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全18問のうち、3問を掲載しています。
(1)Before leaving the city, the tourists bought a small ( ) to remind them of their trip. They chose a tiny model of the famous tower.
解説:「旅の記念に小さな塔の模型を買う」から、土産・記念品=souvenir。
(2)A: Is it safe to leave the children in the pool by themselves? B: No. There must always be an adult present to ( ) them while they swim.
解説:「子どもが泳ぐ間、大人が付き添う」から、監督する・見守る=supervise。
(3)The smell of freshly baked bread was ( ). Even those who had just eaten found themselves walking toward the little shop.
解説:「食後の人まで店へ引き寄せる焼きたてパンの香り」から、抗しがたい=irresistible。
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 Sunk Cost Fallacy
Imagine that you have paid for a ticket to an outdoor concert, only for the evening to turn cold and wet. You no longer want to go, yet you feel that, having already spent the money, you ought to attend anyway. This feeling is extremely common, and psychologists call the mistake behind it the sunk cost fallacy. The term itself was borrowed from the world of economics, where a 'sunk cost' is contrasted with the future costs that a decision can still affect. Everyday life is full of smaller versions of the same trap: we finish a dull book simply because we have read half of it, sit through a disappointing film to the very end, or keep eating a meal we no longer enjoy because we have paid for it. A sunk cost is money, time, or effort that has already been spent and cannot be recovered, and the fallacy is our tendency to let such costs ( 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。すでに使った回収不能の費用に、本来無関係な選択を左右させてしまう傾向。influence choices they should have nothing to do with。
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 a Hot-Air Balloon Rises
A hot-air balloon is one of the oldest kinds of flying machine, and also one of the simplest. It has no engine and no wings; it is really just an enormous bag of air with a basket hanging beneath it and a powerful burner above the passengers' heads. When the pilot wants to fly, they light the burner, which sends a roaring flame up into the open mouth of the balloon and heats the air trapped inside. As this air grows hot, the whole balloon begins to rise gently into the sky. The reason lies in one simple fact about air: hot air is lighter than cold air. …(続く)
No.25What makes a hot-air balloon rise?
解説:第1段落。内部の空気を熱して外気より軽くすることで気球は上昇する。
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(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12回は、The Sunk Cost Fallacy / The Great Smog of London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(souvenir, supervise, irresistible 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。