閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

Exercise 385
Purpose: Increasing reading comprehension skills /加強閱讀技巧
Writing Effective Career Statements /有效撰寫英文職涯經歷


Pick the work or expression whose meaning is closest to the meaning of the underlined word or expression in the following passages.

 

1.    Mary was first exposed to hospital management during undergraduate school, where she read many hospital management-related case studies in preparation for her senior thesis.
  A. sheltered
  B.  made aware of
  C.   protected
   
2. Mary was first exposed to hospital management during undergraduate school, where she read many hospital management-related case studies in preparation for her senior thesis.
  A. conjecture
  B. dissertation
  C. assumption
     
3.  Changes in Taiwan's national health insurance system have posed serious challenges for hospitals, requiring that they employ skilled management professionals.
  A.  presented
  B. profusion
  C. trade
     
4.  Becoming aware of an individual hospital's needs has shown Mary the importance of hospitals’ establishing feasible strategies for remaining competitive.
  A. irrelevance
  B. significance
  C. inconsequential
     
5.  Becoming aware of an individual hospital's needs has shown Mary the importance of hospitals’ establishing feasible strategies for remaining competitive.
  A. impractical
  B. useless
  C. viable
     
6.  Becoming aware of an individual hospital's needs has shown Mary the importance of hospitals’ establishing feasible strategies for remaining competitive.
  A. josh
  B. tactics
  C.  jest
     
7. Additionally, frequently coming into contact with hospitals has allowed her to spend considerable time to learn about their unique organizational culture and research related topics.
  A. mundane
  B.  ordinary
  C.  incomparable
     
8. For instance, she once consulted a hospital administrator on the various practices adopted in daily operations.
  A.  argued with
  B. discussed with
  C. debated with
     
9. Such experiences made her aware of how novel management concepts can be applied in a practical setting.
  A.  unique
  B.  typical
  C.  commonplace
     
10. Moreover, Mary is committed to strengthening her research capabilities.
  A. in disagreement with
  B.  opposed to
  C. devoted to
     
11. Moreover, Mary is committed to strengthening her research capabilities.
  A. reinforcing
  B.  marginalizing
  C. minimizing
     
12. Doing so will make her a more competent professional, allowing her to face unforeseeable obstacles more effectively.
  A. inapt
 

B.

 skillful
  C. inept
     
13. Doing so will make her a more competent professional, allowing her to face unforeseeable obstacles more effectively.
  A. estimable
 

B.

 calculated
  C. unpredictable
     
14. Doing so will make her a more competent professional, allowing her to face unforeseeable obstacles more effectively.
  A. barricade
 

B.

 entry
  C. ingress
     
15. As a researcher, she strives to distinguish herself from other collaborators while remaining congenial and approachable.
  A. attempts
 

B.

 divest
  C. peel
     
16. As a researcher, she strives to distinguish herself from other collaborators while remaining congenial and approachable.
  A. distract
 

B.

 infiltrate
  C. separate
     
17. As a researcher, she strives to distinguish herself from other collaborators while remaining congenial and approachable.
  A. rivals
 

B.

 colleagues
  C. contestant
     
18. As a researcher, she strives to distinguish herself from other collaborators while remaining congenial and approachable.
  A. friendly
 

B.

 hostile
  C. inimical
     
19. As a researcher, she strives to distinguish herself from other collaborators while remaining congenial and approachable.
  A. subjective
 

B.

 judgmental
  C. welcoming
     
20. For her, working in a management position in a hospital involves many exciting challenges, and the opportunity to work at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital would allow her to realize her career aspirations fully.
  A. hobbies
 

B.

 leisure activities
  C. ambitions
     
21. Mary is determined to learn as much as possible while contributing any beneficial results that she can generate.
  A. helpful
 

B.

 harmful
  C. threatening
     
22. Chang Gung Memorial Hospital would be an excellent learning environment in which Mary could wholeheartedly contribute her knowledge and expertise.
  A. partially
 

B.

 entirely
  C. fragmentary
     

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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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