閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

Exercise 404
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.    Graduate school exposed Jerry to the high pressure and demands of conducting original research and publishing findings in international journals.
  A. pioneering
   B. classical
    C. replicated
   
2. These capabilities will undoubtedly allow him to excel in the biotechnology field, as they more fully equip him with technical and professional expertise.
  A. competences
  B. constraints
  C. restraints
     
3.  These capabilities will undoubtedly allow him to excel in the biotechnology field, as they more fully equip him with technical and professional expertise.
   A. questionably
  B. disputed
  C. absolutely
     
4.  These capabilities will undoubtedly allow him to excel in the biotechnology field, as they more fully equip him with technical and professional expertise.
  A. descend
  B. outshine
  C. lower
     
5.  These capabilities will undoubtedly allow him to excel in the biotechnology field, as they more fully equip him with technical and professional expertise.
  A. distill
  B. instill
  C. prepare
     
6.  His diverse scientific interests allow him to see beyond the conventional limits of a discipline and fully comprehend how his field relates to others.
  A. similar
  B. variant
  C.  analogous
     
7. His diverse scientific interests allow him to see beyond the conventional limits of a discipline and fully comprehend how his field relates to others.
  A. current
  B.  modern
  C.  traditional
     
8. Undergraduate and graduate-level courses in biotechnology often included term projects that allowed him to apply theoretical concepts in a practical context and develop problem-solving skills.
  A.  functional
  B. hypothetical
  C. serviceable
     
9. While pursuing a Master's degree, Jerry received intensive training. More specifically, he learned how to analyze problems, find solutions, and implement those solutions according to the concepts taught in class.
  A.  hiding
  B.  concealing
  C.  seeking
     
10. While pursuing a Master's degree, Jerry received intensive training. More specifically, he learned how to analyze problems, find solutions, and implement those solutions according to the concepts taught in class.
  A. spread out
  B.  diffused
  C. concentrated
     
11. He is absolutely confident that his academic background, experimental and work experience in biotechnology, strong desire for acquiring knowledge and love of challenges will enable him to succeed in GHI Corporation's highly demanding product development projects.
  A. inconclusive
  B.  undoubting
  C. problematic
     
12. He is absolutely confident that his academic background, experimental and work experience in biotechnology, strong desire for acquiring knowledge and love of challenges will enable him to succeed in GHI Corporation's highly demanding product development projects.
  A. rigorous
 

B.

 feasible
  C. flexible
     

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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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