閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

Exercise 389
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 has positioned itself as ‘Green Silicon Island’ following its swift industrial development in recent decades.
  A. activated
   B. replaced
    C. placed
   
2. Taiwan has positioned itself as ‘Green Silicon Island’ following its swift industrial development in recent decades.
  A. detained
  B. rapid
  C. retarded
     
3.  Besides scientific, technological and societal advances, international marketing and management are essential.
   A. fundamental
  B. trivial
  C. dispensable
     
4.  However, Taiwan's information industry severely lacks international marketing and management personnel.
  A. requires
  B. requests
  C. replenishes
     
5.  However, Taiwan's information industry severely lacks international marketing and management personnel.
  A. protestor
  B. claimant
  C. staff
     
6.  The integration of IT with marketing or management science has recently emerged in Taiwan as an important area of research.
  A. immunity
  B. segregation
  C.  combination
     
7. The integration of IT with marketing or management science has recently emerged in Taiwan as an important area of research.
  A. materialized
  B.  receded
  C.  declined
     
8. Although the Taiwanese information sector has access to state-of-the-art technologies, few related products have been exported. Moreover, few Taiwanese products have brand recognition abroad.
  A.  exit
  B. admission
  C. depart
     
9. Although the Taiwanese information sector has access to state-of-the-art technologies, few related products have been exported. Moreover, few Taiwanese products have brand recognition abroad.
  A.  rudimentary
  B.  advanced
  C.  basic
     
10. Although the Taiwanese information sector has access to state-of-the-art technologies, few related products have been exported. Moreover, few Taiwanese products have brand recognition abroad.
  A. depreciation
  B.  demotion
  C. acknowledgment
     
11. Thus, local companies that seek for their products to have international appeal require personnel with international marketing and management backgrounds.
  A. repulsion
  B.  attraction
  C. distraction
     
12. As a leader in the information technology sector, DEF Corporation is renowned for its state-of-the-art products and services, as well as outstanding product research and technical capabilities. Tom hopes to become a member of the DEF corporate family; his expertise developed in graduate school and his strong academic knowledge and practical skills will definitely make him an asset to any collaborative product development effort.
  A. notorious
 

B.

 famous
  C. infamous
     
13. As a leader in the information technology sector, DEF Corporation is renowned for its state-of-the-art products and services, as well as outstanding product research and technical capabilities. Tom hopes to become a member of the DEF corporate family; his expertise developed in graduate school and his strong academic knowledge and practical skills will definitely make him an asset to any collaborative product development effort.
  A. individual
 

B.

 synergistic
  C. autonomous
     
14. Offering more than just technical expertise, Tom is especially interested in how DEF Corporation’s marketing and related management departments make strategic decisions.
  A. conceived
 

B.

 perceived
  C. plenary
     
15. Employment at DEF Corporation will undoubtedly expose him to new fields, as long as he remains open and does not restrict himself to the range of his previous academic training.
  A. reserved
 

B.

 conservative
  C. uninhibited
     

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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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