閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

　

Exercise 497
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.  The Radiation Therapy Department at National Taiwan University Hospital, where I have acquired more than two decades of clinical experience as a radiology technician, would like me to receive advanced training in cancer therapy as a visiting researcher in your Clinical Cancer Center.

I A.  bestowed

B. relinquished

C. procured

　

2.  The Radiation Therapy Department at National Taiwan University Hospital, where I have acquired more than two decades of clinical experience as a radiology technician, would like me to receive advanced training in cancer therapy as a visiting researcher in your Clinical Cancer Center.

A. hospital-oriented

B. administrative-oriented

C. finance-oriented

　

3.  I have extensive professional experience, and am now pursuing a Master’s degree in Medical Imagery at Yuapei University of Science and Technology.

A.  confining

B.  cramped

C.  expansive

　

4.  I have extensive professional experience, and am now pursuing a Master’s degree in Medical Imagery at Yuapei University of Science and Technology.

A.  unethical

B.  adept

C.  amateurish

　

5.  Given the opportunity, I will perform advanced research at the NYU Clinical Cancer Center, which has highly skilled personnel and state-of-the-art equipment and facilities.

A.impediment

B. hindrance

C. opening

　

6.  Given the opportunity, I will perform advanced research at the NYU Clinical Cancer Center, which has highly skilled personnel and state-of-the-art equipment and facilities.

A.progressive

B. retrogressive

C. reverted

　

7.  It is globally recognized for its services that improve the lives of cancer patients. 

A.  unaccredited

B.  shunned

C.  accepted    

　

8.  It is globally recognized for its services that improve the lives of cancer patients.

A. degrade

B.  elevate

C.  deteriorate

　

9.  Given the opportunity, I will perform advanced research at the NYU Clinical Cancer Center, which has highly skilled personnel and state-of-the-art equipment and facilities.

A.  inadequate

B.   incapable

C.   competent

　

10.  The NYU Clinical Cancer Center has distinguished itself by its quality of patient care, including privacy, safety and comfort.

A.  denigrated itself

B.   made a mark for itself

C.   downgraded itself

　

11.  The NYU Clinical Cancer Center has distinguished itself by its quality of patient care, including privacy, safety and comfort.

A. hardship

B.  rigor

C.  ease

　

12.  In my graduate school courses on advanced imaging processing, I became aware of advanced imaging procedures and other diagnostic tests performed at the NYU Clinical Cancer Center to diagnose cancer.

A.  cognizant

B.   oblivious

C.  uninformed

　

13.  Working in your organization would give me a practical context for the concepts learned in class.

A.  supervising

B.  employed by

C.  coordinating

　

14.  One of our articles addressed the preservation of hearing in nasal and pharyngeal cancer patients who had received post-irradiation treatment.

A.  digressed from

B.  neglected

C.   confronted

　

15.  One of our articles addressed the preservation of hearing in nasal and pharyngeal cancer patients who had received post-irradiation treatment.

A.  degeneracy

B.  protection

C.  atrophy

　

16.  As the NYU Clinical Cancer Center is widely regarded as having the best radiation therapy planning system for cancer treatment worldwide, I hope that my above research interests are in line with those of your research group. 

A.  viewed

B.  obstructed

C.   concealed

　

17.  As the NYU Clinical Cancer Center is widely regarded as having the best radiation therapy planning system for cancer treatment worldwide, I hope that my above research interests are in line with those of your research group. 

A.  undistinguished

B.  mediocre

C.  optimal

　

18.  As the NYU Clinical Cancer Center is widely regarded as having the best radiation therapy planning system for cancer treatment worldwide, I hope that my above research interests are in line with those of your research group. 

A.  compatible

B. incongruent

C. inconsistent

　

19.  More specifically, I am interested in developing a radiation therapy planning system that would ensure optimal imaging for diagnosing and treating cancer.

A.  guarantee

B.  dispute

C.  discredit

　

20.  I am also interested in learning of new ways to offer patients not only physiological, but also spiritual encouragement.

A.  intellectual

B. anatomical

C.  cerebral

　

21.  I am also interested in learning of new ways to offer patients not only physiological, but also spiritual encouragement.

A. religious

B.  materialistic

C.   masterly

　

22.  I am also interested in learning of new ways to offer patients not only physiological, but also spiritual encouragement.

A.  inspiration

B.  dissatisfaction

C.  discontent

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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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