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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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3回検定問題より]

 

 

The Eco-Chef

 

　Many restaurants waste huge amounts of food and consume large amounts of energy. In addition, most restaurants are usually more concerned with making a profit than they are with protecting the environment. Nowadays, however, consumers are starting to prefer companies and businesses that are kinder to the earth. (　1　), Arthur Potts Dawson, a British chef and businessman, has started to make changes to the way that the food industry works.

 

　Potts Dawson developed his love and respect for food and nature when he spent his childhood summers on a farm with his father, where he learned about raising sheep and growing crops. He started training as a chef at the age of 16, and later worked at several popular restaurants. However, it was not until he opened his first restaurant that he realized that avoiding food waste (　2　). First, it helped his business by saving money, and second, it was better for the environment.

 

　Later, Potts Dawson decided to open Acorn House, London's first environmentally sustainable restaurant. There, leftover food was used to make fertilizer. The fertilizer was then used to help grow the plants in the restaurant's rooftop garden, which produced many of the vegetables served in the restaurant. Acorn House also recycled all of its waste that was not food and trained local youth to be "eco-chefs." The restaurant was a success, and other restaurants have begun to (　3　). Indeed, as more consumers are attracted to green businesses, it is likely that the number of "eco-restaurants" will continue to increase in the future.

 

 

（1）

 

1. At most
2. On the other hand
3. Despite this
4. Because of this

 

 

（2）

 

1. created additional problems
2. achieved two goals
3. resulted in a higher cost of food
4. was a growing trend

 

 

（3）

 

1. avoid using fertilizers
2. buy his vegetables
3. do the same thing
4. move to London

 

 

学習アドバイス

 

長文の語句空所補充問題では、問題を解く際に、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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