英検対策講座【2級】大問2: 長文の語句空所補充問題

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大問2　長文の語句空所補充問題

 

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Questions ～問題～

 

次の英文を読み、その文意にそって(1)から(3)までの（　　　）に入れるのに最も適切なものを1, 2, 3, 4の中から一つ選びなさい。

[英検 2017年度 第1回検定問題より]

 

 

Battling Bacteria

 

　When people catch diseases that are caused by bacteria, they are often given drugs called antibiotics, which work to kill bacteria in the body. However, there are now many new types of bacteria that cannot be killed with antibiotics. One type of bacteria, called MRSA, has become (　1　) hospitals and nursing homes. MRSA spreads easily where there are many sick people in one place, and it cannot be treated using traditional antibiotic drugs. As a result, many scientists are looking for new antibiotics that can fight such bacteria.

 

　One group of researchers at United Arab Emirates University has been looking to frogs for an answer. Frogs live in wet environments that have a lot of bacteria, so their skin has evolved to protect them from dangerous bacteria. Scientists have known about the bacteria-killing chemicals on frogs' skin for many years. However, there are some challenges to finding a way to use those chemicals. One is that the human body destroys the chemicals before they can act as a medicine. (　2　), some of the chemicals on the frogs' skin can harm human cells.

 

　Michael Conlon, leader of the study, says that his team has discovered some solutions. They have made small changes to the chemicals on the frogs' skin to make them less harmful to humans, while also making them better at killing bacteria. Despite these advances, Conlon says that it will (　3　) drugs from these chemicals. Although these drugs may not be ready soon, it is expected that one day they will play a large role in fighting bacteria.

 

 

（1）

 

1. a new hope for
2. less common in
3. a big concern for
4. easier to cure in

 

 

（2）

 

1. Fortunately
2. Therefore
3. In exchange
4. What is more

 

 

（3）

 

1. be impossible to create
2. take time to develop
3. build demand for
4. reduce the damage of

 

 

学習アドバイス

 

長文の語句空所補充問題では、空所の文とその前後の文が重要なことが多いのですが、段落の最初から読んでいった方が、結局は正解を速く正確に見つけることができるようです（空所の文だけを見るという方法は、問題が解けないか、間違いやすいので、お勧めできません）。

 

「つなぎ言葉」（文と文、段落と段落をつなぎ、前後関係を示す言葉）が問題を解くカギとなることが多いです。

 

「つなぎ言葉」の例： in addition「さらに」（追加）、for example「例えば」（具体例）、however「しかしながら」（逆接）、on the other hand「他方では、これに対して」（対照）、first of all「まず第一に」（順序）、as a result「その結果」（結果）、in short「要するに」（まとめ）など。

 

 

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