閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

　

Exercise 496
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.  Given your laboratory’s expertise in developing excellent software for medical instrumentation, I would like to receive technical training in your laboratory during my upcoming summer vacation.

I A. mastery

B. amateurish

C. dilettantish

　

2.  Given your laboratory’s expertise in developing excellent software for medical instrumentation, I would like to receive technical training in your laboratory during my upcoming summer vacation.

A. preceding

B. delayed

C. approaching

　

3.  I wish to understand how Bioimage, Java and C++ programs can be more effectively implemented in clinical settings in Taiwan. 

A. abandoned

B.  utilized

C.  neglected

　

4.  I wish to understand how Bioimage, Java and C++ programs can be more effectively implemented in clinical settings in Taiwan. 

A. conformity

B. congruence

C. environments

　

5.  My academic advisor recommended that working in your laboratory would help me to understand what potential technology transfer opportunities are possible in the local medical instrumentation sector.

A. possible

B. inconceivable

C. impractical

　

6.  My academic advisor recommended that working in your laboratory would help me to understand what potential technology transfer opportunities are possible in the local medical instrumentation sector.

A.worldwide

B.international

C. domestic

　

7.  My academic advisor recommended that working in your laboratory would help me to understand what potential technology transfer opportunities are possible in the local medical instrumentation sector.

A. academic institution

B. industry

C.  financial institution

　

8.  Earlier this year, following my participation in three National Science Council-sponsored research projects as an undergraduate student at Tzu Chi College of Technology, I entered the Master’s degree program at the Institute of Medical Imagery at Yuanpei University of Science and Technology earlier this year. 

A.  pursuing a vocational school diploma

B.  pursuing a master’s degree

C. pursuing a bachelor’s degree

　

9.  Specifically, our research group is developing an experimental system to observe quantitatively the formation of functional synapses between cerebral cortical neurons from a mouse. 

A. discern

B.  avert

C.  deviate

　

10.  Specifically, our research group is developing an experimental system to observe quantitatively the formation of functional synapses between cerebral cortical neurons from a mouse.  

A. from a broad perspective

B.  generally

C.  analytically

　

11.  Specifically, our research group is developing an experimental system to observe quantitatively the formation of functional synapses between cerebral cortical neurons from a mouse.

A. establishment

B. liquidation

C. purge

　

12.  Our experimental results have so far elucidated the interesting phenomenon of synchronous firing, whose frequency increases as a function of the culture period.

A. generalized

B.  universalized

C.  clarified

　

13.  Our experimental results have so far elucidated the interesting phenomenon of synchronous firing, whose frequency increases as a function of the culture period.

A.  unexplained event

B.  certainty

C.  assurance

　

14.  Our experimental results have so far elucidated the interesting phenomenon of synchronous firing, whose frequency increases as a function of the culture period.

A.  scarcity

B. routine occurrence

C.  want

　

15.  Our laboratory is developing a unique scanning laser confocal microscope to measure the firing fluorescence image.

A.  paralleled

B.  rivaled

C.  incomparable

　

16.  Our laboratory is developing a unique scanning laser confocal microscope to measure the firing fluorescence image. 

A. determine

B.  evade

C.  elude

　

17.  However, continuing with this experimentation requires additional instrumentation and technological expertise, which I currently lack. 

A.  ceasing

B.  stalling

C.  proceeding with

　

18.  However, continuing with this experimentation requires additional instrumentation and technological expertise, which I currently lack.

A. possess

B.  deficient of

C.  retain

　

19.  I would therefore like to receive technical training for four months in your laboratory.

A. mandate

B. legislation

C.  instruction

　

20.  Unlike ordinary technical training, this four month technical visit will hopefully initiate a long-term collaborative relationship between our two laboratories.

A. run-of-the-mill

B. rare

C.  atypical

　

21.  Unlike ordinary technical training, this four month technical visit will hopefully initiate a long-term collaborative relationship between our two laboratories.

A.  terminate

B.  wrap up

C.  embark

　

22.  During this period, I am keen to become more proficient in Bioimage technology and learn how effectively to operate related instruments.

A. eager

B.  hesitant

C.  reluctant

　

23.  During this period, I am keen to become more proficient in Bioimage technology and learn how effectively to operate related instruments. 

A. nonprofessional

B.   dilettantish

C.   masterful

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Additional practice can be found in  Writing Effective Study Plans by Ted Knoy for some of these definitions.

View the accompanying Power Point presentation on details of how to write this paragraph.

 

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