閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

Exercise 400
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.    When at undergraduate school, Karen participated in a National Science Council-sponsored research project, which led to her subsequent graduate study of Chinese herbal medicine.
  A. refrained from
   B. abstained from
    C. engaged in
   
2. When at undergraduate school, Karen participated in a National Science Council-sponsored research project, which led to her subsequent graduate study of Chinese herbal medicine.
  A. preceding
  B. consecutive
  C. prior
     
3.  The findings of her research have been published in domestic and international journals.
   A. discoveries
  B. concealment
  C. hidden
     
4.  The findings of her research have been published in domestic and international journals.
  A. concealed
  B. proclaimed
  C. hidden
     
5.  She has also participated in developing an undergraduate enzymology curriculum, which received praise from both teachers and students.
  A. condemnation
  B. commendation
  C. criticism
     
6.  While researching enzyme-related topics in graduate school, she also became adept at conducting experiments on microbe development, genetic engineering and agent analysis.
  A. useless
  B. ineffectual
  C.  effective
     
7. Having both participated in curriculum development and mastered several laboratory skills, Karen was also actively engaged in food science research aimed at the genetic modification of microbes and analysis of related properties and agents.
  A. decline
  B.  conquered
  C.  wane
     
8. Having both participated in curriculum development and mastered several laboratory skills, Karen was also actively engaged in food science research aimed at the genetic modification of microbes and analysis of related properties and agents.
  A.  abstained
  B. withheld
  C. participated
     
9. Having both participated in curriculum development and mastered several laboratory skills, Karen was also actively engaged in food science research aimed at the genetic modification of microbes and analysis of related properties and agents.
  A.  characteristics
  B.  theories
  C.  hypotheses
     
10. In summary, her research skills acquired as an undergraduate in the Food Science Department and as a graduate student at the Institute of Biotechnology reflect her commitment to pursuing a biotechnology-related career in the food science sector.
  A. ceded
  B.  relinquished
  C. obtained
     
11. In summary, her research skills acquired as an undergraduate in the Food Science Department and as a graduate student at the Institute of Biotechnology reflect her commitment to pursuing a biotechnology-related career in the food science sector.
  A. apathy
  B.  imperative
  C. disinterest
     
12. In summary, her research skills acquired as an undergraduate in the Food Science Department and as a graduate student at the Institute of Biotechnology reflect her commitment to pursuing a biotechnology-related career in the food science sector.
  A. seeking
 

B.

 eluding
  C. circumventing
     
13. Karen is confident in her ability to contribute significantly to product development efforts at GHI Corporation, to create healthy food and medicine.
  A. demure
 

B.

 bashful
  C. assured
     

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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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