閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

 

Exercise 502
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 letter dated December 18, 2004, containing the publication Advanced Medical Knowledge.

I A.brochure

B. journal

C.  newspaper

 

2.  In response, I'd like to propose an information exchange between our two organizations, on the integration of digital image processing, biochemistry and medical technologies for extracting Chinese herbal medicine from natural substances.

A. directive

B.  mandate

C.  interchange

 

3.  In response, I'd like to propose an information exchange between our two organizations, on the integration of digital image processing, biochemistry and medical technologies for extracting Chinese herbal medicine from natural substances.

A. quarantine

B. consolidation

C.  confinement

 

4.  In response, I'd like to propose an information exchange between our two organizations, on the integration of digital image processing, biochemistry and medical technologies for extracting Chinese herbal medicine from natural substances.

A. discharging

B. extricating

C.  dispensing

 

5.  The project is a joint collaboration between our research institute and the Institute of Nuclear Science at National Tsing Hua University, and focuses on generating data regarding Chinese herbal medicine extracts.

A. concerted

B. self-reliant

C.  self-governing

 

6.  The project is a joint collaboration between our research institute and the Institute of Nuclear Science at National Tsing Hua University, and focuses on generating data regarding Chinese herbal medicine extracts.

A.  demolishing

B.  pulverizing

C.  procreate

 

7.  Our important work includes publishing a bimonthly magazine that describes the extraction and dissemination of Chinese herbal medicine compounds for commercialization.

A. revising

B. printing

C. proofreading

 

 

8.  Our important work includes publishing a bimonthly magazine that describes the extraction and dissemination of Chinese herbal medicine compounds for commercialization.

A. insertion

B. instillation

C.  removal

 

9.  Our important work includes publishing a bimonthly magazine that describes the extraction and dissemination of Chinese herbal medicine compounds for commercialization.

A. censure

B. promulgation

C.  reproof

 

10.  Our important work includes publishing a bimonthly magazine that describes the extraction and dissemination of Chinese herbal medicine compounds for commercialization.

A.  of buying and selling

B.  of coordinating and organizing

C.  of managing and consulting

 

11.  The experimental results generated in this project have already greatly helped efforts to identify Chinese herbal medicine compounds.

A. camouflage

B. recognize

C.  cloak

 

12.  The experimental results generated in this project have already greatly helped efforts to identify Chinese herbal medicine compounds.

A. components

B.  all-inclusive

C.  aggregate

 

13.  The potential integration of digital image processing, biochemistry and medical technology could contribute to Taiwan’s rapid economic growth, fuelled by the development of many innovative technologies.

A.  retroactive

B.  reflective

C.  prospective

 

14.  The potential integration of digital image processing, biochemistry and medical technology could contribute to Taiwan’s rapid economic growth, fuelled by the development of many innovative technologies.

A. consolidation

B.  partition

C. fragmentation

 

15.  The potential integration of digital image processing, biochemistry and medical technology could contribute to Taiwan’s rapid economic growth, fuelled by the development of many innovative technologies.

A. deprecated by

B. belittled by

C. empowered by

 

16.  Chinese and Taiwanese have extensively used Chinese herbal medicine for centuries. 

A. narrowly

B.  confining

C.  expansively

 

17.  Chinese and Taiwanese have extensively used Chinese herbal medicine for centuries.

A.  hundreds of years

B.  several years

C.  several decades

 

18.  Given advances in laboratory facilities, instrumentation and available technologies, educational institutions in Taiwan now employ highly qualified technical personnel to conduct advanced research on Chinese herbal medicine-related topics.

A.  offer internships to

B.  offer investment opportunities to

C.  offer work to

 

19.  Given advances in laboratory facilities, instrumentation and available technologies, educational institutions in Taiwan now employ highly qualified technical personnel to conduct advanced research on Chinese herbal medicine-related topics.

A.  competent

B.  inept

C.  clumsy

 

20.  Many such projects currently focus on the feasibility of integrating digital image processing with biochemical assessment, molecular biology technologies and the extraction of Chinese herbal medicine from natural substances.

A. inefficacy

B.  inoperability

C.  practicality

 

21.  Many such projects currently focus on the feasibility of integrating digital image processing with biochemical assessment, molecular biology technologies and the extraction of Chinese herbal medicine from natural substances.

A.  bisecting

B.  blending

C.  subdividing

 

22.  Many such projects currently focus on the feasibility of integrating digital image processing with biochemical assessment, molecular biology technologies and the extraction of Chinese herbal medicine from natural substances.

A.  appraisal

B.  negation

C.  rejection

 

  23. We recognize that ensuring the continued success of our efforts in Taiwan depends on the open sharing and exchange of experiences with other similar organizations.

A.   linear

B.   interrupted

C.   incoherent

 

  24. We recognize that ensuring the continued success of our efforts in Taiwan depends on the open sharing and exchange of experiences with other similar organizations.

A.  interaction

B.  censure

C. denunciation


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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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