閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

Exercise 397
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.    Owing to a deep interest in biotechnology, Jane has actively participated in projects aimed at establishing a humane leukemia disease model in zebrafish embryos.
  A. skin-deep
   B. shallow
    C. profound
   
2. Owing to a deep interest in biotechnology, Jane has actively participated in projects aimed at establishing a humane leukemia disease model in zebrafish embryos.
  A. focused on
  B. detracted from
  C. relying on
     
3.  Her experimental results demonstrated the effectiveness of her proposed model.
   A. disproved
  B. exhibited
  C. refuted
     
4.  Her experimental results demonstrated the effectiveness of her proposed model.
  A. incapability
  B. inadequacy
  C. efficacy
     
5.  This disease model provided a formation mechanism of use in other animal models.
  A. establishment
  B. eradication
  C. replacement
     
6.  This model is also a valuable reference for physicians when they treat patients.
  A. finite
  B. inestimable
  C.  calculable
     
7. After carefully reading DEF Company's on-line promotional material, Jane is especially interested in its innovative product development strategy and in its laboratory, which are responsible for the company's leading its field.
  A. closing
  B.  publicity
  C.  reference
     
8. After carefully reading DEF Company's on-line promotional material, Jane is especially interested in its innovative product development strategy and in its laboratory, which are responsible for the company's leading its field.
  A.  basic
  B. rudimentary
  C. ingenious
     
9. She is confident of DEF's ability to give her the opportunity to build upon her previous experience in the above area.
  A.  optimistic
  B.  realistic
  C.  pessimistic
     

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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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