閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

Exercise 387
Purpose: Increasing reading comprehension skills /加強閱讀技巧
Writing Effective Career Statements /有效撰寫英文職涯經歷


Pick the work or expression whose meaning is closest to the meaning of the underlined word or expression in the following passages.

 

1.    Human relations have intrigued Lisa since childhood.
  A. fascinated
   B. dulled
    C. pooped out
   
2. Each individual has his or her own unique way of communicating.
  A. collective
  B. singular
  C. communal
     
3.  Finding the most effective way to communicate one's intended meaning is essential.
   A. replicated
  B. imitated
  C. original
     
4.  Finding the most effective way to communicate one’s intended meaning is essential.
  A. unimportant
  B. critical
  C. irrelevant
     
5.  Lisa's fascination with this endeavor led her to continue to research human relations after completing undergraduate school.
  A. intrigue with
  B. boredom of
  C. tolerance of
     
6.  A management course in which she enrolled during her senior year at university totally challenged her previous ways of thinking.
  A. anger towards something
  B. antipathy towards something
  C.  attitude towards something
     
7. During that period, she decided to pursue a Master's degree in Business Management.
  A. run away from something
  B.  go after something
  C.  prevent something from occurring
     
8. Her work experience after she received undergraduate and graduate level training increased her desire to grasp management principles more fully.
  A.  avoidance of
  B. lack of intention
  C. intention
     
9. Her work experience after she received undergraduate and graduate level training increased her desire to grasp management principles more fully.
  A.  relinquish
  B.  acquire
  C.  relegate
     
10. Theoretical knowledge has little value without work experience.
  A. hypothetical
  B.  reasonable
  C. actual
     
11. Several years of practical work experience and solid determination have prepared Lisa for a management level position in a reputed company such as GHI Corporation.
  A. evolving
  B.  functional
  C. apparent
     
12. Several years of practical work experience and solid determination have prepared Lisa for a management level position in a reputed company such as GHI Corporation.
  A. uncertainty
 

B.

 ambiguity
  C. resolve
     
13. Several years of practical work experience and solid determination have prepared Lisa for a management level position in a reputed company such as GHI Corporation.
  A. renowned
 

B.

 infamous
  C. notorious
     

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Additional practice can be found in  Writing Effective Study Plans by Ted Knoy for some of these definitions.

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