閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

Exercise 396
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. The intellectual rigor of highly theoretical study over nearly four years in the Department of Nuclear Science at National Tsing Hua University equipped Jim with a solid background in independently conducting experiments.
  A. amateurish
  B.  freshman
  C.   scholarly
   
2. The intellectual rigor of highly theoretical study over nearly four years in the Department of Nuclear Science at National Tsing Hua University equipped Jim with a solid background in independently conducting experiments.
  A. feasibility
  B. toughness
  C. flexibility
     
3.  The intellectual rigor of highly theoretical study over nearly four years in the Department of Nuclear Science at National Tsing Hua University equipped Jim with a solid background in independently conducting experiments.
  A.  installed
  B. deposited
  C. instilled
     
4.  During this period, his extensive laboratory training made him extremely conscientious and careful in using laboratory instruments, while ensuring timely completion of tasks.
  A. partial
  B. fragmentary
  C. comprehensive
     
5.  During this period, his extensive laboratory training made him extremely conscientious and careful in using laboratory instruments, while ensuring timely completion of tasks.
  A. principled
  B. unethical
  C. unscrupulous
     
6.  During this period, his extensive laboratory training made him extremely conscientious and careful in using laboratory instruments, while ensuring timely completion of tasks.
  A. ill-timed
  B. opportune
  C.  inconvenient
     
7. Following his undergraduate studies, he served as a research assistant in the Institute of Environmental Engineering at National Taiwan University.
  A. after
  B.  before
  C.  previous
     
8. As a highly adept investigator in the laboratory, Jim learned not only how seemingly disparate fields are related to each other, but also how to succeed in complex projects that force him to apply theoretical concepts in a practical context.
  A.  inept
  B. effective
  C. reliable
     
9. As a highly adept investigator in the laboratory, Jim learned not only how seemingly disparate fields are related to each other, but also how to succeed in complex projects that force him to apply theoretical concepts in a practical context.
  A.  relevant
  B.  associated
  C.  polar
     
10. As a highly adept investigator in the laboratory, Jim learned not only how seemingly disparate fields are related to each other, but also how to succeed in complex projects that force him to apply theoretical concepts in a practical context.
  A. facile
  B.  intricate
  C. effortless
     
11. This practical experience greatly increased his competence in obtaining pertinent data and analyzing problems independently
  A. barely
  B.  slightly
  C. substantially
     
12. This practical experience greatly increased his competence in obtaining pertinent data and analyzing problems independently.
  A. ability
 

B.

 stubbornness
  C. avoidance
     
13. This practical experience greatly increased his competence in obtaining pertinent data and analyzing problems independently.
  A. opposing
 

B.

 relevant
  C. conflicting
     
14. This practical experience greatly increased his competence in obtaining pertinent data and analyzing problems independently.
  A. collaboratively
 

B.

 cooperatively
  C. autonomously
     

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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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