閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

Exercise 393
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. The hectic pace and pressure of daily life, as well as the consumption of some highly nutritious foods, account for the increasing rate of cancer in the general population.
  A. slack
  B.  busy
  C.   relaxed
   
2. The hectic pace and pressure of daily life, as well as the consumption of some highly nutritious foods, account for the increasing rate of cancer in the general population.
  A. usage
  B. conservation
  C. preservation
     
3.  The hectic pace and pressure of daily life, as well as the consumption of some highly nutritious foods, account for the increasing rate of cancer in the general population.
  A.  unwholesome
  B. alimentary
  C. detrimental
     
4.  Therefore, identifying adequate therapeutic treatments and prognostic factors is essential in the field of radiological technology; Susan has a particular interest in management in this field.
  A. retrograde
  B. regressive
  C. curative
     
5.  Breast cancer persists as the second leading cause of death among females with cancer.
  A. existence
  B. mortality
  C. survival
     
6.  Breast cancer persists as the second leading cause of death among females with cancer.
  A. perseveres
  B. relinquishes
  C.  abdicates
     
7. In academia, Susan has always been interested in identifying prognostic factors of breast cancer and especially those factors can that can promote cures for treated patients.
  A. daily affairs
  B.  hitech-related work
  C.  school-related work
     
8. Information technologies have definitely transformed living standards globally, as new innovations seem to appear daily.
  A.  constrained
  B. converted
  C. restrained
     
9. Information technologies have definitely transformed living standards globally, as new innovations seem to appear daily.
  A.  relapse
  B.  regressions
  C.  creations
     
10. This fact explains why almost everyone is eager to learn how to use the latest computer programs and acquire as many knowledge-based skills as possible.
  A. enthusiastic
  B.  appalled
  C. dreaded
     
11. This fact explains why almost everyone is eager to learn how to use the latest computer programs and acquire as many knowledge-based skills as possible.
  A. refuse
  B.  attain
  C. return
     
12. These two ingredients are crucial for his fully realizing his career aspirations.
  A. ban
 

B.

 inception
  C. components
     
13. The opportunity to work at ABC Corporation would provide Tom with an excellent environment not only to actualize his potential in a career, but also allow him to apply theoretical knowledge-management concepts taught in graduate school in a practical work setting.
  A. formidable
 

B.

 banner
  C. furious
     
14. The opportunity to work at ABC Corporation would provide Tom with an excellent environment not only to actualize his potential in a career, but also allow him to apply theoretical knowledge-management concepts taught in graduate school in a practical work setting.
  A. imagine
 

B.

 theorize
  C. make real
     

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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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