読解(入学試験)
解き方
- 先に設問を読んで、何を探すかをつかみます。
- 文章をざっと読んで、話題と要点をつかみます。最初か最後の文に書かれていることがよくあります。
- 設問の答えになるまさにその箇所に戻ります。
- 推論では、手がかりが最も強く裏づける選択肢を選び、それ以上に踏み込んだものは選びません。
- ラベルや表では、当てはまる規則をすべて適用し、簡単な計算を慎重に行います。
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。
Lions live in groups called prides, and the females do most of the hunting together. Tigers usually live and hunt alone. How are lions and tigers different, according to the passage?
The author writes: “Either we close the old swimming pool, or the town will go bankrupt.” What is the flaw in this statement?
Choose the correct verb: “The scissors ___ on the tray.”
Which sentence correctly punctuates an essential (restrictive) appositive?
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Poor eyesight can be a barrier to reading labels.”
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The test is non-invasive.”
答え: A · Lions live in groups, but tigers mostly live alone.
The passage contrasts lions living and hunting in prides with tigers usually living and hunting alone.
答え: D · It presents only two options when others exist.
The statement is a false choice. The town might raise fees, find a sponsor or cut other costs, so closing the pool is not the only alternative to bankruptcy.
答え: D · are
Nouns such as scissors, jeans and glasses (for eyes) are plural in form and take a plural verb.
答え: D · The novelist Toni Morrison won the Nobel Prize.
The name is needed to identify which of many novelists is meant, so it is essential and takes no commas. Commas would suggest there is only one novelist.
答え: A · Obstacle
A barrier is something that prevents or blocks progress.
答え: D · It does not enter the body or break the skin
A non-invasive test, such as a blood pressure measurement or an ultrasound, does not require entering the body.
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