閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

Exercise 407
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. Laura's interest in biotechnology can be traced back to her first exposure to physiology.
  A. returned back
  B.  trailed back
  C.   switched back
   
2. In the laboratory, she accumulated much bio-informatics-related knowledge.
  A. retrieved
  B. retracted
  C. collected
     
3.  While pursuing a Master's degree in Medical Imagery at Yuanpei University of Science and Technology, she conducted biotechnology-related research at the Animal Technology Institute of Taiwan (ATIT).
  A.  acquiring
  B. tinkering with
  C. puttering
     
4.  Graduate-level research prepared her for the rigorous demands of generating experimental results and publishing those findings in domestic and international journals. She has acquired fundamental and advanced research capabilities.
  A. feasible
  B. facile
  C. stringent
     
5.  Graduate-level research prepared her for the rigorous demands of generating experimental results and publishing those findings in domestic and international journals. She has acquired fundamental and advanced research capabilities.
  A. extracting
  B. yielding
  C. retracting
     
6.  Graduate-level research prepared her for the rigorous demands of generating experimental results and publishing those findings in domestic and international journals. She has acquired fundamental and advanced research capabilities.
  A. right-wing
  B. orthodox
  C.  progressive
     
7. She has only nurtured a talent in biotechnology through a multidisciplinary approach, but also widened her field of interest to grasp fully the latest biotechnology-related concepts.
  A. cultivated
  B.  trained
  C.  secured
     
8. She has only nurtured a talent in biotechnology through a multidisciplinary approach, but also widened her field of interest to grasp fully the latest biotechnology-related concepts.
  A.  different positions
  B. different examinations
  C. different fields
     
9. Moreover, her participation in research projects that encompassed other seemingly unrelated fields reflects her willingness to absorb tremendous amounts of information and manage her time efficiently.
  A.  divest
  B.  expose
  C.  covered
     
10. Moreover, her participation in research projects that encompassed other seemingly unrelated fields reflects her willingness to absorb tremendous amounts of information and manage her time efficiently.
  A. unobvious
  B.  apparently
  C. conversely
     
11. Moreover, her participation in research projects that encompassed other seemingly unrelated fields reflects her willingness to absorb tremendous amounts of information and manage her time efficiently.
  A. acquiescence
  B.  objection
  C. refusal
     
12. Moreover, her participation in research projects that encompassed other seemingly unrelated fields reflects her willingness to absorb tremendous amounts of information and manage her time efficiently.
  A. fractional
 

B.

 minute
  C. significant
     
13. Working at ABC Company would provide Laura with an excellent environment not only to realize fully her career aspirations, but also to apply theoretical knowledge management concepts taught in graduate school, in a practical work setting.
  A. prevent
 

B.

 achieve
  C. avert
     
14. Working at ABC Company would provide Laura with an excellent environment not only to realize fully her career aspirations, but also to apply theoretical knowledge management concepts taught in graduate school, in a practical work setting.
  A. opinions
 

B.

 recommendations
  C. intentions
     

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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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