閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

Exercise 418
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 many extracurricular activities in which Susan participated at undergraduate school gave her the necessary balance between helping others and determining what path she should take in pursuing a career in research.
  A. variable
  B.  erratic
  C.   parallel
   
2. The many extracurricular activities in which Susan participated at undergraduate school gave her the necessary balance between helping others and determining what path she should take in pursuing a career in research.
  A. entrance
  B. exit
  C. roadway
     
3.  She was involved with several medical technology organizations, occasionally participating in professional meetings to improve her knowledge, skills and expertise.
  A.  abstained from
  B. participated in
  C. refrained from
     
4.  Additionally, library resources, including the latest medical journals are of great interest to her.
  A. disregard
  B. concern
  C. neglect
     
5.  Her diverse educational activities have strengthened and broadened Susan's professional knowledge base and increased her awareness of various medical issues.
  A. redundant
  B. similar
  C. varied
     
6.  Her diverse educational activities have strengthened and broadened Susan’s professional knowledge base and increased her awareness of various medical issues.
  A. languish
  B. fortified
  C.  wane
     
7. Her diverse educational activities have strengthened and broadened Susan's professional knowledge base and increased her awareness of various medical issues.
  A. foundation
  B.  shifting
  C.  swamp
     
8. She prioritizes improving her English language communication skills, enabling her to collaborate with overseas researchers.
  A.  not consider important
  B. heavily emphasizes
  C. plays down
     

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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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