平成１７年度 第１回語彙問題


まずは、今回行われました英検の1番語彙問題にチャレンジしてください。

1.
 Since the manager had such a ( ) way of talking, people often misunderstood the point that he was trying to make.
  1. roundabout 2. robust 3. recurrent 4. retentive
 
2.
 All the dancers at the festival were ( ) dressed in colorful silk costumes with gold trim.
1. expansively 2. heftily 3. flamboyantly 4. spaciously
   
3.
 I was so nervous about my first day on the job that I ( ) walked into the wrong office.
1. inadvertently 2. temperamentally 3. autonomously 4. deferentially
   
4.
 Police have arrested two people in connection with recent incidents involving ( ) bills being used at local businesses. Investigators believe that the two may have printed the bills as well.
  1. plagiarized 2. exorcised 3. counterfeit 4. revamped
   
5.
 Gray squirrels are very common in the British Isles, but actually they are not ( ). They were first brought over from America during the reign of Queen Victoria.
1. instinctive 2 indigenous 3 innate 4 insular
   
6.
 Many senior citizens are forming political association to promote their interests. “If we seniors work together, we can have great political ( ),” said one man.
1. clout 2 grit 3 clench 4 grind
   
7.
 When the fire alarm went off during the performance, there was ( ). Everyone in the audience panicked and ran for the exits.
1. pandemonium 2. commiseration 3. oblivion 4. tedium
   
8.
 Wage talks between the union and management have led to a ( ), with little chance of progress unless one side shifts position.
1.stalemate 2. milestone 3. turnstile 4. dragnet
   
9.
 The lost climber, who had been missing for nearly a week, was in relatively good spirits when she was found, although she looked ( ) from a lack of food and water.
1.engulfed 2. emancipated 3. expelled 4. emaciated
   

10.

 The rumors concerning the company’s financial troubles were so persistent that management suspected a rival of ( ) a campaign to damage its credibility.
  1. epitomizing 2. congregating 3. orchestrating 4. encapsulating
   
11.
 When Pierre asked his boss why she was late for the meeting, she replied ( )
  1. penitently 2. quaintly 3. benevolently 4. curtly
   
12. The speaker at the political rally ( ) the federal government for its failure to deal with the growing problem of illegal immigration.
  1. assailed 2. appended 3. acclaimed 4. afflicted
   
13. Having just won first prize in the gymnastics competition, the boy ( ) in the approval and admiration of his friends.
  1.wilted 2 basked 3 sheered 4 wrangled
   
14. Billy’s mom tried to ( ) him into eating the spinach on his plane, but nothing she said seemed to work.
  1. canvass 2 revile 3 cajole 4 recant
   
15. Although the violinist’s performance had been technically ( ), one judge argued that the rendition was mechanical and lacked passion.
  1. despicable 2 irascible 3 insatiable 4 impeccable
   
16. The commission appointed to investigate the political scandal eventually ( ) the prime minister of any responsibility in the affair.
  1. exonerated 2 expunged 3　extrapolate 4 extradited
   
17. Although the critic felt a strong ( ) to the artist as a person, he could not avoid recognizing her genius as a painter.
  1. culpability 2 antipathy 3 propensity 4 flattery
   
18. Not only was the women’s new job better paying, it had added ( ) of free childcare during office hours.
  1. whim 2 fad 3 bent 4 perk
   
19. After investigating a series of band robbers in town, the police managed to catch the ( ) by anticipating his next target.
  1.plaintiff 2. benefactor 3. culprit 4 debtor
   
20. The columnist criticized the new play for its stereotypical characters and ( ) script, and wondered how it had ever reached the production stage.
  1. banal 2 compliant 3 consummate 4 urbane
   
21. The magazine specialized in printing ( ) gossip concerning the private lives of celebrities.
  1. euphoric 2. rustic 3. lurid 4. avid
   
22. The biographer spent hours in the local library ( ) old newspapers in the hope of turning up some interesting facts about the politician’s background.
  1. gearing up 2. poring over 3. blotting out 4 whisking away
   
23. Mountain View is one of the country’s best ski resorts. Every year, thousands of tourists ( ) the area, pumping millions of dollars into the local economy.
  1. launch into 2. descend on 3. rifle through 4. pass up
   
24. A: You’ve been staring at that physics textbook for hours!
B: I know. I enjoy the course, but I have to read each chapter three or four times before it really ( ).
  1. pans out 2. measures out 3. sinks in 4. pitches in
   
25. The prison inmates respected the chaplain because he had spent time behind bars himself and was able to ( ) their needs and concerns.
  1. gloat over 2. win over 3. dispense with 4. identify with