閱讀技巧 (Reading Comprehension)

Exercise 416
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.    Lisa is a well-rounded person, as evidenced by her participation in numerous extracurricular activities in which she has acquired numerous professional skills.
  A. aggressive
   B. contemplative
    C. balanced
   
2. Lisa is a well-rounded person, as evidenced by her participation in numerous extracurricular activities in which she has acquired numerous professional skills.
  A. disputed
  B. proven
  C. refuted
     
3.  Lisa is a well-rounded person, as evidenced by her participation in numerous extracurricular activities in which she has acquired numerous professional skills.
   A. dispensed
  B. obtained
  C. created
     
4.  She also believes that she has an excellent capacity to concentrate.
  A. place
  B. ability
  C. company
     
5.  She will devote her energies to accomplish her goals.
  A. abandon
  B. renounce
  C. dedicate
     
6.  She will devote her energies to accomplish her goals.
  A. fragility
  B. strengths
  C.  infirmity
     
7. She has an assertive personality, as proven by her ability to estimate, plan and act efficiently.
  A. feeble
  B.  frail
  C.  emphatic
     
8. She has an assertive personality, as proven by her ability to estimate, plan and act efficiently.
  A.  disposition
  B. humor
  C. hilarious
     
9. Moreover, she believes that she is a leader in the sense that she can perform a complex task with a minimum of staff and resources.
  A.  facile
  B.  convoluted
  C.  fluid
     
10. She can also assign tasks to subordinates according to their strengths.
  A. designate
  B.  relieve
  C. boost
     
11. She can also assign tasks to subordinates according to their strengths.
  A. recollections
  B.  memories
  C. assignments
     
12. Finally, Lisa has strong communicative skills. Individuals who collaborate with each other depend on communication and action.
  A. sustain
 

B.

 rely
  C. rely
     
13. More than a communicator, an excellent manager acts effectively and efficiently.
  A. mediocre
 

B.

 first-rate
  C. substandard
     

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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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