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英検２級・第三部

1. Icy roads were the ???? of many traffic accidents this winter.

reason
concept
cause
motivation

2. Thankyou so much. I can't tell you how much I ???? your hospitality.

consider
appreciate
recognize
regret

3. Although she had just had an argument with her boyfriend, Mary ???? everything was fine when her friend called.

pretended
prepared
imposed
imitated

4. A: Have you found a new job yet? // B: No, not yet. I've mailed ???? to twenty different companies, though.

positions
careers
records
applications

5. A: Would you like to have lunch with me this week? // B: I'd love to, but I'm afraid that I have no time this week. My schedule is so ???? at the moment.

tight
strict
plenty
close

6. When the ???? rate between the yen and the dollar is favorable, many Japanese take the opportunity to go to the United States.

money
exchange
discount
lower

7. Readers sometimes skip the ???? and go directly to the first chapter of a book.

prelude
preface
advance
preparation

8. The boss can't make it to the meeting today as he has ???? business in London.

quick
preise
acute
urgent

9. You must wait until the wound ???? completely before you play any more baseball.

heals
cures
swells
corrects

10. I'm too tired to cook tonight. How about having something ???? ?

taken
carried
delivered
registered

11. This new library was built in ???? of the university's founder.

name
case
point
honour

12. You can't ???? on this copy machine. We had it fixed a few weeks ago, but it has already broken down again.

incline
remain
rely
operate

13. A: I can't believe our company won that big contract! // B: We were lucky to some ???? because one of our major competitors went out of business.

content
extent
portion
extension

14. The final soccer match of the season was disappointing. ???? to all expectations, our favourite team lost badly.

Opposite
Equal
Contrary
Facing

15. Don't ???? your temper, Jim. I was only trying to give you some friendly advice.

lose
forget
drop
fall

16. Diane made ???? a very good excuse about why she was late for class.

in
up
off
away

17. The delay in the flight's departure ???? a severe snowstorm in the area.

was due to
gave in to
had reason to
came across to

18. My grandfather had been ill for some time and ???? last week.

slept over
died down
fell through
passed away

19. Mr.Roberts used to be ???? our local sales area before he was promoted to regional sales manager.

in charge of
in view of
in accordance with
in terms of

20. There is no need to ???? the annual festival just because the city doesn't have much money.

do away with
look up to
take notice of
set eyes on

21. We ???? for an hour at the airport when my cousin finally arrived.

have been waited
have been waiting
had been waited
had been waiting

22. John hates working on Saturdays, and ???? do his colleagues.

nor
as
so
neither

23. Please inform the chairman as soon as you ???? a conclusion concerning this matter.

reached
have reached
will reach
will have reached

24. This building and its contents are fully insured, ????.

whatever will happen
whatever happens
whenever it will happen
whenever it happens

25. A: George is a great tennis player // B: If he had started earlier, he ???? a professional athlete.

could become
could have become
become
could be becoming

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