閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

 

Exercise 514
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.  Once the schedule has been finalized, I will reserve a hotel room for you.

I A.   hardware

B.  agenda

C.  software

 

2.  Once the schedule has been finalized, I will reserve a hotel room for you.

A.  conclusive 

B.  tentative

C.  in the trial stages

 

3.  Once the schedule has been finalized, I will reserve a hotel room for you.

A. recant

B.  retract

C.  book

 

4.  If you decide to come, please purchase your roundtrip ticket (business class) in advance and save the receipt for reimbursement.

A.  incorporation

B.   addition

C.  remuneration

 

5.  I should also mention that Taiwan’s government levies a technical service fee tax of 20%.

A.   gather

B.   refunds

C.  rebates

 

6.  How to ameliorate a defect in enzyme-linked immunosobent assay (ELISA)

A. aggravate

B. exacerbate

C.  heal

 

7.  An honorarium for the seminars will also be given.

A. payment for lecture

B.  payment for accommodations

C. payment for interview


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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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