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テスト5：海と天気

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航海、嵐、海岸線をテーマにした、熟達レベルの総合テストです。緊密なコロケーション、条件文、比較級、語形成を扱います。

パート1：選択式の空所補充

それぞれの文に最もよく合う語または語句を選びましょう。

The islanders ___ out a modest living from fishing and a little farming.
- a) eked
- b) edged
- c) stretched
- d) pulled
A thick fog ___ in from the sea, and within minutes the harbour had vanished.
- a) rode
- b) rolled
- c) rang
- d) rowed
Had the crew heeded the warning, the ship ___ safely into harbour.
- a) would sail
- b) had sailed
- c) would have sailed
- d) sailed
The forecast was so ___ that nobody could decide whether to sail.
- a) equivocal
- b) equitable
- c) equable
- d) equivalent
Sailors are famously ___ about omens and luck.
- a) suspicious
- b) supercilious
- c) superficial
- d) superstitious
The ship ran ___ on a sandbank and had to wait for the tide.
- a) afloat
- b) aground
- c) abeam
- d) adrift
The more the wind rose, ___ the sea became.
- a) the rougher
- b) rougher
- c) the roughest
- d) as rough
Whatever the season, the coast road is liable ___ flooding at high tide.
- a) for
- b) of
- c) to
- d) with

各空所に入る語を入力してください。明らかに短い句が必要な問題以外は、1 語で書いてください。

Scarcely had the boat left the harbour ___ the wind began to rise.
The crossing, ___ in good weather takes an hour, took nearly four.
Had the crew not been experienced, they ___ never have reached the shore.
The tide is due to turn at noon, ___ which point the channel will be impassable.
The island is cut off from the mainland ___ high tide.
Rough ___ the weather was, the ferry kept to its timetable.
She had no ___ but to turn back when the wind veered.
It was not ___ the fog lifted that they saw how close they had come to the rocks.

それぞれの文の最後にある大文字の語を使って、空所に合う語を作りましょう。1語を入力してください。

The ___ of the coastline makes navigation difficult without local knowledge. (REGULAR)
The captain’s ___ saved the ship when the engine failed. (COMPOSE)
Fishermen are often remarkably ___ about the weather. (KNOW)
The storm struck with ___ force, tearing the sails to ribbons. (PRECEDENT)
The sea can look ___ calm and still be dangerous below the surface. (DECEIVE)
The ___ of the water near the rocks made landing impossible. (TURBULENT)
Her ___ was beyond question, even in the worst gale. (SEAMAN)
The sea is notoriously ___ in autumn. (PREDICT)

a) ekedTo eke out a living は「やっとのことで生き延びる」という意味です。決まった句動詞です。
b) rolledFog rolls in は標準的なコロケーションです。他の動詞は fog とコロケーションになりません。
c) would have sailedこれは第 3 条件文です。if 節では had + 過去分詞、結果の節では would have + 過去分詞を使います。
a) equivocalEquivocal は「2 通り以上に解釈できる」という意味です。Equable は、安定した気質や気候を表します。
d) superstitiousSuperstitious は「前兆や運を信じている」という意味です。他の語は意味が異なります。
b) agroundRun aground は「浅い水域で底に乗り上げて動けなくなる」という意味です。Afloat はその反対になります。
a) the rougherThe more ... the + 比較級は、対応する構造です。
c) toLiable to は「何かを被りやすい」という意味です。Liable for は「法的に責任がある」という意味になります。

when / beforeScarcely ... when/before が通常の対で、Scarcely の後には倒置が続きます。
which非制限用法の関係詞節には、that ではなく which が必要です。
would / could / mightこれは倒置された第 3 条件文なので、結果の節では法助動詞 + have + 過去分詞を使います。
at / by / after / fromAt which point、by which point、after which point、from which point は、この非制限用法の関係詞節ではどれも使えます。
at / duringAt high tide と during high tide はどちらも自然です。
as / thoughRough as/though the weather was は、although the weather was rough の意味です。
choice / option / alternativeNo choice、no option、no alternative but to は決まった型です。
until / tillIt was not until/till ... that は、時を表す強調構文の構造です。