閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

 

Exercise 320
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.  Joy received a Master's degree in Information Science from National Chiao Tung University, with a specialization in computer architecture.

A.             minor

B.              concentration 

C.              major

 

2.  Instead, she prefers to create organizational and architectural designs and then write programs to simulate their effectiveness.

A.             favors 

B.              dislikes

C.              despises

 

3.  Instead, she prefers to create organizational and architectural designs and then write programs to simulate their effectiveness.

A.             model 

B.              increase

C.              decrease

 

4.  She then proceeds to analyze the simulation results and modify the design to improve performance.

A.             finishes

B.              completes

C.              begins 

 

5.  She then proceeds to analyze the simulation results and modify the design to improve performance.

A.             create

B.              alter 

C.              destroy

 

6. She then proceeds to analyze the simulation results and modify the design to improve performance.

A.             deteriorate

B.              decay

C.              enhance  

 

7.  However, in light of such requirements, implementing and optimizing the hardware are extremely difficult.

A.             due to 

B.              leading to

C.              resulting in

 

8.  However, in light of such requirements, implementing and optimizing the hardware are extremely difficult.

A.             carrying out

B.              promulgating

C.              both A and B 

 

9.  Therefore, simulation and analysis are necessary to balance time to market with product quality.

A.             bias

B.              equalize 

C.              hinder

 


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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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