(1) It be difficult for him to ( ) a familly of six on such a small salaly.
1 stand 2 cure 3 depend 4 support
正解 4 cure / kjʊər は「〜を治す」の意味であり、care for ( ~の世話をする) と混同しないこと。
(2) A.: Adam is very friendly with Steve. What do they have in ( )?
B: They belong to the same tennis club.
1 case 2 life 3 return 4 common
正解 4 have in common / 共通している
(3) A: where’s Sally? I thought she was coming to the party.
B: She’s been busy caring for her sick mother lately, so she decided not to come ( ).
1 in case / ~の場合は 2 by chance / 偶然に 3 on purpose 故意に 4 after all / 結局
正解 4
(4) A: Susie, why were you late?
B: Well, my aunt suddenly visited me when I was ( ) to leave my house.
1 open 2 afraid 3 sorry 4 about
正解 4 be about to / まさに…しようとしている = be just going to
(5) A: Roger, these business plans are not sartisfactory. There’s much ( ) for improvement.
B: Sorry, Mr. Jones. I’ll work on them some more.
1 failure 2 hall 3 room 4 thought
正解 3 room は「余地」という意味に使われており、不加算名詞のため much が付いている。
(6) A: Did you leave the window open ?
B: I don’t think so. I remember ( ) it when I went to bed.
1 close 2 closing 3 to close 4 to be closed
正解 2 目的語に不定詞をとる時と、動名詞をとる時で意味が変わる動詞に注意。remember もその一例で、remember doing は「~したことを覚えている」、remember to do は「忘れずに~する」の意味になる。
(7) A: Jenny, we’ve ( ) for an hour !
B: Sorry I’m late. I met with a traffic accident.
1 waiting 2 had waited 3 been waiting 4 been waited
正解 3 have been doing (動作を表す動詞) = ずっと~している、have been PP (know stay など状態を表す動詞) = 継続を表現
(8) A: Did you ( ) Jane’s new boyfriend ?
B: Yes , I was surprised that he is so handsome.
1 acquire / əkwάɪə 知識・学問などを習得する 2 propose / prəpóʊz を提案する 3 bring 4 notice / nóʊṭɪs…に気がつく
正解 4
(9) Since the typhoon was coming, the tennis match had to be ( ) off until next Monday.
1 put 2 taken 3 kept 4 set
正解 1 put off ~を延期する = postpone なお、~を延期するは call off = cancel
(10) It’s my first time in Los Angeles, so I’m not very ( ) with the city yet.
1 popular 2 familiar / fəmíljɚ よく知っている、親しい 3 famous 4 conscious / kάnʃəs (+ of, that などで) ~に気付いて
正解 2 人 + be familiar with + 物 / ~が…に精通している
(11) A: How much do you think the airplane ticket will ( ) ?
B: It wil be more than $2,000 because fuel is very expensive now.
1 lend 2 pay 3 manage 4 cost
正解 4 cost 「~の費用がかかる」という意味の動詞
(12) We hoped the typhoon would not do any ( ) to the crop.
1 pain 2 accident 3 harm 4 loss
正解 3 do harm / 損害を与える crop / krάp 作物
(13) Neither Mike ( ) Ken is going to attend the meeting. They are planning to go hiking tommorrow.
1 and 2 or 3 nor 4 but
正解 3 Neither A nor B は「AもBもどちらも~でない」の意味で、後にくる動詞は原則としてBの数に合わせる。「AかBのどちらか」は either A or B となる。
(14) A: Mom, does this hat ( ) well with my dress ?
B: Yes. They look very nice together.
1 grow 2 go 3 come 4 get
正解 2
(15) A: I don’t like such ( ) replies.
B: Frankly speaking, I can’t make up my mind.
1 vague 2 exact 3 certain 4 tough
正解 1 vague / véɪg あいまいな
(16) I received a letter from Ted yesterday ( ) that he’s coming to see me next month.
1 say 2 saying 3 said 4 to say
正解 2 分詞で名詞を後置修飾する場合、「~している…」と能動的に前の名詞にかかる場合は現在分詞、「~される…」と受け身の意味で名詞にかかる場合は過去分詞とする。