A state prosecutor in Egypt has ordered a popular satirist (1)(be / to / for / arrested ) allegedly insulting Islam and President Mohammed Morsi.
The arrest warrant issued Saturday is one of a series (2)(against / of / actions / legal) Bassem Youssef, whose popular weekly television program pokes fun at public figures and the media.
Youssef wrote on his Twitter account Saturday that he will go to the public prosecutor's office on Sunday. He joked that the authorities could send him a police car to him in (3)(to / him / advance / save ) the trouble of arranging transportation.
※解答(1)(to be arrested for) (2)(of legal actions against) (3)(advance to save him).
大学入試におけるTOEFLの必修化を文科省が検討していることに関して考察した「TOEFL義務化」は再生か？破壊か？TOEFLパニックが始まったというサイトに「現在、大学入試のスタンダードはセンター試験ですが、これはTOEFL試験とは比較にならないくらい簡単な試験です。また、TOEFLのようにスピーキングやライティングもありません。その試験ですら、120点前後の平均点しかとれず、もがいている母集団に対して、最もレベルが高い英語試験の一つであるTOEFL試験をあまねく義務づけるというのは、非現実的ではないでしょうか。英語が苦手な多くの高校生は、ただ試験場のパソコンの前に座って、４時間画面を眺めるだけになってしまうかもしれません。（安河内 哲也氏）」という記載がありました。全くごもっともな話だと思います。やさしいものができないのに難しいのものをやらせてできるようになるわけはありません。しかし基礎固めを確実にすること、具体的にはセンター試験や同レベルの英検２級の過去問で８～９割コンスタントに得点できるようにすれば、VOAのようなやさしいニュース記事なら何とか読めるようになり、TOEFL対策でも無駄な苦労をせずに済みます。
以下はUS Environment Protection Agency to Require Cleaner Gasという記事から作成した四語整序問題です。英語の語順を習得して英語を英語のまま理解するには、やさしい整序問題をたくさんこなすのが近道です。
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will move forward with new standards for cleaner gasoline to (1)(cars / cut / from / pollution).
The EPA was expected to announce Friday that the new rules would reduce the amount of sulfur in gasoline by two-thirds -- delivering an environmental (2)(to / benefit / taking / comparable) 33 million cars off the road.
Oil industry officials warn the new plan could (3)(up / add / nine / to) cents per gallon at the gasoline pump. They say upgrades at refineries, as well as compliance costs, (4)(than / more / total / would ) $12 billion.
Government officials say the (5)(sulfur / in / stricter / standard) gasoline would only cost an extra penny per gallon. The EPA says some refineries can already meet the tighter standards, while the rest could do (6)(improvements / with / so / modest).
Automakers are (7)(in / generally / of / favor) the new rule because they already have to meet similar requirements in California.
※解答(1)(cut pollution from cars) (2)(benefit comparable to taking) (3)(add up to nine) (4)(would total more than)(5)(stricter sulfur standard in)(6)(so with modest improvements)(7)(generally in favor of).
Russian authorities have searched the Moscow (1)(of / headquarters / rights / international) organization Amnesty International, the latest in a wave of inspections that activists (2)(calling / harassment / are / state ).
Amnesty International's Russia director Sergei Nikitin says Russian prosecutors and tax police conducted an unannounced audit of the office on Monday, (3)(he / requesting / that / documents) says the government already has on file.
The (4)(after / comes / prosecutors / raid) searched the offices of dozens of non-governmental organizations in Moscow in the last several weeks, including Memorial, one of Russia's oldest human rights groups.
A law signed by President Vladimir Putin last July requires NGOs that (5)(support / financial / overseas / receive) and engage in "political activity" to register with the Justice Minister as "foreign agents." Critics say the law (6)(designed / is / intimidate / to ) Kremlin opponents.
Last week, Amnesty International, together with New York-based Human Rights Watch and Dublin-based Front Line Defenders, issued a joint (7)(inspections / statement the / condemning).
The statement said Russian prosecutors have publicly stated that it plans to inspect between 30 and 100 NGOs in each of Russia's regions, which could (8)(to / amount / of / thousands)
groups nationwide.
※解答(1)(headquarters of international rights) (2)(are calling state harassment)(3)(requesting documents that he) (4)(raid comes after prosecutors) (5)(receive overseas financial support) (6)(is designed to intimidate) (7)(statement condemning the inspections)(8)(amount to thousands of).
わからない単語があれば英英辞典で調べることをお勧めします。いかなる英語試験対策においても英英辞典を使いながら問題を解いてみるのはきわめて有効です。 英英辞典が使えるかどうかは
英英実力判定テストでお調べください。使いにくければ
english x englishをお試しください。英英辞典を使うのが楽になります。
english x englishは以下のような英英辞典式四語整序問題を７００問収録しています。
001 enjoy = ( from / get / something / pleasure )
002 imagine = form a ( in / picture / something / of ) your mind
003 learn = get knowledge or ( in / skill / new / a ) subject or activity
004 join = become a member ( as / something / of / such ) a club,
company, or other organization
005 approach = ( closer / someone / move / to ) or something
006 sleep = rest your mind and body ( eyes / with / closed / your ),
usually while lying down
007 float = stay on the surface of ( a / sinking / without / liquid )
008 catch = ( hold / stop / something / and ) that is moving, especially
in the hands
009 wear = have ( your / something / body / on )
010 travel = go from ( place / one / another / to )
011 deliver = take ( the / something / requested / to ) place
012 hit = bring ( someone / hand / your / against ) or something
quickly and hard
※解答
001 楽しむ ＝ get（得る）pleasure（楽しみを）from something（何かから）
002 想像する = form（作る）a picture（画像を）of something（何かの）in your mind
（人の頭の中に）
003 習う = get（得る）knowledge or skill（知識や技能を）in a new subject or activity
（新しい学科や活動の中で）
004 加入する = become a member（一員になる）of something（何かの）such as a club,
company, or other organization（例えばクラブや会社や他の組織の）
005 近づく = move（移動する）closer（より近くへ）to someone or something（誰か，
あるいは何かに対し）
006 眠る = rest（休める）your mind and body（自分の心と体を）with your eyes closed（自
分の目が閉じられた状態で）, usually while lying down（通常は横になっている間に）
007 浮く = stay（とどまる）on the surface（表面に）of a liquid（液体の）without sinking
（沈まないで）
008 捕らえる = stop and hold（止めて保持する）something（何かを）that is moving
（それは動いている）, especially in the hands（特に手で）
009 身につけている = have（持っている）something（何かを）on your body（自分の体に
接触して）
010 移動［旅行］する = go（行く）from one place（一つの所から）to another（別の所へ）
011 配達する = take（持って行く）something（何かを）to the requested place（依頼され
た場所へ）
012 たたく = bring（もっていく）your hand（自分の手を）against someone or something
（誰か， あるいは何かにぶつけるように）quickly and hard（素早くそして強く）
North Korea has warned it could strike U.S. military bases in Guam and Japan in response to the use of U.S. bombers (1)(military / in / drills / joint) with South Korea.
A North Korean army command spokesperson said Thursday that an air force base in Guam and naval bases at Japan's main island and Okinawa are (2)(of / all / range / within) Pyongyang's "precision strike means."
The U.S. has run two training missions over South Korea in the past month with the B-52 Stratofortress, in a (3)(of / show / that / force) has drawn an angry response from the North. A day earlier, Pyongyang threatened "strong military counteraction" if the flights continue.
North Korea also has warned of a "preemptive nuclear strike" on the U.S. mainland, but is not believed to have the (4)(this / capability / do / to). Many U.S. allies in the region, though, are concerned they could be easier targets for Pyongyang.
The latest threats, carried in Thursday's official Korean Central News Agency and announced on state television, (5)(more / were / than / specific) usual.
"The U.S. should not forget that Anderson Air Force Base on Guam, where the B-52 takes off, and naval bases in Japan and Okinawa, where nuclear-powered submarines are launched, are within the striking range of the DPRK's precision strike means."
The French news agency says a Japanese foreign ministry official "voiced regret" at the threats. There has been (6)(from / no / response / immediate) U.S. officials.
North Korea has made almost daily threats against the U.S. and its allies following U.N. sanctions (7)(were / in / that / passed )response to its latest nuclear and missile tests.
Also Thursday, North Korea put its military on alert and issued an air raid warning, in what (8)(be / appeared / further / to) preparation for war. The warnings were later cancelled. South Korean (9)(assume / officials / they / say) the activities were part of an air defense drill.
Meanwhile, the U.S. says a portion of its annual military exercises with (10)(scheduled / Seoul / as / ended) Thursday. Officials say the computer-based drill, known as Key Resolve, effectively (11)(plans / exercised / defend / to) South Korea "against external aggression and restore stability to Korean Peninsula." A separate set of drills, known as Foal Eagle, are (12)(to / scheduled / through / last) April.
※解答(1)(in joint military drills) (2)(all within range of) (3)(show of force that)(4)(capability to do this)(5)(were more specific than) (6)(no immediate response from) (7)(that were passed in) (8)(appeared to be further) (9)(officials say they assume) (10)(Seoul ended as scheduled) (11)(exercised plans to defend) (12)(scheduled to last through).
The newly installed Pope Francis has called on the (1)(to / faithful / children / protect ) and the elderly, as well as the church and the rest of creation, in his inaugural homily in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
Pope Francis (2)(message / delivered / in / his) Italian, Tuesday, under a vividly blue sky, speaking to about 150,000 onlookers, that included political leaders from 130 nations and representatives from a variety of religions.
Among the high-level guests is the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, Bartholomew. He is the first patriarch from the (3)(church / witness / Istanbul-based / to ) a papal inauguration since the two branches of Christianity split, nearly 1,000 years ago.
Earlier Tuesday, Pope Francis took a turn around St. Peter's Square in an open-air vehicle to greet the (4)(in / faithful / there / gathered) his honor. Onlookers (5)(banners / expressing / support / waved) for the new leader of their church. The new pope paused several times to bless small children and, in one case, a disabled man.
Pope Francis then received the ceremonial ring and woolen shawl given to (6)(represent / to / pope / each) the first pope -- St. Peter -- and the commandment that the pope act as a shepherd to a Roman Catholic community that now numbers some 1.2 billion.
※解答(1)(faithful to protect children) (2)(delivered his message in) (3)(Istanbul-based church to witness) (5)(waved banners expressing support) (6)(each pope to represent).
Authorities at Japan's tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have partially restored a (1)(after / crucial / system / cooling) it was shut down by an unexplained power outage.
The plant's operator, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), says equipment used to inject cooling water into spent fuel pools lost power late Monday, (2)(fears / raising / temperatures / that ) could reach dangerous levels.
But TEPCO said, in a statement late Tuesday, the power supply was restored to part of the equipment. It says the cooling system at Reactor 1 has (3)(full / returned / operation / to) and that the systems at reactors 3 and 4 would likely be restored later in the day.
The company does not know what caused the power outage, but is investigating whether a broken (4)(is / blame / switchboard / to ).
There would be a danger of radiation spewing into the environment if the water in the (5)(pools / spent / had / fuel) reached a certain point. TEPCO officials say there has been no change in radioactivity levels.
The plant is still recovering from a massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 (6)(its / off / shut / that) power and cooling systems, causing a meltdown in three nuclear reactors. It was the world's (7)(since / worst / disaster / nuclear) the 1986 Chernobyl accident in the Soviet Union.
※解答(1)(crucial cooling system after)(2)(raising fears that temperatures) (3)(returned to full operation) (4)(switchboard is to blame) (5)(spent fuel pools had) (6)(that shut off its)(7)(worst nuclear disaster since).
著作権を放棄しているVOAというアメリカ国営放送のサイトの記事から英検２級～準１級＆大学入試レベルの練習問題を作成して公開しています。
以下はNY Police Practice Challenged in Courtという、とれたての記事から作成しました。本日も整序問題だけです。英語の語順を習得して英語を英語のまま理解するには、やさしい整序問題をたくさんこなすのが近道です。
More than 100 witnesses in New York, including scholars, police and lawmakers are (1)(testify / expected / at / to) a federal trial about a controversial New York police department practice.
The practice is known as "stop and frisk." The trial begins Monday.
Police say they must have the ability to stop people randomly if there is (2)(suspicious / something / them / about).
Critics say that suspicion is too often based on race, targeting young African American and Latino men.
A dozen people who say they (3)(stopped / of / were / because ) their race are scheduled to testify at the trial. The suit against the nation's largest police department is seeking to have a court-appointed (4)(to / changes / oversee / monitor) the practice.
The New York Civil Liberties Union says in 2012, more than 530,000 people were stopped by the police and 89 percent were "totally innocent."
NYCLU says of those stopped, 55 percent were African American, 32 percent were Latino and 10 percent were white.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly say stop and frisk is a necessary, life-saving, crime-fighting tool that helps (5)(guns / illegal / keep / off) the street and has helped New York achieve low crime rates.
※解答(1)(expected to testify at) (2)(something suspicious about them)(3)(were stopped because of) (4)(monitor oversee changes to) (5)(keep illegal guns off).
Muslim and Western nations have overcome deep differences to agree to a historic United Nations declaration setting out a code of conduct for (1)(women / combating / against / violence ) and girls.
Several Muslim nations and the Vatican had expressed reservations about the declaration of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, but did (2)(block / adoption / not / its) Friday at the U.N. headquarters in New York.
While the declaration of the commission is not binding, diplomats and rights activists say it carries enough global weight to (3)(countries / pressure / improve / to) the lives of women and girls.
The accord urges state to "strongly condemn" all forms of violence against women and girls, and to refrain from invoking "any custom, tradition or religious consideration to avoid their obligations" to (4)(against / eliminate / females / violence).
Russia, the Vatican, Iran and other Muslim states had also objected to (5)(rights / reproduction / to / references).
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood had warned the proposal would lead to the "(6)(society / complete / of / degradation )."
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said (7)(against / is / violence / women) "a heinous human rights violation, global menace, a public health threat and a moral outrage."
The secretary-general said every woman and girl has "the universal human right to be free from all forms of violence so as to (8)(potential / her / fulfill / full) and dreams for the future."
※解答(1)(combating violence against women) (2)(not block its adoption) (3)(pressure countries to improve) (4)(eliminate violence against females)(5)(references to reproduction rights) (6)(complete degradation of society) (7)(violence against women is) (8)(fulfill her full potential).
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he wants Tokyo (1)(on / talks / join / to) an ambitious, U.S.-led free trade deal in an effort to revitalize the country's faltering economy.
Abe made the announcement at a Friday news conference, (2)(said / where / Japan / he) must not be the only country in the region with an "inward-looking" economy. He said this is Japan's "last chance," warning that if the country misses the opportunity, it will be "left behind."
Tokyo's government estimates that participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would boost Japan's (3)(by / gross / product / domestic) almost .7 percent, or $31 billion a year.
The inclusion of the (4)(third / economy / world's / largest ) also would give a much-needed boost to the TPP. Including Japan, the United States and 10 other countries, the TPP would account for 40 percent of the world's economy.
Talks on the pact are (5)(at / aimed / tariffs / reducing) and other steps to reduce non-tariff trade barriers.
Participation in the (6)(highly / trade / is / pact) controversial in Japan. Many big businesses say it will boost their competitiveness (7)(giving / easier / by / them) access to export markets. But many farmers say reducing tariffs would make (8)(them unable to compete) with cheap imports.
Prime Minister Abe has made the (9)(his / of / part / pact ) three-pronged economic policy, known as "Abenomics." The strategy has also (10)(easing / involved / policy / monetary) and boosting public spending.
Washington says it aims (11)(negotiations / to / on / finalize ) the TPP by the end of the year. It is not clear how Japan's inclusion in the pact would affect that timing.
※解答(1)(to join talks on) (2)(where he said Japan) (3)(gross domestic product by) (4)(world's third largest economy) (5)(aimed at reducing tariffs) (6)(trade pact is highly) (7)(by giving them easier) (8)(them unable to compete) (9)(pact part of his) (10)(involved easing monetary policy) (11)(to finalize negotiations on).
China sent a message of both congratulations and criticism to the Vatican on Thursday following the election of a new Roman Catholic pope.
The Chinese government does not have diplomatic relations with Vatican. The two sides have regularly (1)(of / clashed / authority / over) China's estimated eight to 12 million Catholics.
Foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said any improvement (2)(relations / in / on / depends ) whether the Vatican cuts ties with Taiwan and stops what she called "interference" in China's affairs.
She also congratulated Pope Francis on his election, (3)(he / hopes / saying / Beijing) is able to take a "practical and flexible" attitude toward China.
Beijing does not allow the Vatican to appoint its own bishops, an issue that has angered the church. Chinese leaders regard Vatican (4)(as / policy / in / interference) the country's internal affairs.
The Vatican has threatened to excommunicate those bishops (5)(ordained / who / by / are) China's Catholic authorities without papal consent. Beijing has detained Vatican-appointed bishops who reject Communist Party control.
Chinese Catholics are only (6)(in / allowed / worship / to) state-sanctioned churches, although many belong to underground churches (7)(loyal / are / to / that ) Rome.
The church has not had (8)(diplomatic / with / formal / relations) Beijing since 1951, two years after the communist government assumed power. The Vatican says it is (9)(talks / open / to / willing) with Beijing on setting up diplomatic relations. But China says the Vatican must first relinquish its recognition of Taiwan, the self-administered island that China considers (10)(its / part / domain / of ).
※解答(1)(clashed over authority of) (2)(in relations depends on) (3)(saying Beijing hopes he) (4)(policy as interference in) (5)(who are ordained by) (6)(allowed to worship in) (7)(that are loyal to) (8)(formal diplomatic relations with) (9)(willing to open talks )(10)(part of its domain).
