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TOEICPart6スタイルの練習問題を作成して公開しています。 TOEICリーディングパートの中でPart6は語彙、文法、読解のバランスが取れた良問が作りやすく、「選択肢の周辺だけ読んで解く」といった裏技に走らず丁寧にPart6スタイルの問題を解き続けると着実にTOEICスコアを伸ばせます。 以下はUS Unemployment Rate Lowest Since 2008という記事の冒頭から作成しました。英検や大学入試とも語彙が重なる平易な英文を選んでいますので、大学受験生や英検受験者の演習にもおすすめできます。 わからない単語があればロングマンのような英英辞典を使いながら解くようにすると着実に力がつきます。和訳せずに英語のまま理解する英英思考力があれば英語試験で時間が足りない悩みは大幅に解消されます。 英英辞典が使いにくければenglish x englishをお試しください。
The U.S. unemployment rate fell to the lowest level in 7 1/2 years in August but job growth fell short of expectations, offering mixed signals about the economy as Americans prepare to (1)( ) Labor Day on Monday.
Friday’s report from the Labor Department shows a jobless rate of 5.1 percent, down two-tenths of a percent from the previous month, meaning roughly 8 million people seeking work (2)( ) unemployed. The report also says the U.S. economy had a net gain of 173,000 jobs, which is less than most economists had predicted.
(A) regain
(B) recover
(C) refrain
(D) remain
The report says health care and financial services sectors gained jobs, while mining and manufacturing lost positions.
This report provides key data that leaders of the U.S. central bank will consider as they decide how soon and how much to (3)( ) the benchmark interest rate, which has been at a record low level since 2008, in a bid to boost economic growth during the financial crisis.
(A) launch
(B) mail
(C) raise
(D) acknowledge
The Federal Reserve tries to manage the economy so there is both full employment and (4)( ) prices.
(A) entire
(B) stable
(C) gradual
(D) limited
TOEICリーディングパートで、一番バランスが取れていて効率良く英語力を養成できるのはPart6です。しかしPart6に特化した問題集はみつかりません。そこで、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TOEICPart6スタイルの練習問題を作成して公開しています。英検や大学入試とも語彙が重なる平易な英文を選んでいますので、大学受験生や英検受験者の演習にもおすすめできます。 以下はWHO Calls for Regulation of Traditional Medicine in Africaという記事の冒頭から作成しました。 わからない単語があればロングマンのような英英辞典を使いながら解くようにすると着実に力がつきます。「空欄前後だけを読んで解答する」といった裏技に頼ることなく英英辞典片手に全文を丁寧に読んで解く訓練を重ねればPart6を速く正確に解くのは難しくありません。Part6(長文適語補充問題)ができればPart5(短文適語補充問題)もできるのは当たり前で、Part6の長文が速く正確に読めるようならPart7も苦にならなくなります。 英英辞典が使いにくければenglish x englishをお試しください。試験本番で英英辞典は使えないとはいえ、英英辞典を使いこなす英英思考力はフリーパスで頼れる武器になります。
World Health Organization officials on Monday called to regulate traditional medicine in Africa to protect the public against potentially harmful practices.
The announcement, which (1)( ) with the U.N. body's commemoration of African Traditional Medicine Day, could have broad implications for the estimated 80 percent of Africans who rely on traditional practitioners for their primary mode of care.
Calling upon researchers to work with traditional practitioners to produce scientific evidence on the safety, (2)( ) and quality of their products, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO's regional director for Africa, issued a letter urging governments to strengthen regulatory bodies for traditional health practitioners.
"The benefits of traditional medicine are evident to all, [but] there is no doubt proper regulation is (3)( ) to the provision of quality, safe and effective health care products and services," Moeti said. "This is particularly important in rural areas where traditional medicine is sometimes the only affordable and available source of health care.
Adherence to strict regulations would protect public safety by ensuring that traditional practitioners are properly trained and that their practice is (4)( ) by a regulatory body."
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TOEICPart6スタイルの練習問題を作成して公開しています。 TOEICリーディングパートの中でPart6は語彙、文法、読解のバランスが取れた良問が作りやすく、「選択肢の周辺だけ読んで解く」といった裏技に走らず丁寧にPart6スタイルの問題を解き続けると着実にTOEICスコアを伸ばせます。 以下はGlobal Tree Loss - 15 Billion Every Yearという記事から作成しました。英検や大学入試とも語彙が重なる平易な英文を選んでいますので、大学受験生や英検受験者の演習にもおすすめできます。 わからない単語があればロングマンのような英英辞典を使いながら解くようにすると着実に力がつきます。和訳せずに英語のまま理解する英英思考力があれば英語試験で時間が足りない悩みは大幅に解消されます。 英英辞典が使いにくければenglish x englishをお試しください。
The good news: There are more than 3 trillion trees on Earth. The bad news: There has been a 46 percent drop in the number of trees since the dawn of human civilization.
The tree census was done by a team of researchers, using satellite imagery, forest inventories and technology to map the number of trees on a square kilometer level.
“Trees are among the most prominent and critical organisms on Earth, yet we are only recently beginning to (1)( ) their global extent and distribution,” said the study's lead author, Thomas Crowther, with the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES).
The sub-Arctic regions of Russia, Scandinavia and North America have the highest density of trees, while the tropics account for the largest number, about 43 percent of the world’s trees.
Humans are the biggest (3)( ) of tree numbers worldwide, according to Crowther, saying that tree density falls precipitously as the human population grows and that deforestation and other human activities account for a loss of 15 billion trees annually.
“We’ve nearly halved the number of trees on the planet, and we’ve seen the impacts on climate and human health as a result,” Crowther said. “This study highlights how much more effort is needed if we are to (4)( ) healthy forests worldwide.”
Authorities in Indonesia say they have investigated two dozen companies on suspicion of (1)( ) to hoard rice, beef and other staples to manipulate prices.
The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) on Monday said the firms could face fines or criminal prosecution.
"In mid-September we’ll begin the trial. For certain they are all big companies. Only big companies could control a cartel," said KPPU Chairman Muhammad Syarkawi Rauf.
He added that sanctions could range from administrative fines and revoking permits to criminal charges, which would be (2)( ) by the police.
National Police chief Badrodin Haiti said his (3)( ) would hunt down those who intentionally hoard food supplies, resulting in price hikes and forcing the country to rely on imports.
"All import products suspected of deviation would be investigated by the police. Why? Because there are efforts resulting in our dependency on imports," he said.
He also said seven companies are currently being investigated by his officers, who are looking at the (4)( ) of using the Terrorism Act to prosecute suspected firms.
TOEICリーディングパートで、一番バランスが取れていて効率良く英語力を養成できるのはPart6です。しかしPart6に特化した問題集はみつかりません。そこで、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TOEICPart6スタイルの練習問題を作成して公開しています。英検や大学入試とも語彙が重なる平易な英文を選んでいますので、大学受験生や英検受験者の演習にもおすすめできます。 以下はCambodian Red Cross Opens Luxury Hotelという記事の冒頭から作成しました。 わからない単語があればロングマンのような英英辞典を使いながら解くようにすると着実に力がつきます。 英英辞典が使いにくければenglish x englishをお試しください。試験本番で英英辞典は使えないとはいえ、英英辞典を使いこなす英英思考力はフリーパスで頼れる武器になります。
A Cambodian Red Cross branch opened a luxury hotel Tuesday, a controversial effort that organizers hope will earn more (1)( ) for humanitarian causes.
(A) charge
(B) feedback
(C) revenue
(D) gratitude
The Green Tel Palace, located near the ancient Preah Vihear temple near the Thai border, has six stories and 80 rooms and took three years to build, with funding from the Red Cross branch in Phnom Penh.
Rath Sophea, acting director of the Red Cross in Preah Vihear, told VOA Khmer there was “nothing wrong” with using Red Cross funding for such an effort.
“We hope that it will (2)( ) income to help humanitarian activity, because we only rely on philanthropists,” he said. If there were another funding channel, he added, "we could give more support to the poor."
(A) generate
(B) hire
(C) mention
(D) reduce
However, he could not give information about the hotel’s costs.
The Cambodian Red Cross is (3)( ) by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s wife, Bun Rany, and has been criticized in the past for its close ties to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party. Phum Chantiny, secretary-general of the Cambodian Red Cross, declined to comment on the hotel.
Lor Chan, Preah Vihear coordinator for the rights group Adhoc, said the construction of the hotel was not unethical, if it served the public interest. But he raised (4)( ) about whether its profits would to go those in need.
(A) defects
(B) concerns
(C) proceeds
(D) assets
“We don’t know what is occurring in the internal workings or anything related to the budget, which perhaps will not be able to help the poor or those who face real problems," he said.
The Preah Vihear temple was recently part of a border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia, which won a court battle to gain permanent control over the ancient location.
Because of its (5)( ) location inside Cambodia, most tourists visit the temple from the nearby Thai side of the border.
TOEICリーディングパートで、一番バランスが取れていて効率良く英語力を養成できるのはPart6です。しかしPart6に特化した問題集はみつかりません。そこで、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TOEICPart6スタイルの練習問題を作成して公開しています。英検や大学入試とも語彙が重なる平易な英文を選んでいますので、大学受験生や英検受験者の演習にもおすすめできます。 以下はHuge Off-Shore Natural Gas Discovery Found Near Egyptという記事から作成しました。 わからない単語があればロングマンのような英英辞典を使いながら解くようにすると着実に力がつきます。「空欄前後だけを読んで解答する」といった裏技に頼ることなく英英辞典片手に全文を丁寧に読んで解く訓練を重ねればPart6を速く正確に解くのは難しくありません。Part6(長文適語補充問題)ができればPart5(短文適語補充問題)もできるのは当たり前で、Part6の長文が速く正確に読めるようならPart7も苦にならなくなります。 英英辞典が使いにくければenglish x englishをお試しください。試験本番で英英辞典は使えないとはいえ、英英辞典を使いこなす英英思考力はフリーパスで頼れる武器になります。
Italian energy giant ENI has announced the discovery of (1)( ) it says is the largest-ever off-shore natural gas field in the Mediterranean, inside Egypt's territorial waters.
(A) which
(B) when
(C) that
(D) what
In a (2)( ) Sunday, ENI said the 100 square-kilometer field holds a potential 850 billion cubic meters of gas in the deepwaters of Egypt. It said the discovery well is 190 kilometers from the Egyptian coast at a depth of 1,450 meters.
The news follows a visit by ENI CEO Claudio Descalzi to Cairo for talks with President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and other Egyptian leaders.
Descalzi, quoted in the ENI statement, said the discovery could potentially "(3)( ) the energy scenario of Egypt," with his company aiming for a fast production startup.
(A) transport
(B) transform
(C) translate
(D) transfer
ENI, the world's 11th-largest industrial company, has operated in Egypt for decades through its (4)( ) IEOC.
TOEICリーディングパートで、一番バランスが取れていて効率良く英語力を養成できるのはPart6です。しかしPart6に特化した問題集はみつかりません。そこで、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TOEICPart6スタイルの練習問題を作成して公開しています。英検や大学入試とも語彙が重なる平易な英文を選んでいますので、大学受験生や英検受験者の演習にもおすすめできます。 以下はIs China’s Economic Information Correct?という記事の冒頭から作成しました。 わからない単語があればロングマンのような英英辞典を使いながら解くようにすると着実に力がつきます。 英英辞典が使いにくければenglish x englishをお試しください。試験本番で英英辞典は使えないとはいえ、英英辞典を使いこなす英英思考力はフリーパスで頼れる武器になります。
For over a week, investors have been closely watching sharp changes in share prices on China’s stock market. Some investors say the wild movements have intensified because of (1)( ) about the truthfulness of that nation’s economic reports. Critics say the reports can fool investors by presenting an unrealistically-strong picture of the economy.
An expert on China says the government is not inventing the economic information. But, he believes that the economy is changing quickly from traditional industries to services. He says the ways of measuring this new economic activity are unable to (2)( ) the changes.
(A) take over
(B) make room for
(C) call off
(D) keep up with
China is the world's second-largest economy, a huge trading nation and major importer of everything from machinery to oil and other natural resources. For this reason, its economic problems (3)( ) trading partners and stock markets around the world.
(A) update
(B) affect
(C) process
(D) accompany
Stock prices in Shanghai and (4)( ) markets have been in the news, in part, because of fears that China's economy is not growing as fast as some investors expect.
(A) current
(B) direct
(C) overseas
(D) limited
Weakness worries investors. And when many frightened investors sell stocks, it drives down prices. The fears intensify when (5)( ) experts worry that China’s economy is weaker than the official reports show.
TOEICリーディングパートで、一番バランスが取れていて効率良く英語力を養成できるのはPart6です。しかしPart6に特化した問題集はみつかりません。そこで、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TOEICPart6スタイルの練習問題を作成して公開しています。英検や大学入試とも語彙が重なる平易な英文を選んでいますので、大学受験生や英検受験者の演習にもおすすめできます。 以下はTwitter Sets Goals for Increasing Workforce Diversityという記事から作成しました。 わからない単語があればロングマンのような英英辞典を使いながら解くようにすると着実に力がつきます。「空欄前後だけを読んで解答する」といった裏技に頼ることなく英英辞典片手に全文を丁寧に読んで解く訓練を重ねればPart6を速く正確に解くのは難しくありません。Part6(長文適語補充問題)ができればPart5(短文適語補充問題)もできるのは当たり前で、Part6の長文が速く正確に読めるようならPart7も苦にならなくなります。 英英辞典が使いにくければenglish x englishをお試しください。試験本番で英英辞典は使えないとはいえ、英英辞典を使いこなす英英思考力はフリーパスで頼れる武器になります。
Social media giant Twitter is setting modest goals to increase the number of female employees at the company from 34 percent to 35 percent by the end of next year.
The company (1)( ) the hiring targets Friday with data showing that Twitter, like most other major U.S. tech companies, employs primarily white and Asian men.
(A) rejected
(B) delayed
(C) released
(D) preserved
The San Francisco company said it would hire more underrepresented minorities, boosting their numbers from 10 percent to 11 percent.
Twitter also said it planned to boost the number of women and underrepresented minorities in tech roles and leadership positions.
Janet Van Huysse, Twitter's vice president of diversity and inclusion, said in a blog post Friday, "We want the makeup of our company to (2)( ) the vast range of people who use Twitter."
(A) reflect
(B) correct
(C) post
(D) mention
"(3)( ) we have already been working toward internal diversity goals at different levels of the company, I am very pleased to report that we are now setting companywide diversity goals, and we are sharing them publicly," she said.
(A) Before
(B) While
(C) Unless
(D) After
To help achieve its aims, Twitter said it would partner with organizations that offer career guidance to underrepresented minorities and would (4)( ) employees from historically black colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions this fall.
Twitter employs about 4,100 people around the world.
(A) dismiss
(B) analyze
(C) approve
(D) recruit
※解答(1)(C) released (2)(A) reflect (3)(B) While (4)(D) recruit
TOEICリーディングパートで、一番バランスが取れていて効率良く英語力を養成できるのはPart6です。しかしPart6に特化した問題集はみつかりません。そこで、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TOEICPart6スタイルの練習問題を作成して公開しています。英検や大学入試とも語彙が重なる平易な英文を選んでいますので、大学受験生や英検受験者の演習にもおすすめできます。 以下はApple Event Generates Speculation About New Devicesという記事の冒頭から作成しました。 わからない単語があればロングマンのような英英辞典を使いながら解くようにすると着実に力がつきます。英英辞典が使いにくければenglish x englishをお試しください。試験本番で英英辞典は使えないとはいえ、英英辞典を使いこなす英英思考力はフリーパスで頼れる武器になります。
The Apple company has sent out mysterious invitations to a new "product event" for September 9, but has not said exactly what will be announced - standard practice for the technology company, which often (1)( ) new products in September.
Media outlets on Thursday received invitations to the event, carrying the headline "Hey Siri, give us a hint." Siri is the name for the voice-activated "personal assistant" function (2)( ) in Apple devices.
While the exact nature of the announcement has not been (3)( ), industry observers say it is likely to be a new iPhone model or a new version of the Apple TV set-top box, which allows a standard television to display streaming content.
(A) revealed
(B) founded
(C) booked
(D) arranged
Apple event announcements usually generate a great deal of interest because of how closely the company guards its information. When Siri users question their electronic (4)( ) about the purpose of the September 9 event, "she" answers enigmatically, saying only to expect "a big announcement."
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TOEICPart6スタイルの練習問題を作成して公開しています。 TOEICリーディングパートの中でPart6は語彙、文法、読解のバランスが取れた良問が作りやすく、「選択肢の周辺だけ読んで解く」といった裏技に走らず丁寧にPart6スタイルの問題を解き続けると着実にTOEICスコアを伸ばせます。 以下はObama Announces Clean Energy Initiativesという記事の冒頭から作成しました。英検や大学入試とも語彙が重なる平易な英文を選んでいますので、大学受験生や英検受験者の演習にもおすすめできます。 わからない単語があればロングマンのような英英辞典を使いながら解くようにすると着実に力がつきます。和訳せずに英語のまま理解する英英思考力があればTOEICで時間が足りない悩みは大幅に解消されます。 英英辞典が使いにくければenglish x englishをお試しください。
U.S. President Barack Obama has announced new executive actions and other efforts aimed at making it easier for homeowners and businesses to (1)( ) in green energy improvements that in the past may have been impractical or unaffordable.
(A) include
(B) invent
(C) invite
(D) invest
Obama was the keynote speaker at a clean energy conference in the southwestern city of Las Vegas, Nevada Monday night. He noted that some fossil fuel and utility interests are fighting the nation's rush to cleaner, cheaper and more (2)( ) energy. But he said, "Sorry, we're moving forward."
The president said that after decades of being told renewable energy doesn't make economic (3)( ), "today that's no longer true."
(A) recovery
(B) room
(C) company
(D) sense
Among the steps announced by the president are new rules from the Federal Housing Administration that could significantly expand the use of so-called PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) loans that allow homeowners to install energy improvements and pay back their costs over time. To date, use of that financing has been (4)( ) by regulatory obstacles. He also said the Department of Energy will make $1 billion in additional loan guarantees available to encourage innovation in technologies that give Americans more flexibility in choosing renewable energy options.
Obama's speech, at an annual energy conference hosted by Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, was aimed at countering fossil fuel and utility interests that have been working to undercut clean energy policies with (5)( ) that the matter should be left to the free market.
The president had returned from a two-week vacation Sunday with a number of important issues facing him over the next few months, including working to push the international agreement on Iran's nuclear program through a skeptical Congress.
But with the world trying to clinch a binding agreement to address climate change by the end of the year, he has been working on (6)( ) at home to cut carbon emissions, while also cutting costs for U.S. consumers.
