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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.
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.
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.
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）。
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 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。
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。
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。
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?
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。
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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.
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.
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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。