閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

Exercise 395
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.    Having devoted himself to developing computer information systems for over a decade, Larry is well aware that no information system can be implemented without problems.
  A. forsaken
   B. committed
    C. foregone
   
2. Having devoted himself to developing computer information systems for over a decade, Larry is well aware that no information system can be implemented without problems.
  A. twenty years
  B. five years
  C. ten years
     
3.  Having devoted himself to developing computer information systems for over a decade, Larry is well aware that no information system can be implemented without problems.
   A. executed
  B. aborted
  C. abandoned
     
4.  The end user must always spend much time to modify functions that are related to practical operations.
  A. aggravate
  B. alter
  C. solidify
     
5.  Even after a system has gone online, it must be continually enhanced or modified because of corporate re-engineering, re-organization, ergonomic issues and consumer demand.
  A. degraded
  B. upgraded
  C. deteriorated
     
6.  Even after a system has gone online, it must be continually enhanced or modified because of corporate re-engineering, re-organization, ergonomic issues and consumer demand.
  A. harden
  B. congeal
  C.  varied
     
7. Even after a system has gone online, it must be continually enhanced or modified because of corporate re-engineering, re-organization, ergonomic issues and consumer demand.
  A. social-related
  B.  work-related
  C.  organizational-related
     
8. Thus, Larry constantly strives to equip himself with stronger analytical skills to identify accurately what aspects of an information system must be developed, enhanced or modified.
  A.  travails
  B. conjures
  C. presents
     
9. Thus, Larry constantly strives to equip himself with stronger analytical skills to identify accurately what aspects of an information system must be developed, enhanced or modified.
  A.  demoted
  B.  downgraded
  C.  enriched
     
10. His maturation as a proficient researcher during graduate school will hopefully prove to be a valuable asset to ABC Corporation, allowing Larry to contribute significantly to any product development efforts.
  A. deconstruction
  B.  development
  C. reconstruction
     
11. His maturation as a proficient researcher during graduate school will hopefully prove to be a valuable asset to ABC Corporation, allowing Larry to contribute significantly to any product development efforts.
  A. aspiring
  B.  knowledgeable
  C. rising
     
12. His maturation as a proficient researcher during graduate school will hopefully prove to be a valuable asset to ABC Corporation, allowing Larry to contribute significantly to any product development efforts.
  A. liability
 

B.

 vulnerability
  C. resource
     

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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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