準1級第3回

英検準1級 そっくり模試 第3回(一次試験・筆記)

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筆記 90分 · リスニングは含みません

18語句補充
6長文空所
7長文読解
60-70要約(語)
120-150エッセイ(語)

大問1 短文の語句空所補充(一部)

全18問のうち、3問を掲載しています。

(1)Years of political ( ) had left the small nation exhausted. Different groups fought constantly for power, and ordinary life became almost impossible.

1temper ✓2despair ✓3strife ✓4sorrow ✓

解説:「集団が権力を絶えず争う」から、争い・対立=strife。

(2)Nothing could ( ) the stubborn old farmer to sell his land. No matter how much money the company offered, he simply refused.

1compel ✓2confess ✓3devote ✓4crawl ✓

解説:「いくら積んでも売却を拒む」から、(無理に)〜させる=compel。

(3)The nurse was extremely ( ) to the needs of her patients. She noticed the smallest signs of discomfort and responded before anyone had to ask.

1sympathetic ✓2deliberate ✓3favorable ✓4attentive ✓

解説:「小さな不快の兆候にも気づき対応」から、気を配る=attentive(attentive to)。

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大問2 長文の語句空所補充(冒頭)

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The Flynn Effect

Throughout the twentieth century, something curious happened to the results of intelligence tests. In country after country, and across tests of many different designs, the average score kept rising, generation after generation. The change was neither small nor temporary: if people today took a test that had been designed decades ago, they would score far higher than the people for whom it was originally written, often by an amount large enough to shift someone from an ordinary to an exceptional band. James Flynn, a researcher working in New Zealand, was among the first to gather results from dozens of nations and to show that the pattern was remarkably consistent, appearing in rich and poor societies alike and refusing to fade away. This steady rise, later named the Flynn effect after the scholar who studied it most closely, forced psychologists to ask what could possibly be driving it. Whatever the final explanation, the data strongly suggest that in some measurable way each generation has become ( 19 ). …(続く)

(19)空所(19)に入れるのに最も適切なものを選ぶ問題です。

1less interested in taking such tests ✓2better at the kind of thinking these tests reward ✓3physically stronger than before ✓4worse at every mental task ✓

解説:第1段落。世代ごとにテストの得点が上昇→各世代がテストが測る思考に長けてきた。better at the kind of thinking these tests reward。

大問3 長文の内容一致選択(冒頭)

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Why Honey Never Spoils

When archaeologists opened ancient Egyptian tombs, they sometimes found jars of honey that were thousands of years old. Astonishingly, the honey inside was still perfectly good to eat. Almost no other food can survive so long: meat rots, fruit turns to mould, and bread grows stale within days. Honey, however, seems able to last more or less forever. For a long time this was a mystery, but scientists now understand several reasons why honey almost never spoils. …(続く)

No.25What astonished archaeologists about the honey they found?

1The jars holding it were completely empty. ✓2It had slowly turned into solid stone. ✓3It was still good to eat after thousands of years. ✓4It had changed into a strange new colour. ✓

解説:第1段落。数千年前の蜂蜜がまだ食べられた点に驚いた。

ライティング(設題)

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大問4 英文要約(60-70語)

Read the article below and summarize it in English. Write your summary in the space provided on your answer sheet. Aim for a length of around 60–70 words.

TOPIC:gene-edited food crops: supporters and opponents
POINTS:導入ブロック(1文):対象=ゲノム編集作物(遺伝子を精密改変)、栽培が増え販売の是非を議論中という現状のみ。 / 賛成ブロック:Supporters say … で、害虫・干ばつに強く収量増で食料に貢献/農薬減、を核だけ並列。 / 反対ブロック:However, critics are concerned … で、健康・自然への長期影響が不明/少数の大企業が技術を支配、を並列。 / 具体例(悪条件でも育つ等)は抽象化。中立を保つ。60〜70語(本例=約69語)。
Gene editing lets scientists change the genes of crops to give them useful qualities, and a growing number of farms now grow such crops. Supporters say the crops resist pests and drought, produce larger harvests that could help feed the world, and need fewer c…
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大問5 エッセイ(120-150語)

Write an essay on the given TOPIC. Use TWO of the POINTS below to support your answer. Structure: introduction, main body, and conclusion. Suggested length: 120–150 words.

TOPIC:Should large companies be required to employ a certain number of older workers?
POINTS:Experience / Fairness / Cost / Productivity
As populations age in many countries, the role of older people in the workforce has become an important issue. I believe large companies should be required to employ a certain number of older workers, mainly because of their experience and fairness. First, ol…
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この模試について

英検準1級の一次試験(筆記)は、大問1 語句空所補充(18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(60〜70語)、大問5 エッセイ(120〜150語)で構成されます。本模試の第3回は、The Flynn Effect / The Age of the Stagecoach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。 語彙問題では準1級レベルの語(strife, compel, attentive 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(60-70語)とエッセイ(120-150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。