今回で9回目です。
いつもの通り以下の10題を解いてみてください。
【問題】 それぞれ下の①〜④のうちから最も適切なものを1つ選びなさい。
問1
“I really like this photo. Your kids look adorable.”
“Thanks. I had ( ) taken professionally.”
① done it
② it does
③ it done
④ it to do
問2
“How ( ) will the performance start? I just want to grab a drink.”
“It should begin in about ten minutes.”
① fast
② long
③ rapidly
④ soon
問3
“Why don’t we try a different route this time?”
“Sure, ( ).”
① go for one
② if you like
③ we do
④ you should
問4
“I really wish he wouldn’t speak so disrespectfully.”
“I know. I can’t ( ) up with him either.”
① catch
② keep
③ put
④ take
問5
“Ken has a very ( ) mind.”
“Yes, he’s always coming up with new ideas.”
① absent
② active
③ alive
④ angry
問6
No subject feels ( ) when you have no interest in it.
① interest
② interested
③ interesting
④ interestingly
問7
She is kind not only to her family but also to ( ) asks for help.
① those
② whatever
③ whoever
④ whom
問8
Tom is only thirteen, so he is ( ) to drive a car.
① not old enough
② not too young
③ too old
④ young enough
問9
I visited Singapore last summer, ( ) much hotter than I had imagined.
① when wasn’t
② where it wasn’t
③ where wasn’t
④ which it wasn’t
問10
I ( ) in France for several years as a child, but I barely remember the language.
① have been
② have once stayed
③ lived
④ went
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【解答・解説】
問1
正解:③ it done
解説:have + 目的語 + 過去分詞=「~を…してもらう」
I had it done at a studio.
(それをスタジオでやってもらった)
①②④は構文が成立しません。
問2
正解:④ soon
解説:how soon=「あとどれくらいで」
How soon will you be ready?
(あとどれくらいで準備できる?)
fast / rapidly は速さ、long は時間の長さを表します。
問3
正解:② if you like
解説:if you like=「いいよ/君がいいなら」
— Shall we go now?
— If you like.
(今行く?
— いいよ)
会話でよく使われる表現です。
問4
正解:③ put
解説:put up with ~=「~を我慢する」
I can’t put up with the noise.
(その騒音には我慢できない)
catch up with ~「追いつく」
keep up with ~「遅れずについていく」
take up with ~「(好ましくない人と)親しくなる」
問5
正解:② active
解説:active mind=「活発な頭脳」
alive や angry は文脈に合いません。
問6
正解:③ interesting
解説:-ing 形容詞は「物・事が~させる」という意味です。
No topic is interesting if you are not interested.
(あなたが興味を持たなければ、どんな話題も面白くない)
-ed 形は人の感情を表します。
問7
正解:③ whoever
解説:whoever=「~する人は誰でも」
Whoever wants to join is welcome.
(参加したい人は誰でも歓迎です)
先行詞を含む関係代名詞です。
問8
正解:① not old enough
解説:not + 形容詞 + enough to ~=「~するには十分に…でない」
He is not old enough to drive.
(彼は運転するには十分な年齢ではない)
問9
正解:④ which it wasn’t
解説:非制限用法の関係代名詞 which は前文全体を受けることができます。
It was not as warm as I had expected, which it wasn’t.
前の内容を受けて補足説明する構文です。
問10
正解:③ lived
解説:過去の出来事を述べているので、単純過去 lived を用います。
He lived in Kyoto for five years.
(彼は5年間京都に住んでいた)
when I was a child → 完全に過去
経験ではなく「居住」なので lived
have been は現在完了で不適。

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