英語検定　準１級(2025年第3回No.4)

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3-4		英語検定(準１級)　筆記	2025年第3回(No.25～No.31) 各１０点 × ７問 ＝ ７０点満点
次の英文を読み、(25)から(27)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25		Question: Which of the following is true based on the first paragraph? 答え： ( 25) (1) Despite the widespread use of chemical pesticides, modern agriculture is unable to produce enough crops to feed the world’s population. (2) Although pesticides have been shown by research to be safe for humans, their negative reputation has led to their use being restricted. (3) Despite the positive role of pesticides in food production, scientists are attempting to find different ways to protect crops. (4) Although pesticides are an effective way to reduce damage caused by pests, they can also lead to reduced crop yields.
問26		Question: According to the author of the passage, induced resistance (1) or (2) or (3) or (4) 答え： ( 26 ) (1) has proved effective at killing pathogens that enter plant cells but is unable to protect plants against insects and other external pests. (2) helps plants defend themselves against pests in a similar way to how human vaccines work but has a broader effect. (3) works for the lifetime of a plant just as vaccines do for humans but is not passed on to the plant’s offspring because it has no genetic basis. (4) works well in most cases but can sometimes cause damage to plants because of the stress it causes them.
問27		Question: What did one biologist say about induced resistance? 答え： ( 27 ) (1) There is a need for further research into it because researchers have yet to prove that it works in the field. (2) There is a reluctance to use it because attempts to switch to other kinds of natural crop-protection methods have been unsuccessful. (3) It is a complicated process, so many factors have to be carefully balanced for it to be used successfully. (4) It will only work if it is combined with the use of pesticides, so it will fail to make agriculture sustainable in the long term.
次の英文を読み、(28)から(31)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28		Question: According to the passage, the mayor of Chicago (1) or (2) or (3) or (4) 答え： ( 28 ) (1) made sure that police officers who had been at the previous day’s demonstration would not be on duty for the gathering in Haymarket Square. (2) hoped that the number of participants for such an important event would be greater than the actual number of people who attended on May 4. (3) realized that as the final speeches became more passionate, he had no choice but to give the police permission to end the gathering using force. (4) believed that because the proceedings had generally passed without incident, there were unlikely to be any major problems for the remainder of the protest.
問29		Question: Which of the following statements best describes the opinion given by Professor William J. Adelman in the second paragraph? 答え： ( 29 ) (1) Because employers were focused on profit, it was unreasonable to expect them to support labor rights groups, especially those with socialist tendencies. (2) Legislative efforts would have been more successful had the state focused on preventing child labor rather than limiting working hours. (3) Because immigrant workers were willing to work longer hours than other workers, they were being blamed for the failure to get legislation passed. (4) The law that the state of Illinois had put in place to restrict working hours failed because companies were not being forced to adhere to it.
問30		Question: What does the author of the passage suggest about the events surrounding the trial? 答え： ( 30 ) (1) There was considerable pressure to arrest people and conclude the trial, even though doubts emerged about the defendants’ direct involvement in the bombing. (2) Adelman’s criticism of the trial proceedings does not take into account the fact that the defendants were planning bomb attacks at other demonstrations. (3) Although the arrested men were probably innocent, the actions of the police were justified because of the number of people who had been killed on May 4. (4) Some of the defendants were more directly involved in the bombing than others, so the court was correct to make such a distinction when it sentenced them.
問31		Question: What is one reason the Haymarket Affair is considered significant? 答え： ( 31 ) (1) It is a reminder that powerful industrialists should not be allowed to influence courts to decrease the punishment for companies that break labor laws. (2) It is used to show that while media articles sometimes portray labor disputes inaccurately, the media also has the power to correct its mistakes. (3) It is viewed as a turning point in the history of the labor movement because it ultimately helped improve the situation for those who lacked rights. (4) It proved that most social and economic divisions would always remain despite the efforts of many activists to bring about equality for all people.