閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

　

Exercise 495
Purpose: Increasing reading comprehension skills /加強閱讀技巧

Pick the work or expression whose meaning is closest to the meaning of the underlined word or expression in the following passages.

 

1. My academic advisor, Professor Hsu, suggested that I contact you to ask to work in your laboratory at National Tsing Hua University as a visiting researcher.

I A.  stipulated

B.  recommended

C.  mandated

　

2.  My academic advisor and you lead the way in dosimetry and   micro dosimetry-related research in Taiwan.

A.  innovate

B.  trail

C.  lag behind

　

3.  Having acquired four years of clinical experience as a radiographer at a regional hospital, I am currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Medical Imagery at Yuanpei University of Science and Technology, where I am a member of the Radiation Detection Laboratory.

A.  attained

B.   relinquished

C.   render

　

4.   Having acquired four years of clinical experience as a radiographer at a regional hospital, I am currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Medical Imagery at Yuanpei University of Science and Technology, where I am a member of the Radiation Detection Laboratory.

A.   supervise

B.   coordinate

C.  belong to       

　

5.  As well as having a strong background in engineering mathematics, I enjoy researching dosimetry, atomic physics, radiation physics and radiation detection physics-related topics.

A.  inquisitiveness

B.  foundation

C.   curiosity

　

6.  Despite my lack of a pure science or engineering-related background, I am confident that my solid logical and statistical skills will prove invaluable to any research effort in which I am involved at your laboratory.

A.  deficiency in

B.  wealth of

C.  profusion of

　

7.  Despite my lack of a pure science or engineering-related background, I am confident that my solid logical and statistical skills will prove invaluable to any research effort in which I am involved at your laboratory.

A.  unsound

B.  sturdy

C.  feeble

　

8.  Despite my lack of a pure science or engineering-related background, I am confident that my solid logical and statistical skills will prove invaluable to any research effort in which I am involved at your laboratory.

A.  invalid

B.  spurious 

C.  rational

　

9.   Despite my lack of a pure science or engineering-related background, I am confident that my solid logical and statistical skills will prove invaluable to any research effort in which I am involved at your laboratory.

A.  inestimable

B.  worthless

C.  inexpensive

　

10.  Moreover, I consider myself diligent and able to grasp new concepts easily.    

A.   unfruitful   

B.   unproductive

C.   industrious

　

11.   Moreover, I consider myself diligent and able to grasp new concepts easily.

A.  fathom

B.   misconceive

C.   misconstrue

　

12.  Proton beam instrumentation has been used in radiation therapy for several years.

A.   software

B.   machinery

C.   data   

　

13.  According to Taiwan’s Department of Health, only five facilities worldwide are equipped to conduct proton beam radiation therapy.

A.   unintentional

B.   prepared

C.   random

　

14.  Owing to Taiwanese governmental legislation on medical treatment, the Department of Health is drafting a resolution on whether to import proton beam instrumentation from abroad for radiation therapy.

A.  debilitating

B.  deconstructing

C.   outlining   

　

15.  Owing to Taiwanese governmental legislation on medical treatment, the Department of Health is drafting a resolution on whether to import proton beam instrumentation from abroad for radiation therapy.

A.   summary

B.   proposal

C.  resilience

　

16.  Owing to Taiwanese governmental legislation on medical treatment, the Department of Health is drafting a resolution on whether to import proton beam instrumentation from abroad for radiation therapy.

A. bring in

B.  send out    

C.  export

　

17.  As widely anticipated, proton beam radiation therapy has many promising applications in Taiwan, making dosimetry-related principles applicable by medical physicists in radiation therapy.

A.  determined

B.   expected    

C.   estimated

　

18.   As widely anticipated, proton beam radiation therapy has many promising applications in Taiwan, making dosimetry-related principles applicable by medical physicists in radiation therapy.

A.  sterile

B.  potential

C.  barren

　

19.   As widely anticipated, proton beam radiation therapy has many promising applications in Taiwan, making dosimetry-related principles applicable by medical physicists in radiation therapy.

A. relevant

B.  immaterial

C.  extraneous

　

20.   The opportunity to serve as a visiting researcher in your laboratory will allow me more fully to explore the above topics and their clinical implications. 

A.  drift

B.  meander

C.  probe

　

21. The opportunity to serve as a visiting researcher in your laboratory will allow me more fully to explore the above topics and their clinical implications. 

A.  factors   

B.  inklings

C.   circumstances  

　

22.  I look forward to your favorable response.

A.  propitious      

B.  adverse

C.  inauspicious

　

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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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