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全18問のうち、3問を掲載しています。
(1)The politician grew tired of the constant ( ) of the people around him. He wished someone would give him an honest opinion instead of only praise.
解説:「称賛ばかりで正直な意見が欲しい」から、お世辞=flattery。
(2)Please ( ) the ropes a little; they are tied far too tightly. If you pull them any harder, the tent will collapse.
解説:「きつく縛りすぎ・崩れる」から、緩める=loosen。
(3)The heat in the crowded room was almost ( ). There was no air, no space to move, and everyone longed to get outside.
解説:「空気がなく息苦しい」から、(暑さ・雰囲気が)息苦しい・圧迫的な=oppressive。
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 Placebo Effect
Suppose a doctor gives a patient a pill that contains no medicine at all, merely sugar, but tells the patient that it is a powerful painkiller. Surprisingly, in many cases the patient's pain really does decrease. The word 'placebo' comes from a Latin phrase meaning 'I shall please,' and physicians have noticed such reactions for hundreds of years. Similar responses have been reported not only for pain but also for conditions such as anxiety, sleeplessness, and even certain stomach complaints. This puzzling response, in which a treatment with no active ingredient produces a genuine improvement, is called the placebo effect. What all such cases share is that the benefit cannot be traced to any chemical action of the treatment itself. It shows that a patient's belief that they are being treated can, all by itself, ( 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。治療を受けているという信念自体が、実際の体感を変えうる。bring about real changes in how they feel。
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 Volcanoes Erupt
Deep beneath the ground, the Earth is far hotter than at its surface. In certain places, the heat is great enough to melt solid rock into a thick, glowing liquid called magma. A volcano is, at its simplest, an opening in the Earth's surface through which this melted rock, along with gas and ash, can escape. When it does, we call the event an eruption. To understand why volcanoes erupt, we must first understand why magma moves upward at all. …(続く)
No.25What is magma?
解説:第1段落。マグマとは、地下の熱で岩石が溶けた濃い液体。
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7回は、The Placebo Effect / The Lighthouse Keepers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(flattery, loosen, oppressive 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。