読解(入学試験)
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公式集、全トピックの解法の要点、6 問の演習問題。完全な解答は巻末にあります。
Kelp is a type of large brown algae that grows in cold ocean water. Kelp forests provide food and shelter for many animals, including sea otters, which eat the sea urchins that feed on kelp. How do sea otters help kelp forests?
Read the sentences: (1) Finally, the nurse records the result. (2) First, the nurse washes her hands. (3) Next, she places the thermometer under the patient’s tongue. (4) Then she waits for the beep and reads the number. Which order is correct?
Choose the correct form: “She is one of the ___ nurses on the unit.”
Choose the correct pronoun: “Two students, Lena and ___, won the award.”
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The visitor spoke to the staff in a hostile tone.”
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The drain was collecting sanguineous fluid.”
答え: D · They eat the sea urchins that feed on kelp.
Otters eat sea urchins, and urchins eat kelp, so otters protect the kelp by reducing the number of urchins.
答え: D · 2, 3, 4, 1
The signal words give the order: First (2), Next (3), Then (4), Finally (1).
答え: C · best
“Good” has the irregular forms good, better, best. “Goodest” and “bestest” are not standard words.
答え: D · I
A pronoun in an appositive takes the same case as the word it renames. “Two students” is the subject, so the subject form “I” is used: “Lena and I won the award.”
答え: A · Unfriendly and aggressive
Hostile means unfriendly, angry and showing opposition.
答え: A · Bright red and bloody
Sanguineous drainage consists mainly of blood.
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