閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

　

Exercise 647
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. After commercializing the first cellular phone in 1970, ABC Corporation has become the largest global cellular phone manufacturer, diversifying from advanced manufacturing technologies into specialized design processes. 

I A.  varying

B.  confining

C.  trammeling

　

2. With an annual output of 10,000,000 cellular phones, ABC Corporation generated revenues of US$ 1,500,000,000 last year.

A.  expended

B.  squandered

C.  spawned  

　

3. Manufacturing cellular phones involves integrating electronic equipment, silicon chips, chemical processes, gas water and electricity. 

A.  quarantines

B.  encompasses  

C.  precludes

　

4. The complexity of cellular phones raises environmental protection, security and hygiene issues in manufacturing.

A.  simplicity

B.  lucidity

C.  intricacy

　

5. To be a sustainable and environmentally responsible company, ABC Corporation has implemented the following measures:  maintaining environmentally safe manufacturing practices aimed at protecting employee health and security; strictly adhering to global safety and hygiene practices; educating employees on the importance of environmental protection, security and hygiene during manufacturing; recommending the adoption of novel environmentally friendly and efficient technologies; and extensively testing new materials to reduce risks. 

A.  compliantly

B.  elastically

C.  adamantly  

　

6. To be a sustainable and environmentally responsible company, ABC Corporation has implemented the following measures:  maintaining environmentally safe manufacturing practices aimed at protecting employee health and security; strictly adhering to global safety and hygiene practices; educating employees on the importance of environmental protection, security and hygiene during manufacturing; recommending the adoption of novel environmentally friendly and efficient technologies; and extensively testing new materials to reduce risks.

A.  putrid

B.  sanitary

C.  unkempt

　

7. Global enterprises must commit themselves to professional integrity and environmental consciousness.

A.  veracity

B.  perverse

C.  amoral

　

8. Environmentally sound manufacturing processes should aim to reduce employee error, conserve water and electricity and reduce pollutant emissions.

A.  discharges 

B.  absorption

C.  osmosis  

　

9. Besides simply generating revenues, ABC Corporation must be a responsible community member by cultivating social consciousness, creating employment opportunities while operating in a sustainable manner, seeking to satisfy consumer demand with quality technological products that have low power consumption and comprehensive technical services.

A.  eschewing

B.  enlightening

C.  steering clear of

　

10. Besides simply generating revenues, ABC Corporation must be a responsible community member by cultivating social consciousness, creating employment opportunities while operating in a sustainable manner and attempting to satisfy consumer demand with quality technological products that have low power consumption and comprehensive technical services.

A.  sweeping

B.  spasmodic

C.  intermittent

 

　

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