閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

　

Exercise 501
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.  Thank you for your message sent via e-mail and dated November 8, 2004 inviting the branch office in Taiwan to exhibit our innovative TFT-LCD products in New York this upcoming March.

I A. of

B. by

C.  on

　

2. Thank you for your message sent via e-mail and dated November 8, 2004 inviting the branch office in Taiwan to exhibit our innovative TFT-LCD products in New York this upcoming March. 

A. subsidiary

B.  headquarters

C.  main office

　

3. Thank you for your message sent via e-mail and dated November 8, 2004 inviting the branch office in Taiwan to exhibit our innovative TFT-LCD products in New York this upcoming March.

A. obscure

B.  conceal

C.  unveil

　

4.  Thank you for your message sent via e-mail and dated November 8, 2004 inviting the branch office in Taiwan to exhibit our innovative TFT-LCD products in New York this upcoming March.

A. substandard

B. revolutionary

C.  below par

　

5.  As TFT-LCD technology advances, our branch office strives to offer a line of quality products that satisfy consumer demand, both locally and abroad.

A. progresses

B.  retrogrades

C.   declines

　

6.  As TFT-LCD technology advances, our branch office strives to offer a line of quality products that satisfy consumer demand, both locally and abroad.

A. emote

B.  downgrade

C.  set one’s sight on

　

7.  As TFT-LCD technology advances, our branch office strives to offer a line of quality products that satisfy consumer demand, both locally and abroad.

A. a range of

B. boundary

C.  confines

　

8.  Such innovation contributes to the maturation of Taiwan’s recently emerging electronics sector, accelerating technological efforts that boost international competitiveness. 

A. par

B.  paradigm

C. novelty

　

9.  Such innovation contributes to the maturation of Taiwan’s recently emerging electronics sector, accelerating technological efforts that boost international competitiveness. 

A. greenness

B. incipiency

C. evolution

　

10. Such innovation contributes to the maturation of Taiwan’s recently emerging electronics sector, accelerating technological efforts that boost international competitiveness. 

A. retracting

B. emanating

C. rescinding

　

11.  Such innovation contributes to the maturation of Taiwan’s recently emerging electronics sector, accelerating technological efforts that boost international competitiveness. 

A. precipitating

B. wind down

C.  de-escalate

　

12.  Such innovation contributes to the maturation of Taiwan’s recently emerging electronics sector, accelerating technological efforts that boost international competitiveness.   

A.  rivalry

B.  assent

C.  concurrence

　

13.  The Taiwanese branch of this TFT-LCD company has increased its number of business units to ten by pursuing an aggressive marketing strategy since 1995, increasing revenues.

A. forestalling

B.  precluding

C. contending for

　

14.  The Taiwanese branch of this TFT-LCD company has increased its number of business units to ten by pursuing an aggressive marketing strategy since 1995, increasing revenues.

A. vigorous

B.  stand-offish

C.  aloof

　

15.  The branch office tentatively plans to construct a new production facility next year and to broaden its organizational scope.

A. subsidiary

B. main office

C. corporate headquarters

　

16.  The branch office tentatively plans to construct a new production facility next year and to broaden its organizational scope.

A. positively

B.  unequivocally

C. temporarily

　

17.  The branch office tentatively plans to construct a new production facility next year and to broaden its organizational scope.

A.  hone down

B.  distend

C.  dwindle

　

18.  The branch office tentatively plans to construct a new production facility next year and to broaden its organizational scope.

A.  spectrum

B.  diffusion

C. dispersion

　

19.  The range of TFT-LCD products manufactured in Taiwan has grown rapidly in recent years; such products have generated considerable profits.

A.  dissemination

B.  propagation

C.  scope

　

20.  The range of TFT-LCD products manufactured in Taiwan has grown rapidly in recent years; such products have generated considerable profits.

A.  liabilities

B.  revenues

C.  arrears

　

21.  The Taiwanese branch has committed significant resources to designing TFT-LCD products, and the Intellectual Property Office of the Ministry of Economic Affairs has granted several patents.

A.  relegated

B. retracted

C.  receded

　

22.  The Taiwanese branch has committed significant resources to designing TFT-LCD products, and the Intellectual Property Office of the Ministry of Economic Affairs has granted several patents.

A.  indebtedness

B. impediment

C.  assets

　

  23. The Taiwanese branch has committed significant resources to designing TFT-LCD products, and the Intellectual Property Office of the Ministry of Economic Affairs has granted several patents.

A. conferred

B.  nullified

C.  disputed

　

  24. The Taiwanese branch has committed significant resources to designing TFT-LCD products, and the Intellectual Property Office of the Ministry of Economic Affairs has granted several patents.

A.  published article in a journal

B.  inventions

C.  published article in the proceedings of a conference or symposium

　

25.  To continue this progress, we would like to exchange product-related information and manufacturing technology expertise with your R&D unit, possibly leading to a joint venture once ties are established.  

A.  ascent

B. plunge

C. subsidence

　

  26.  To continue this progress, we would like to exchange product-related information and manufacturing technology expertise with your R&D unit, possibly leading to a joint venture once ties are established. 

A. maltreatment

B. undertaking

C. persecution

　

  27.  To continue this progress, we would like to exchange product-related information and manufacturing technology expertise with your R&D unit, possibly leading to a joint venture once ties are established. 

A. bonds

B. disunion

C.  dissension

　

  28. To initiate this collaborative relationship, ten colleagues from the Taiwanese branch would like to visit your R&D unit next year, hopefully meeting with your departmental managers and research personnel.

A. curtail

B.  halt

C.  pioneer

　

  29. To initiate this collaborative relationship, ten colleagues from the Taiwanese branch would like to visit your R&D unit next year, hopefully meeting with your departmental managers and research personnel.

A. staff

B. subordinates

C.  superiors

　

 30.   Establishing long-term collaborative ties with renowned manufacturers such as yours reflects our resolve to maintain innovation in the production of TFT-LCD in Taiwan.

A.  disintegrating

B. composing

C. dissecting

　

  31. Establishing long-term collaborative ties with renowned manufacturers such as yours reflects our resolve to maintain innovation in the production of TFT-LCD in Taiwan.

A.  iniquitous

B. despicable

C. venerable

　

 32.   Establishing long-term collaborative ties with renowned manufacturers such as yours reflects our resolve to maintain innovation in the production of TFT-LCD in Taiwan.

A. determination

B.  dubiousness

C. diffidence

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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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