ラジオ英会話 25/10/9(木)L129 英検準2級レベル 語彙クイズ、理解クイズ
思考を表す動詞-4 suspect, doubt, speculate
Q1. What does “cram school” mean?
A. art class
B. cooking class
C. private tutoring school
D. gym
Q2. What does “by the way” mean?
A. suddenly
B. by mistake
C. by car
D. incidentally / by the way (ところで)
Q3. What does “nickname” mean?
A. middle name
B. short name used by friends
C. last name
D. fake name for business
Q4. What does “I doubt that” mean?
A. I’m sure about that.
B. I don’t think so.
C. I agree with you.
D. I forgot that.
Q5. What does “laugh out loud” mean?
A. laugh quietly
B. laugh a little
C. laugh loudly
D. stop laughing
Q6. What does “suspect” mean in this sentence?
“He’ll laugh out loud, I suspect.”
A. to think / to guess
B. to watch carefully
C. to be angry
D. to feel nervous
Q7. What does “fast runner” mean?
A. someone who runs quickly
B. someone who talks quickly
C. someone who eats quickly
D. someone who learns quickly
Q8. What does “the next time” mean?
A. last time
B. this time
C. soon
D. when you do it again later
-答えと解説
問題 正解 解説
Q1 C cram school は「塾」。試験対策などを詰め込んで学ぶ学校。
Q2 D by the way は「ところで」。話題を変える時の表現。
Q3 B nickname は「ニックネーム・あだ名」。友人などが呼ぶ短い名前。
Q4 B I doubt that は「そうは思わない」「それは違うと思う」。反対意見をやわらかく伝える表現。
Q5 C laugh out loud は「大声で笑う」。略語では“LOL”も使われる。
Q6 A suspect はここでは「〜と思う、推測する」。ややフォーマルな表現。
Q7 A fast runner は「足の速い人」。fast は「速い」、runner は「走る人」。
Q8 D the next time は「次に〜する時」。未来の出来事を指す。
-英検準2級レベルの理解クイズ
会話文：Ethanと友人の会話
Q1. What are Ethan and his friend talking about?
Ethan と友人は何について話していますか？
A. Renji’s running and nickname
B. Ethan’s vacation plans
C. Cram school teachers
D. Their science project
答え：A. Renji’s running and nickname
彼らはRenjiが走るのが速いことや「チーター」というあだ名について話しています。
Q2. What does Ethan say about cram school?
Ethan は塾についてどう言っていますか？
A. It’s not helpful.
B. It’s helping him a lot.
C. He doesn’t like it.
D. He stopped going there.
答え：B. It’s helping him a lot.
“It’s helping me a lot.”＝「とても役立っている」と述べています。
Q3. What does Renji say about his running?
Renji は自分の走りについてどう言っていますか？
A. He’s very fast.
B. He’s still too slow.
C. He doesn’t like running.
D. He runs every morning.
答え：B. He’s still too slow.
“He says he’s still too slow.”＝「まだ遅すぎると言っている」。
Q4. Who gave Renji his nickname “cheetah”?
Renji に「チーター」というあだ名をつけたのは誰ですか？
A. His teacher
B. His friend
C. His father
D. Ethan
答え：C. His father
会話の中で “I think his father did.” と言っています。
Q5. What will happen when the speaker calls Renji “cheetah”?
話し手がRenjiを「チーター」と呼んだらどうなるでしょう？
A. He will get angry.
B. He will be surprised.
C. He will laugh out loud.
D. He won’t understand.
答え：C. He will laugh out loud.
最後に “He’ll laugh out loud, I suspect.”（たぶん大笑いするよ）と言っています。