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英検1級 そっくり模試 第3回(一次試験・筆記)

本ページでは、英検1級の出題傾向を分析して独自作成したそっくり模試 第3回の問題を一部掲載し、解答・解説の一部もご紹介します。全問題(大問1〜5)と詳しい解説は、無料登録後にPDFでダウンロードいただけます。

22語句補充
6長文空所
7長文読解
90-110要約(語)
200-240エッセイ(語)

大問1 短文の語句空所補充(一部)

全22問のうち、3問を掲載しています。

(1)The moment the bell rang, the quiet library dissolved into a ( ) of scraping chairs, slamming doors, and shouted goodbyes.

1lull2injection3cacophony4transition

解説:【コロケーション維持】a cacophony of ~(さまざまな音の混在)という定型枠→〈不協和音・騒々しい音の混在〉cacophony。他の選択肢(lull/injection/transition)はいずれも同じ品詞だが、文脈上この空所には当てはまらない。

(2)Long held up as a ( ) of public virtue, the senator was the last person anyone expected to be charged with corruption.

1paragon2proceeds3inheritance4attorney

解説:「公的美徳の鑑」として長く称えられてきた→〈模範・鑑(かがみ)〉paragon。他の選択肢(proceeds/inheritance/attorney)はいずれも同じ品詞だが、文脈上この空所には当てはまらない。

(3)After the bumper harvest, the markets were left with such a ( ) of cheap fruit that much of it simply rotted unsold.

1founder2profusion3tentacle4monopoly

解説:豊作で売れ残って腐るほどの大量の果物→〈豊富・ありあまるほどの量〉profusion。他の選択肢(founder/tentacle/monopoly)はいずれも同じ品詞だが、文脈上この空所には当てはまらない。

(6)The abrupt rise in fares provoked such a fierce public ( ) that the transport authority reversed the decision within a week.

1accusation2constitution3backlash4rehabilitation
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大問2 長文の語句空所補充(冒頭)

長文の冒頭部分と設問例を掲載しています。全文と全設問はPDFに収録。

The Toughest Animal Alive

Among the most remarkable creatures on Earth is one that few people have ever seen: the tardigrade, a tiny animal no longer than a grain of sand, often called the water bear for its plump body and slow, lumbering walk. For all its apparent fragility, it can endure conditions that would destroy almost any other form of life. It has been frozen to a temperature close to absolute zero, heated past the boiling point of water, and crushed under pressures far greater than those at the bottom of the ocean. It has even ( 23 ) the vacuum and radiation of open space. No other animal is known to be so nearly impossible to kill. …(続く)

(23)空所(23)に入れるのに最も適切なものを選ぶ問題です。

1succumbed to2recoiled from3depended on4withstood

解説:前文までで「凍結・加熱・高圧に耐えてきた」と並列され、空所も『生き延びてきた』例の続き。よって宇宙の真空と放射線にも〈耐えた〉= withstood。succumbed to=屈して死ぬ(逆)、recoiled from=後ずさりする、depended on=頼るで、いずれも『破壊的条件に耐える』文脈と合わない。

大問3 長文の内容一致選択(冒頭)

長文の冒頭部分と設問例を掲載しています。全文と設問はPDFに収録。

The Penny Universities

When the first coffeehouses opened in London in the middle of the seventeenth century, few could have guessed how deeply they would shape the intellectual and commercial life of the age. Coffee itself was a novelty, a bitter and faintly exotic drink newly arrived from the Ottoman world, and the establishments that served it were stranger still. For the price of a single penny — the cost of a dish of coffee — any man could enter, take a seat, and join the conversation. So cheap was the entry, and so freely did ideas circulate within, that the coffeehouses soon acquired a telling nickname: the penny universities. …(続く)

No.29Why did London coffeehouses come to be called the "penny universities"?

1Because they were funded by the great universities of the time.2Because only university graduates were permitted to enter them.3Because a cup of coffee there cost far more than a penny.4Because a penny bought entry to a place where ideas were freely exchanged.

解説:第1段落「一杯一ペニーの入場料で誰でも入って会話に加われ、自由に考えが行き交ったため、ペニー大学という呼び名がついた」と明示。選択肢1が一致。2(大学が出資)・3(卒業生限定)は本文に記述なく、4(一ペニーより高い)は『一ペニーで入れた』に反する。

ライティング(設題)

設題と語数を掲載しています。模範解答と解説はPDFに収録。

大問4 英文要約(90-110語)

Read the article below and summarize it in your own words as far as possible in English. Summarize it between 90 and 110 words.

TOPIC:The Move Toward a Cashless Society
Although money has always been physical, many countries are now shifting rapidly toward cashless payment by card or smartphone. Supporters highlight its speed and convenience, the reduced cost and risk of handling cash, and the transparency of digital records,…
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大問5 エッセイ(200-240語)

Write an essay on the given TOPIC. Give THREE reasons to support your answer. Structure: introduction, main body, and conclusion Suggested length: 200-240 words

TOPIC:Agree or disagree: Governments should invest more in space exploration
Space exploration has long captured the human imagination, yet its enormous cost provokes fierce debate. Although critics insist the money would be better spent on earthly problems, I firmly agree that governments should invest more in space exploration. Scien…
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この模試について

英検1級の一次試験(筆記)は、大問1 語句空所補充(22問)、大問2 長文空所補充(6問)、大問3 長文読解(7問)、大問4 英文要約(90〜110語)、大問5 エッセイ(200〜240語・理由3つ)で構成されます。本模試の第3回は、The Toughest Animal Alive / The Box That Changed the Worldなどの題材を扱い、本番と同じ問題数・難易度で作成しています。 語彙問題では1級レベルの語(cacophony, paragon, profusion など)を中心に出題し、長文読解では言い換えや文脈把握を問います。 ライティングは英文要約(90-110語)とエッセイ(200-240語)で、いずれも模範解答つきです。 全問題・全解説・解答用紙は無料登録後にPDFでダウンロードいただけます。