閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

 

Exercise 642
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. Established in 1967, the Radiology Technology Department at Cheng Hsin Medical Center has provided nearly five decades of service, and has trained many outstanding radiologists who are now spread throughout Taiwan.

I A. authorized

B.  obliged

C.  disseminated

 

2. The Medical Imagery Department is divided into radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy sections, specializing in x-ray, CT and MRI examinations, respectively.  

A.  synthesized

B.  consolidated

C.  segmented  

 

3. The radiology unit has state-of-the-art facilities and highly skilled personnel to provide prompt and efficient care.

A.  expeditious

B.  lethargic

C.  dilatory

 

4. The radiology team continuously pursues advanced technology applications to offer continually improving therapeutic services.

A.  flies the coop

B.  absconds

C.  perseveres in

 

5. With its excellent specialists and facilities, the radiology unit has not only received accreditation from the Chinese Society of Radiology, but also operates a residential training program under the auspices of the Department of Health.

A.  admonition

B.  sanction  

C.  remonstration

 

6. The specialized equipment of the unit includes a high-tech magnetic resonance imaging system, rapid computerized tomography, a dual energy x-ray bone densitometer, mammography, high-resolution ultrasonography and digital subtraction angiography.

A.  repudiates

B.  encompasses  

C.  ostracize

 

7. Nuclear medicine provides imaging and functional evaluations for various body organs, as well as radioimmunoassay analysis, including nuclear cardiology and neuropsychiatry.

A.  reprimands

B.  devaluations

C.  appraisals  

 

8. A research project is currently underway on administering radioactive iodine 13 l to treat patients with thyroid disorders as a part of long-term follow-up therapy. 

A.  cure

B.  inflict

C.  wreak

 

9. The radiotherapy unit is fitted with a double density linear accelerator for treating patients suffering from cancer, supported by a high precision radiographic simulator, for accurately detecting tumor size and location.

A.  precisely  

B.  haphazardly

C.  erroneously

 

10. Driven by a high-powered computer, the therapeutic planning system can determine accurate dosages for therapeutic purposes.

A.  detracted

B.  impelled

C.  deflected

 

11. This service prioritizes quality control in therapeutic planning. 

A.  void

B.  attribute

C.  chasm

 

12. As for future trends, the hospital is digitalizing all of its medical images, and the PACS system will provide the entire hospital with an image transmissions system in June of this year.

A.  manually recording

B.  computerizing  

C.  drafting

 

 


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