閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

Exercise 394
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.    Taiwan's hospitals severely lack medical professionals with a biotechnology background.
  A. amply
   B. austerely
    C. professionally
   
2. Taiwan's hospitals severely lack medical professionals with a biotechnology background.
  A. spurn
  B. need
  C. deny
     
3.  This shortage may eventually obstruct societal progress and considerable resources may eventually have to be expended to solve unforeseeable problems.
   A. deficiency
  B. glut
  C. windfall
     
4.  This shortage may eventually obstruct societal progress and considerable resources may eventually have to be expended to solve unforeseeable problems.
  A. allow
  B. access
  C. block
     
5.  This shortage may eventually obstruct societal progress and considerable resources may eventually have to be expended to solve unforeseeable problems.
  A. wasted
  B. spent
  C. conserved
     
6.  This shortage may eventually obstruct societal progress and considerable resources may eventually have to be expended to solve unforeseeable problems.
  A. estimated
  B. unpredictable
  C.  calculated
     
7. Matt is thus determined to improve his biotechnology-related skills for a career in medical imagery.
  A. ambivalent
  B.  uncertain
  C.  resolute
     
8. As evidenced by its highly respected training courses in nuclear medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital has state-of-the-art instruments and expertise in handling stroke patients.
  A.  esteemed
  B. dysfunctional
  C. erratic
     
9. As evidenced by its highly respected training courses in nuclear medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital has state-of-the-art instruments and expertise in handling stroke patients.
  A.  antiquated
  B.  out-dated
  C.  advanced
     
10. For instance, its excellent staff has perfected easily distinguishing ischemia from hemorrhaging.
  A. comparing
  B.  differentiating
  C. resembling
     
11. For instance, its excellent staff has perfected easily distinguishing ischemia from hemorrhaging.
  A. administrators
  B.  apprentices
  C. employees
     
12. If successful in securing employment at National Taiwan University Hospital, Matt will bring to this organization a solid academic background and practical expertise that will hopefully increase the life expectancy of hospital patients.
  A. obtaining
 

B.

 recommending
  C. suggesting
     
13. If successful in securing employment at National Taiwan University Hospital, Matt will bring to this organization a solid academic background and practical expertise that will hopefully increase the life expectancy of hospital patients.
  A. line
 

B.

 prevention
  C. anticipation
     
14. Moreover, having passed an extremely difficult entrance examination taken by medical professionals in his field, he believes that his knowledge of medical imaging will be an asset to any clinical department to which he belongs.
  A. arduous
 

B.

 facile
  C. easy going
     
15. Moreover, having passed an extremely difficult entrance examination taken by medical professionals in his field, he believes that his knowledge of medical imaging will be an asset to any clinical department to which he belongs.
  A. burden
 

B.

 expense
  C. resource
     

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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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