閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

 

Exercise 512
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.  We are pleased to hear that you will be returning to Taiwan next month to lecture on recent advances in diagnosing severe ischemia. 

I A.  avert

B.  address

C.  prevent

 

2.  We are pleased to hear that you will be returning to Taiwan next month to lecture on recent advances in diagnosing severe ischemia. 

A.  regresses

B.  setbacks

C.  progress

 

3.  The incidence of brain strokes among the younger population has increased in Taiwan.

A. rise

B.  occurrence

C. failing

 

4.  Many medical technologies have emerged, aimed at resolving salvageable tissue and irreversible damage.

A.  retrograded

B.  receded

C.  appeared

 

5.  Many medical technologies have emerged, aimed at resolving salvageable tissue and irreversible damage. 

A.  irrevocable

B.  replicable

C.  repetitive

 

6.  Let me briefly describe the severity of strokes among the younger aged population. 

A.  light side

B.   gravity

C.  optimistic view

 

7.  The younger population dominates the country’s economic activities, so increases in ischemia or severe brain strokes strain economic resources. 

A. substantiates

B. subverts

C. reigns over

 

8.  Additionally, the island’s national defense heavily relies on its youth: all males perform nearly two years of compulsory military service.

A. voluntary

B.  mandatory

C.  volitional

 

9 Your presence at this event would indeed be an honor for us.

A. esteem

B. disgrace

C.   scandal

 

10.  I hope that you can allot extra time to see some of the cultural wonders of Taiwan. 

A.  decrease

B.  cut back

C.  allocate

 

11.  I hope that you can allot extra time to see some of the cultural wonders of Taiwan. 

A.  marvels

B.  doldrums

C. eye sore


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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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