閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

 

Exercise 509
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.  Unfortunately, a slight change has been made in our visiting schedule, which will hopefully not inconvenience you.

I A.  significant

B.  diminutive

C.  substantial 

 

2.  Unfortunately, a slight change has been made in our visiting schedule, which will hopefully not inconvenience you.

A.  promote

B.  contribute to

C.  disturb

 

3.  If so, Dr. Jones can book his flight to arrive in the United States on May the 14th.

A. cancel

B.  reserve

C. reschedule

 

4.  Accordingly, could you please provide an itinerary that would allow our colleagues to receive their visas?

A. payment plan

B.  investment plan

C.  schedule

 

5.   I would like to pose the following questions before our discussion on May 14, to give you plenty of time to prepare your responses:

A.  ask

B.  refer

C. consult with

 

6.  How does your Medical Center laboratory develop or implement a forecasting animal model based on a treatment database?

A. delay

B.  postpone

C. put into effect

 

7.  How does your Medical Center laboratory develop or implement a forecasting animal model based on a treatment database?

A.  prediction

B.  software

C.  database

 

8.  What standard services does your Proton Treatment Center offer to classify long-term health care facilities in different countries?

A. modern

B.  unique

C.  conventional

 

9.  What standard services does your Proton Treatment Center offer to classify long-term health care facilities in different countries?

A.  implement

B.  categorize

C.  execute

 

10.  If you could provide the travel party with an itinerary, I would like to make a hotel reservation for three single rooms (for two nights) from May 14 to May 16, 2005, and another single room (for one night) from May 15 to May 16, 2005.

A.  group

B.  festival

C.  meeting


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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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