英語検定　２級(2023年第1回No.4)

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1-4		英語検定(２級)　筆記	2023年第1回(No.30～No.38) 各１０点 × ９問 ＝ ９０点満点
次の英文を読み、(30)から(33)の各質問に最も適切なものを、1～4 の中から一つ選びなさい。
問30		Question: What do some historians say about the invention of washing machines? 答え： ( 30) (1) It happened due to an important change in society. (2) It led to the development of TVs, computers, and smartphones. (3) It has had a major impact on the natural environment. (4) It has had a greater effect on society than other modern inventions.
問31		Question: Cleaning clothes and sheets without washing machines was hard work because (1) or (2) or (3) or (4) 答え： ( 31 ) (1) the process of doing laundry involved several different stages. (2) the soap used to wash laundry had to be prepared by hand. (3) people had to travel long distances in order to dry their laundry. (4) people who did it had to wash many items to earn enough money.
問32		Question: What was one challenge faced by people trying to invent electric washing machines? 答え： ( 32 ) (1) Many people thought that they would not be as effective as washing laundry by hand. (2) The use of electricity was limited to a few homes in wealthier parts of the world. (3) They could not discover how to make a machine to do all the steps involved in washing. (4) Machines that involve both electricity and water can be very unsafe to work with.
問33		Question: Washing machines have allowed people to　 (1) or (2) or (3) or (4) 答え： ( 33 ) (1) spend more time teaching themselves and their children. (2) use their energy for volunteer activities in their communities. (3) invent other machines to carry out tasks in the home. (4) live in parts of the world where there are many rivers and lakes.
次の英文を読み、(34)から(38)の各質問に最も適切なものを、1～4 の中から一つ選びなさい。
問34		Question: What is one reason that scientists are uncertain about why people dream? 答え： ( 34 ) (1) Several parts of people's brains are involved in dreaming. (2) Dreams do not usually appear to have a clear meaning. (3) People often do not want to describe their dreams honestly. (4) Different people sometimes have exactly the same dream.
問35		Question: Modern psychologists think that (1) or (2) or (3) or (4) 答え： ( 35 ) (1) people discovered the reason that we have dreams thousands of years ago. (2) people's brains are able to exercise and grow larger by having dreams. (3) dreams allow people to hide parts of their personalities that they do not like. (4) dreams give people an opportunity to make their memories stronger.
問36		Question: What was one thing that participants in Erin Wamsley's study were asked to do? 答え： ( 36 ) (1) Discuss the content of their dreams with other participants in the study. (2) Relate what happened in their dreams to what was happening in their lives. (3) Try to wake themselves up as soon as they knew that they were dreaming. (4) Compare their own dreams with a list of dreams that people commonly have.
問37		Question: Wamsley suggests that dreams about future events (1) or (2) or (3) or (4) 答え： ( 37 ) (1) happen because our brains know that we will wake up soon. (2) occur more often after tests or other stressful events. (3) are experienced just as often as dreams about the past. (4) probably stay in our memories longer than other dreams.
問38		Question: Which of the following statements is true? 答え： ( 38 ) (1) People long ago believed that gods spoke to them through dreams. (2) People dream for more than half of the time that they are asleep. (3) Participants in Wamsley's study mostly had dreams about future events. (4) Participants in Wamsley's study were observed in their own homes.