.              Ultimately

 

9.  ABC Corporation, a leading core logic and graphic chips supplier, has positioned itself to be a leading manufacturer of system-on-a-chip (SoC).

A.             to remove oneself from a certain place or rank

B.              to put oneself in a certain place or rank 

C.              to stay in a certain place or rank

 

10.  ABC's commitment to product excellence explains why Amy is eager to join the corporate family.

A.             reliability

B.              communication

C.              obligation 

 

11.  ABC's commitment to product excellence explains why Amy is eager to join the corporate family.

A.             superiority 

B.              shoddiness

C.              shallowness

　

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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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