大学入学共通テスト英語攻略のための英英辞典超入門(4)

共通テスト英語ではリーディングの総語彙数が増え、リスニングの比重が高くなり一回しか読まれない部分が登場します。
出題者側が英語を英語で理解する能力を求めているのは明らかです。特にリスニングにおいて、全部和訳しないと気が済まないようなことではスピードについていけなくなり大きな失点につながりかねません。共通テスト英語対策には、キーワードを英英定義で理解して普段から英英思考に親しみ英語を英語で理解する英語頭を鍛えるのがきわめて有効です。
　以下は、大学入学共通テスト 時間内で解ける力がつく英英直読英単語・熟語に収録された問題よりはるかにやさしい、いわば「大学入学共通テスト攻略のための英英辞典超入門」ながら、共通テスト英語に不可欠なスピードアップに大いに有効です。

(31)
①pride【práid】［誇り］②race【réis】［人種］
③thermometer【θərmɑ'mətər】［温度計］④conversation【kɑ`nvərséiʃən】［会話］
(A)an instrument for measuring temperature
(B)the feeling of pleasure when you achieve something special that other people admire
(C)an informal talk between two or more people in which thoughts, feelings, and ideas are exchanged
(D)one of the groups that humans can be divided into based on their physical features, such as the color of their skin

(32)
①debt【dét】［借金］②energy【énərdʒi】［エネルギー］
③load【lóud】［積み荷］④balance【balance】［バランス］
(A)something that is carried by a person, vehicle, etc.
(B)power that is used to produce light, heat, motion, etc
(C)an amount of money that is owned to somebody
(D)the ability to remain steady in an upright position

(33)
①error【érər】［間違い］②condition【kəndíʃən】［状態］
③memory【méməri】［記憶力］④audience【ɔ'ːdiəns】［観衆、聴衆］
(A)a group of people who gather and listen to a show, concert, movie, or speech
(B)the state in which someone or something is
(C)a mistake made unintentionally
(D)the ability to remember things

(34)
①drugstore【drʌ'gstɔ`ːr】［ドラッグストア］②community【kəmjúːnəti】［コミュニティ］
③election【ilékʃən】［選挙］④stress【strés】［ストレス］
(A)a shop where you can buy medicines, beauty products, and other goods
(B)an occasion when people vote to choose someone for an official position
(C)the people who live in an area, or the area in which they live
(D)continuous feelings of worry caused by your social or personal problems

(35)
①subway【sʌ'bwèi】［地下鉄］②medicine【médəsin】［薬］
③miracle【mírəkl】［奇跡］④suburb【sʌ'bəːrb】［郊外］
(A)a substance that you take in order to cure an illness
(B)a railroad that runs under the ground
(C)a residential area that is outside the central part of a city
(D)an unusual and mysterious event that cannot be explained according to the laws of nature

(36)
①access【ǽkses】［アクセス］②graduation【græ`dʒuéiʃən】［卒業］
③station【stéiʃən】［駅］④ceremony【sérəmòuni】［儀式］
(A)a building where trains or buses regularly stop so that passengers can get on and off
(B)the act of completing your education at a school, such as a high school or college
(C)a formal public or religious event
(D)the way of getting to a place

(37)
①lazy【léizi】［怠惰な］②gentle【dʒéntl】［優しい］
③nervous【nə'ːrvəs】［不安な］④regular【régjulər】［定期的な］
(A)treating people in a careful and kind way
(B)happening or done always at the same time
(C)having worries or fears
(D)not wanting to do anything that involves effort

(38)
①hungry【hʌ'ŋgri】［空腹な］②expensive【ikspénsiv】［高価な］
③liberal【líbərəl】［開放的な］④jealous【dʒéləs】［ねたんだ］
(A)willing to understand and respect different opinions
(B)unhappy and angry because someone has something you want
(C)wanting to eat something
(D)costing a lot of money

(39)
①delicious【dilíʃəs】［美味しい］②ancient【éinʃənt】［古代の］
③familiar【fəmíljər】［なじみ深い］④manual【mǽnjuəl】［手動の］
(A)well-known to you and easy to recognize
(B)very pleasant to taste or smell
(C)belonging to the distant past, especially thousands of years ago
(D)operated by people instead of machines

(40)
①opposite【ɑ'pəzit】［反対の］②missing【mísiŋ】［紛失した］
③natural【nǽtʃərəl】［自然の］④boring【bɔ'ːriŋ】［退屈な］
(A)not interesting in any way, making you feel dissatisfied
(B)not found in its usual place
(C)existing in nature and not made or caused by humans
(D)different from something in every respect


(31)①(B)②(D)③(A)④(C)　　　　　
(32)①(C)②(B)③(A)④(D)
(33)①(C)②(B)③(D)④(A) 　　
(34)①(A)②(C)③(B)④(D)
(35)①(B)②(A)③(D)④(C)
(36)①(D)②(B)③(A)④(C)
(37) ①(D)②(A)③(C)④(B)
(38)①(C)②(D)③(A)④(B)
(39) ①(B)②(C)③(A)④(D)
(40) ①(D)②(B)③(C)④(A)