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英検1級 そっくり模試 第8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8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)Decades in the import trade had given her a commercial ( ) that her younger, university-trained rivals conspicuously lacked.

1corruption2acumen3hull4injustice

解説:「長年の貿易経験が与え、若い競合が欠いていた」から、商才=〈鋭い判断力、商才〉acumen。他の選択肢(corruption/hull/injustice)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)Years of broken promises had opened an almost unbridgeable ( ) between the two communities, who now barely spoke to one another.

1chasm2removal3kiln4vent

解説:「破られた約束の末、二つの共同体の間に開いた埋めがたい〜」から、深い断絶=〈深い溝、隔たり〉chasm。他の選択肢(removal/kiln/vent)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)Every senior post had gone to a cousin or in-law of the chairman, and critics denounced the appointments as blatant ( ).

1attrition2chemistry3nepotism4silicon

解説:「要職がすべて会長の親類縁者に渡った」から、縁故びいき=〈縁故主義、身内びいき〉nepotism。他の選択肢(attrition/chemistry/silicon)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)After several of his claims were shown to be plainly false, the committee began to doubt the ( ) of his entire account.

1representation2veracity3correction4sentiment
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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 Power of Belief

Give a patient a pill that contains no active medicine whatever, tell them that it is a powerful new drug, and a surprising number of people will genuinely begin to feel better. This is the placebo effect, one of the most intriguing and stubborn puzzles in all of medicine. For a long time doctors dismissed it as a mere figment of the imagination, a curious result that ( 23 ). More recent research, however, suggests that the truth is far stranger: the simple expectation of relief can itself set off real, measurable changes inside the body. …(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。

1defied every known law of nature2could not possibly be measured3was hardly worth taking seriously4had already transformed medicine

解説:直前で「単なる想像の産物と片付けた」とあるので、医師はそれをまともに取り合う価値のない結果とみなしていた=〈ほとんど真剣に扱うに値しない〉1。次文の逆接 however で初めて「実は事実だ」と覆る流れとも整合する。2「あらゆる自然法則に反する」・3「測定不可能」は『想像と一蹴する』軽視の含意とずれ、4「すでに医学を一変させていた」は当時の評価と正反対(後の重視と取り違え)。

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 Press That Remade the World

Before the middle of the fifteenth century, every book in Europe was copied out by hand. The work was painfully slow and the cost enormous: a single Bible might take a trained scribe well over a year to complete, and the finished volume was so valuable that it would often be chained to a desk to prevent theft. Books were the preserve of the wealthy, the Church, and the universities; for the great majority of ordinary people, the written word was effectively out of reach. …(続く)

No.29According to the passage, why were books so expensive before the middle of the fifteenth century?

1Each one had to be chained to a desk, which added enormously to its final cost.2The metal type required to produce them was extremely costly to manufacture.3Each one had to be laboriously copied out by hand, a task that could take a scribe more than a year.4Only a handful of universities were legally permitted to sell them.

解説:第1段落「15世紀半ば以前は全ての本が手書きで写され、聖書1冊に熟練の写字生が1年以上かかった」が高価さの理由。1が強い言い換え。2は本文の『机に鎖でつなぐ』という語句を使うが、それは“高価さの結果(盗難防止)”であって“原因”ではない(因果の取り違え)。3の活字は印刷登場以後の話で時代が合わない、4は本文に記述がない。

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 Strain of Too Many Visitors
Long regarded as a pure blessing that brings income, jobs, and funds for preserving heritage, tourism has surged so dramatically that many destinations now suffer from overtourism. Its benefits remain real, often providing a region's chief livelihood and finan…
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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 give priority to protecting the environment over pursuing economic growth
As climate change accelerates, governments face an agonising choice between the planet and prosperity. Although some fear that environmental priorities will destroy jobs, I firmly agree that governments should give priority to protecting the environment over p…
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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8回は、The Power of Belief / The Wealth in a Pin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(acumen, chasm, nepotism 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。