史上最強のボキャビルクイズ

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
(制限時間20分)

(1)To complete each item, choose the best word among the ten choices.

1.	(　　　 ) is thought to be an important turning point in the acquisition of language.
2.	His ideas on gene mapping are promising but still at a(n) (　　　 ) stage.
3.	Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow was a(n) ( 　　　) in European history.
4.	I (　　　 ) into that question for over a week but never found an answer.
5.	We all had a(n) (　　　 ) celebration at our high school reunion.
6.	He argued that these books had a(n) (　　　 ) effect on young and susceptible minds.
7.	The light of the chandelier made her modest necklace look positively ( 　　　) .
8.	The (　　　 ) coughing in the auditorium annoyed the performers.
9.	The colorful national flag was (　　　 ) in the breeze.
10.	The police suspect him because he (　　　 ) with known criminals.

consort, delve, embryonic, jubilant, pernicious, puberty, resplendent, spasmodic, undulate, watershed

10問×3点＝30点　

(2)To complete each item, choose the best word among the four choices.

1.	The deep snow and strong crosswinds severely (　　　 ) the progress of the mountaineers as they approached the Himalayan peak.
	1.divested 2. demeaned 3. impeded 4. impelled

2.	Whereas Jack often presents the facts with the hardly honorable intention of ( 　　　), his amoral cohort Stephen dispenses with the partial deception and lies outright.
	1. equivocation 2. litigation 3. objectivity 4. fabrication

3.	Living on a ( 　　　) salary, Frank could rarely afford to eat out with his friends.
	1. scarce 2. meager 3. coarse 4. gaunt

4.	The night road construction going on outside caused so much (　　　 ) that none of us could sleep.
	1. brawl 2. racket 3. muddle 4. drill

5.	The size and simplicity of an Indian teepee or wigwam lead us to conclude that it was built more for practicality than for (　　　 ) .
	1. feasibility 2. ostentation 3. actuality 4. irrelevance

6.	On the north side of the pyramid we paused before a small stone cubicle, ( 　　　) toward the north.
	1. quaint 2. canted 3. drastic 4. proliferating

7.	In the course of a rebuttal, many people tend to become too ( 　　　) when stating their points.
	1. abeyant 2. obstructive 3. obligatory 4. abrasive

8.	Many members of the committee haven't shown up today, so we don't have a (　　　 ) and can't hold the meeting.
	1. quorum 2. quadrant 3. quota 4. quantum

9.	The two-year- old child threw a terrible (　　　 ) when her mother refused to give her the candy.
	1.wrath 2. tantrum 3. pernicious 4. pretentious

10.	All those homeless people on Grant Avenue know the (　　　 ) who was found there dead and penniless on Tuesday.
	1. panhandler 2. polyglot 3. pancreas 4. pandemonium

10問×3点＝30点　