閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

　

Exercise 507
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.  I apologize for the delay in responding to your fax.

I A.  boast

B. beg pardon

C. pat oneself on the back

　

2.  I apologize for the delay in responding to your fax.

A. extension

B. branching

C. procrastination

　

3.  In addition to preparing for our hospital’s tenth anniversary, I have been assigned the task of procuring advanced MRI instrumentation for our hospital. 

A.  allocated

B.  negated

C.   nullified

　

4.  In addition to preparing for our hospital’s tenth anniversary, I have been assigned the task of procuring advanced MRI instrumentation for our hospital. 

A.  selling

B. purchasing

C. developing

　

5.  In particular, I am evaluating the feasibility of using the 1.5 Tesla MRI in performing as many patient examinations daily.

A. overlooking  

B. snubbing

C. approximating

　

6.  In particular, I am evaluating the feasibility of using the 1.5 Tesla MRI in performing as many patient examinations daily.

A.  hopelessness

B.  inefficaciousness

C.  practicality

　

7.  Importantly, integrating the MRI and PACS systems depends strongly on the communication gateway.

A.  uncoupling

B.   disengaging

C.   merging with

　

8.  GE has arranged for me to travel to the United States next month and consult its research group on our clinical needs.

A. seek funds

B. seek advice

C. seek data

 

9.  Therefore, on the final two days of my trip, I would like to visit your hospital and learn of your clinical experience of using this instrumentation.

A. program applications

B. software

C.  machinery

 

10.  Second, with respect to GE’s MRI system in which varying pulse sequences are developed (including multi-IR pulse sequence and DW imaging), I hope to learn of the correct parameter settings and the optimal coil.

A. altering

B.  uniform

C.  immutable

　

11.  Second, with respect to GE’s MRI system in which varying pulse sequences are developed (including multi-IR pulse sequence and DW imaging), I hope to learn of the correct parameter settings and the optimal coil.

A. mediocre

B.  best

C. preferred

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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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