春期講習 新高２生英語 レベルチェック [解答時間：25 分、満点：50 点]
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【Ⅰ】 次の英文の空所を埋めるのに最も適切なものを a～d の中から１つずつ選びなさい。〔配点 10 点（各２点）〕
1.

My father used to smoke during meals.

I couldn’t ().

a. allow his bad habit
b. allow his that bad habit
c. put up with that bad habit of him
d. stand that bad habit of his
2.

The bad harvest () rice prices.

a. followed from the long rain increased
b. following the long rain arosec. resulted from the long rain increased
d. resulting from the long rain raised
3.

Unlike most modernist poets, () on ordinary speech.

a. Robert Frost wrote poems that were based
b. Robert Frost’s poems were basedc. the poetry written by Robert Frost basedd. the works of Robert Frost based
4.

() to become a famous singer overnight?

a. According to you, how is it likeb. By your thinking, how is it likec. Do you think what it is liked. What do you think it is like
5.

Truth is (a. no lessb. by farc. no more

d. much【Ⅱ】 次の(1.

) strange than fiction.

)内の語句を並べ替えて、英文を完成させなさい。〔配点 10 点（完答で各２点）〕

あなたが最高だと思う話の中からいくつかを選んでください。（１語不要）

Try to select some of those stories which ( among / are / them / think / you ) the best.
2.

もっと早くお見舞いに伺えばよかったのに、と悔やんでおります。（１語補足）( wish / I / I / come / after / ask / to / you / sooner ).
3.

私は 95 便に乗り遅れないように急いだ。（１語不要）。

I hurried ( catch / in / miss / not / order / to ) Flight 95.

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4.

ホテルの部屋の空調設備が故障したので、私は従業員に直すように言った。

The air-conditioning in my hotel room went wrong, and ( have / I / repaired / to / the / clerk /asked / it ).
5.

交通事故のない日は１日としてない。（１語不要）( a / without / not / even / day / passes ) a traffic accident.

【Ⅲ】 現代英語に照らして、次の各文の①～④には文法・語法的な視点で間違いがある。その箇所を１つ選び、適切な形に変えなさい。

1.

①〔配点 １０点（記号と訂正完答で各２点）〕

When it comes to the question ②of how to pull through ③these hard times, ④anybody cannot

find an easy solution.
2.

There is ①no denying that the older ②you are, the more③it is difficult ④to learn a foreign
language.

3.

No ①sooner ②had she said it ③when she ④realized her mistake.

4.

Your argument is ①no different ②from ③the last speaker who ④opposed the law.

5.

①

If he has never seen it, ②I would strongly recommend ③that he saw the movie ④entitled “OneMissed Call”【Ⅳ】 次の英文を読み、以下の問いに答えなさい。〔配点：２０点〕
The Great Depression was a time of great fear and widespread poverty throughout America and theThe crisis began in October 1929, when the stock market (1)collapsed.

whole world.

By 1932, morethan 100,000 businesses in America had failed and a quarter of the nation’s workers had no jobs.
seemed to be no hope for a better life in the future.
entertainment for escape.

There

During the Depression, Americans turned toOne critic said, “America (2)went mad for movies,” but to most Americans,radio was still a cheap and popular form of entertainment during those years.
that was able to (3)influence the way people thought.

It was also a powerful force

Here is an episode that shows how powerful radio

can be.
The most famous radio broadcast in history (4)took place at 8:00 p.m. on October 30, 1938.

It wasHalloween eve, and millions of Americans turned on their radios to listen to a popular program starring
Orson Welles.
the Worlds.

The program that evening was a story based on a science fiction story called The War ofA Martian attack of Earth would be a good one for the night before Halloween.

decided to make some changes in the original story.
London in the 1890s to modern New Jersey.

But Welles

For example, he changed the background from

Welles also made the show sound like an actual news

broadcast about a real attack from Mars to make it seem more realistic.
The show began with an orchestra playing dance music.

After a few minutes, the music was(5)interrupted with a “news bulletin” reporting that a “huge flaming object” had landed in New Jersey.

The music continued, but “news bulletins” kept interrupting with “live” reports from the scene.

Duringthe show, people (6)pretending to be news announcers and policemen described in great detail the218

dangerous attack from Mars.
An announcer stated at the beginning of the show that the program was a drama based on a science
fiction story.

Unfortunately, many listeners tuned in after the show had begun and missed the explanation.

They were shocked and afraid when they heard that Martians had landed in the United States.
thought that they were listening to a real news bulletin.
actual attack on earth from Mars was taking place.

Thousands of fearful Americans believed that anThe program was so realistic that they thought they

could really hear the Martians and smell their poison gas.
their cars, and attempted to escape.

They

Some people packed their suitcases, got into

Others tried to defend themselves from the aliens by hiding in cellars,loading guns, even wrapping their heads in wet towels to protect themselves from Martian poison gas.
Stories of panic caused by the radio show appeared all over the country.
press conference.

The next day, Welles held a

He apologized that his broadcast had caused so many people to panic.

設問１. 本文の内容から考えて、下線部(1)～(6)の意味に最も近いものを a～d より１つずつ選びなさい。 〔各１点〕(1) a.

crashed(2) a.

c.

explodedgot furious atb.

became extremely interested inbecame deeply shocked byd.

rushed to get a ticket for(3) a.

affectb.

discouragec.

damaged.

confuse(4) a.

succeededb.

occurredc.

completedd.

advertised(5) a.

violatedb.

prevented

c.

changedd.

suspended(6) a.

preparing for b.

concealingc.

acting asd.

qualifyingc.

b.

overturnedd.

flourished設問２. 本文の内容と一致するものには T、一致しないものには F を記しなさい。〔各 2 点〕①

Most Americans enjoyed listening to the radio because it was cheaper than going out to themovies.

②

Since the news of the attack was broadcast during a regular program, most people thought
the Martian story was false.

③

The brief “news” about the Martian attack was so realistic that for a few days the listeners
believed it was real.

④

The first brief “news” about the Martian attack was that a large object in flames had comedown in New Jersey.

⑤

Many listeners of the program didn’t think it was a drama but a real story because theymissed the beginning of the program.

⑥

Many people thought the program was a real news bulletin, so they panicked and tried toescape from the attack.

⑦

The next day, Orson Welles wrote an article in a newspaper apologizing for the program.

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