閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

Exercise 388
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.    Taiwan's national health insurance scheme was instituted in 1995 to integrate insurance and medical treatment throughout the island.
  A. abolished
  B.  established
  C.   bankrupted
   
2. Taiwan's national health insurance scheme was instituted in 1995 to integrate insurance and medical treatment throughout the island.
  A. separate
  B. distinguish
  C. combine
     
3.  All Taiwanese residents participate in the health insurance scheme, by the deduction of a certain amount from their monthly income.
  A.  refrain from
  B. join in
  C. abstain from
     
4.  All Taiwanese residents participate in the health insurance scheme, by the deduction of a certain amount from their monthly income.
  A. withdrawal
  B. multiplication
  C. addition
     
5.  They are thus entitled to hold an insurance card for hospital outpatient or admissions services, paying only a small fraction of the entire cost.
  A. avoided
  B. prevented
  C. allowed
     
6.  They are thus entitled to hold an insurance card for hospital outpatient or admissions services, paying only a small fraction of the entire cost.
  A. partial
  B. whole
  C.  comprehensive
     
7. This health insurance scheme provides a valuable service, especially for those in poverty and for the elderly.
  A. detour
  B.  place
  C.  plan
     
8. This health insurance scheme provides a valuable service, especially for those in poverty and for the elderly.
  A.  wealth
  B. destitution
  C. prosperity
     
9. This health insurance scheme provides a valuable service, especially for those in poverty and for the elderly.
  A.  adolescents
  B.  middle aged people
  C.  old people
     
10. However, an increase in monthly premium costs has led to many individuals’ excessively using medical treatment resources, straining the system’s finances.
  A. insufficiently
  B.  exorbitantly
  C. inadequately
     
11. However, an increase in monthly premium costs has led to many individuals’ excessively using medical treatment resources, straining the system's finances.
  A. relaxing
  B.  unwinding
  C. stretching
     
12. Therefore, Jerry is interested in formulating an indicator to monitor the financial strain experienced by a hospital.
  A. recreating
 

B.

 devising
  C. abandoning
     
13. Therefore, Jerry is interested in formulating an indicator to monitor the financial strain experienced by a hospital.
  A. sign
 

B.

 omen
  C. warning
     
14. Therefore, Jerry is interested in formulating an indicator to monitor the financial strain experienced by a hospital.
  A. rekindle
 

B.

 reinvigorate
  C. observe
     
15. Therefore, Jerry is interested in formulating an indicator to monitor the financial strain experienced by a hospital.
  A. release
 

B.

 pressure
  C. valve
     
16. He is encouraged that his professional interests match Mackay Memorial Hospital's specialization in providing quality medical services.
  A. pleased
 

B.

 depressed
  C. displeased
     
17. He is encouraged that his professional interests match Mackay Memorial Hospital's specialization in providing quality medical services.
  A. shriek
 

B.

 glitter
  C. forte
     

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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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