閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

 

Exercise 327
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.  Realizing that the faculty and students of the Electrical Engineering Department should actively introduce its programs to recruit senior high school students, Jason worked with…

A. discourage

B. solicit 

C. neglect

 

2.  Jason worked with other classmates to organize an Electrical Engineering camp on the university campus.

A. orchestrate 

B. impose

C. prescribe

 

3.  This camp informed students of the programs they can pursue after passing a rigorous nationwide entrance examination to enter the Department at National Cheng Kung University.

A.  maximized

B.  deconstructed

C.  oriented 

 

4.  This camp informed students of the programs they can pursue after passing a rigorous nationwide entrance examination to enter the Department at National Cheng Kung University.

A.  effortless

B.  stringent 

C.  flexible

 

5.   In this camp, he was responsible for preparing curricula materials, teaching in the classroom, and helping students to complete experiments.

A.  free of

B.  in charge of 

C.  in excess of

 

6.   In this camp, he was responsible for preparing curricula materials, teaching in the classroom, and helping students to complete experiments.

A.  application materials

B.  financial materials

C.  study materials 

 

7.   In this camp, he was responsible for preparing curricula materials, teaching in the classroom, and helping students to complete experiments.

A.  facilitating 

B.  harboring

C.  hindering

 

8.  He closely monitored the students and assisted them in finishing activities.

A.  followed 

B.  begged

C.  solicited

 

9.  These responsibilities enabled Jason to implement the knowledge that he had learned in the classroom and sharpen his presentation skills.

A.  complete

B.  detect

C.  carry out 

 

10.  These responsibilities enabled Jason to implement the knowledge that he had learned in the classroom and sharpen his presentation skills.

A.  apply

B.  refine 

C.  conceal

 

11.  Moreover, this experience strengthened and broadened his knowledge base, and further enhanced his ability to collaborate closely with peers.

A.  exasperated

B.  exhausted

C.  solidified 

 

12.  Moreover, this experience strengthened and broadened his knowledge base, and further enhanced his ability to collaborate closely with peers.

A.  retracted

B.  expanded 

C.  rescinded

 

13.  Moreover, this experience strengthened and broadened his knowledge base, and further enhanced his ability to collaborate closely with peers.

A.  his subordinates

B.  his superiors

C.  his equals 

 

14.  This unique opportunity proved to be one of the most rewarding experiences of Jason’s undergraduate years.

A.  commonplace

B.  novel 

C.  standard

 

15.  This unique opportunity proved to be one of the most rewarding experiences of Jason’s undergraduate years.

A. expensive

B. preprosterous

C. lucrative 


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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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